Your local has nothing to do with DRIVE.
Well.... half of your DRIVE contribution goes to your Local, for local political issues.
The rest goes to the IBT. Not a lot of members know that.
My Local makes very
judicious use, of the local funds by supporting candidates
that can help the membership. (i.e. judges)
No, those idiots do wear the jackets, but they are not from your local.
Funny. One of them looks identical to our local Teamster rep that I have seen a handful of times over the course of the twenty years I've been at UPS.
Most Local's don't send IBT reps in blind. They will have a BA go with them.
He was also here in 1997 to let us know the Teamsters didn't have any money to pay for our second week of being on strike.
I don't know why he would tell you that.
Granted, the weekly benefit was only $50.00. But, if you did strike duty.... you were eligible.
-Bug-