Relax Francis I was referring to "side of a discussion" or "side of the fence" as you stated.
I've read of people in the IBT who allegedly do not give full effort to "reformers" (as you call them) but I don't know any of them. Maybe you could post some real life cases for review.
However, on the National IBT basis I recall hall efforts in the L804 fiasco and how only after Hall got involved did those 250 members return to work. If your point was accurate, and a political agenda was being followed, no effort would have occurred and the L804 leaders (no friends of the current administration) would have been politically destroyed. On a local level, in my personal experience I know for a fact our local leaders have been challenged by "reformers" in past elections, on numerous occasions successfully returned to work the same challengers that kept getting fired, with the same effort put forth as they do for every other employee.
Now I have nothing to base this belief on (so that should be familiar to you) but I'm betting if these stellar, courageous "reformers" you're so willing to vote for were the BA's in these cases, the grievants would be looking for work.
Nothing wrong with reform when it's needed, but to run for union office just to get out of a truck isn't reform and can put members jobs in jeopardy. And if stopping those "reformers" from ever setting foot in a union hall makes me part of the problem, I'll wear that badge proudly.
