You know we all grow older.....some of us don't grow up which is fine unless we are immature in our dealings with others.....then it just makes us look bad. I recently attended a meeting at my local union hall. There were less than 4 percent of the constituants represented by the local that showed up pissed off about one thing or another. Unfortunately, their issues were lost in their own uniformed and badly put together motions and retoric from themselves. After making an out of order motion to remove all local control of the members, asking to remove the current leaders, direct personal attacks and just general kindergarten chaos, the current regime of local leaders helped them modify this motion so the could make it properly to support their issues. Unfortunately, for them, they couldn't listen long enough to improve their motion to make it in order that they once again had to have help. Instead of having issues, discussing them, formulating an informed intelligent decision as a group they came to make asses of themselves and show what level of intelligence they had. Furthermore, their plan was to move to another much smaller local that has a lazy, mouthy president that takes no actions for his members. A leader that most of them have never met. I say they all have this immaturity level that is limiting them. While acting like little kids they demand their ice cream yet they refuse to clean their room.....
The need for unions with large corporations is still important. The union members need to realize that the leadership of any union is only one part of a union.. The union is made up of it's leadership and it's members. While some members may not like it or be unhappy with it, they don't have the right to overthrow a body of leadership that the majority supports. Especially when they refuse to do their part as members of a union that aren't following united the practices of the union, the company or even just common sense. In other words you can't continue to break the machine and then expect someone else to fix it for you and then blame them because you broke it again. ......People have an entitlement mentality today, then with immaturity they literally throw tantrums like I witnessed in this meeting....
Just because someone can say a few buzz words and hype a very small segment of the constituants, doesn't make them "right" or even following in the best interest of their very small group. When they push their issue with wrong information, inaccurate reporting, and disrespectful retoric(disrespectful to the process, the members, including their group) they are in fact just a group of whiners making noise. Just a thought "Instead of splitting any level of their local, they should be focusing on educating and bonding together or uniting their members for the ongoing battle with management for better working conditions, reasonable measurements in the workplace." A united membership will even be noticed by the worst leadership of any union. So splitting it only weakens it. If you don't like the union then write a letter to remove yourself from membership. You only have a voice because you joined and then you want to tear it down.......this coming from a group that is comprised of mostly technical staff. Technical people are usually very logical. These individuals showed no logic, education or respect for others. Only me, me, me and as far as I am concerned, they just need to grow up or go home......Yes I am irritated and I can't believe that any of my "union brothers" would try to speak for me or any membership base without asking us individually what we wanted. The arrogance is intolerable and they should all be ashamed. Ashamed while each of them spoke out proudly their name like they were to be respected by the members they were trying to sell down the road, approximately 96% of the membership they were trying to control. So to all of you who proudly stated your name at the membership meeting in support of this mutiny motion, SHAME ON YOU! Shame on you for trying to control my destiny without hearing my thoughts!
All of this kind of behavior(i.e. internal fighting, posting messages on "company" internal messaging programs, showing up at a tailgate meeting with management present to propogate your agenda) is notifying the company that we are not united and when bargaining starts, the company WILL have the upper hand. The upper hand no matter who we send to the bargaining table. Do any of the short term thinkers of this less than 4 percent group realize that or are they just too immature to see the bigger picture?
