Listen, sired, you're gettin dissed on here for your comments and ferver. Well, you have a right to be concerned. You say the union is not doing anything and you ARE the union and are IN the union. Let me ask you a couple questions that you don't have to answer here, on this forum, but I would like you to answer honestly in your heart.
Have you been here since '97? Remember, I'm asking these questions, not to be flamed by those that didn't support in '97 or any other time before or since, I'm asking YOU, since you say you ARE the union. Did you walk the line in '97 or were you one that just HAD to go out and get another job for those two and a half weeks?
Did you vote when the offer was accepted? I mean, actually send in your vote?
Do you vote now? In local union elections? In regional or national elections? For Hoffa? For others? Do you vote at all?
When this or any other contract is being considered or negotiated, do you attend proposal meetings at your local or any other place? Voicing your opinions on what you'd like to see in the new contract?
Do you attend general membership meetings now? Why or why not?
Do you talk to your local steward regularly? About concerns, problems, present or potential? Why or why not?
There are many other questions that could be asked about your involvement by YOU, the UNION, but do you get the point? If you are totally immersed in your local union and STILL nothing is getting done, well, maybe YOU should be the one to step up! I did! Was steward til my last days cuz I didn't like what was being done and wanted some stability. I think we achieved that.
Can you say that?