You are so full of it....if you go on the Union Issues portion of this site, hundreds of your Union brothers ,all paying dues and swearing solidarity and all complaining......"I never see my BA", "I don't know why I even pay dues." "The union doesn't care about us".
It's constant and has been that way for the 11 years I've been here. The criticizing is in tons of posts by all different people.
I'm pretty sure you're the only one who thinks Hoffa'a some kind of saint!!
Moreluck,
I wish you had more time to invest in understanding as you do posting. For starters, problems at the LOCAL level are not the TEAMSTERS in general. Every local is run differently, and some are good and some are not.
You cant generalize because someone ( some + 1) says he has a problem. The majority of UPSERS have no problems with the union because they DONT GET IN TROUBLE. Those that complain usually have something in the closet they are not willing to disclose.
These kinds of complaints have been around for decades moreluck. You consider this board "TONS"?? its really a small percentage compared to 365 thousand UPS teamsters moreluck. Do the math, oh wait, you dont check or verify anything before you post it.
Im not a fan of Brother Hoffa myself, but I wont bad mouth him. He is in charge of our union and I have to stand by him until he is no longer our leader. I have my own complaints, but nothing close to abandoning him when he speaks.
The message is the same. You can hate the messenger, but not the message.
Something you should learn.
Peace.