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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1211916" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>Admittedly, we are one of the worst unions in the country when it comes to top-loaded salaries. I don't necessarily have a problem with a local president pulling in $90k-100k/year, but the guys in the $150k+/year club are doing so with multiple salaries as local officials and then as an international VP (which, again, I don't have a problem with per se) while also being the head of a joint council and/or Conference or as an international trade rep. That being said, with the workload of being a business agent (especially in a large hub and/or in an area with multiple facilities) it's not very likely they would be one of the officials with a second job as going to/from IBT HQ in DC would absolutely hamper representation. </p><p></p><p>Sure, these guys are working around the clock usually 6-7 days a week, nearly 365 days a year and deserve to be compensated fairly for it but it's pretty easy to lose perspective when you're in the same tax bracket as the guy across the table from you rather than the member you're representing. I disagree with TDU on a great many things ranging from strategy, tactics, and rhetoric.. but they are -- unfortunately -- on the money here. I personally don't think local union officials should ever make more than the highest paid worker they represent plus a certain percentage not to exceed 10%.</p><p></p><p>The fact that many local union officers and staff members are in the Central States pension fund doesn't help either. I'm not crying poverty for local union reps, but the IBT officials are in a different and more generous pension fund that will actually exist when they retire while many local business agents and secretaries won't see much from CS when they retire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1211916, member: 42270"] Admittedly, we are one of the worst unions in the country when it comes to top-loaded salaries. I don't necessarily have a problem with a local president pulling in $90k-100k/year, but the guys in the $150k+/year club are doing so with multiple salaries as local officials and then as an international VP (which, again, I don't have a problem with per se) while also being the head of a joint council and/or Conference or as an international trade rep. That being said, with the workload of being a business agent (especially in a large hub and/or in an area with multiple facilities) it's not very likely they would be one of the officials with a second job as going to/from IBT HQ in DC would absolutely hamper representation. Sure, these guys are working around the clock usually 6-7 days a week, nearly 365 days a year and deserve to be compensated fairly for it but it's pretty easy to lose perspective when you're in the same tax bracket as the guy across the table from you rather than the member you're representing. I disagree with TDU on a great many things ranging from strategy, tactics, and rhetoric.. but they are -- unfortunately -- on the money here. I personally don't think local union officials should ever make more than the highest paid worker they represent plus a certain percentage not to exceed 10%. The fact that many local union officers and staff members are in the Central States pension fund doesn't help either. I'm not crying poverty for local union reps, but the IBT officials are in a different and more generous pension fund that will actually exist when they retire while many local business agents and secretaries won't see much from CS when they retire. [/QUOTE]
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