This is our future
Make the Teamsters dangerous again
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542thruNthru
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People that really want to make it always make it. The ones that don't want to always find a excuse.
It's too early
It's too late
It's on a Saturday
It's on a Sunday
It's on my day off
It's too far
It's too long
It's boring
And they can't vote
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
We've been doing zoom meetings. No one even has to drive or anything. They can also take a lunch during work and participate....
Guess how many more people started participating in the zoom meeting???
Guess how many more people started participating in the zoom meeting???
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
Pretty much the same number as in house meetings. Sometimes less.
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
They have it too easy. No one knows or cares about the struggles the teamsters went through. And more importantly, they take for granted that the union will always be there. Now is the time to solidify and increase our membership. We are in dangerous times for unions IMO.
Between the 2018 contract and how it went down and then throw in covid-19 on top of it , It sent the teachers back a couple of decades
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
The Teamsters is not just UPS. We have 9k members. 2.5k of that is UPS.
2018 has nothing to do with general membership meetings.
Covid 19 though definitely does.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Broadcast them on YouTube live it’s free
It's probably a similar percentage here.
But unfortunately it's the same old horse
politics. The union does nothing to incentivize the newbies to be a part of the union.
Like I said before I request a new union card that did not realize it was a sworn end date on it.
I guarantee you everyone has joined the union last 15-20 years was never sworn in
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
Here new members gets sworn in on their first union meeting. If they never come to a meeting they never get sworn in.It's probably a similar percentage here.
But unfortunately it's the same old horse
The union does nothing to incentivize the newbies to be a part of the union.
Like I said before I request a new union card that did not realize it was a sworn end date on it.
I guarantee you everyone has joined the union last 15-20 years was never sworn in
It was a long time ago but I remember making a special trip down the Union Hall to get sworn in
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
At least 40 years in my local I don’t know anybody that was actually sworn inIt's probably a similar percentage here.
But unfortunately it's the same old horse
The union does nothing to incentivize the newbies to be a part of the union.
Like I said before I request a new union card that did not realize it was a sworn end date on it.
I guarantee you everyone has joined the union last 15-20 years was never sworn in
I remember getting sworn in but I think it was probably 7 to 10 months after I started
UnionStrong
Sorry, but I don’t care anymore.
I wasn’t even told about it. All they wanted was the initiation money
