In a perfect world every Union Member would get the same improvements..Same hourly scale and raises, Same Pension benefits and Health and Welfare coverages, active and retired.
Inside Union Politics and Corruption has destroyed the whole notion of Solidarity, now it is every man for himself...Too Hades with the rest...
At least try to act like a Union for once, sorry fact that most of our membership are spoiled and too scared to stand up for the little guys..in other words from the past: "Being a Real Teamster" (meaning anybody not in the "Good Old Boys" circle is expendable or not worth the bother...
I am not naive enough to expect O'Brien will be able to correct all of the concessions and injustices from the past, if he gets this one through ... He has a mandate already ...Whether we go on strike or not he will be a major player in the future...