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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheFigurehead" data-source="post: 1437819" data-attributes="member: 49302">Its not a transportation issue (for me at least). Most part timers have second jobs and/or school. Many times, this involves working on the weekends. While I agree that people should be encouraged to attend, those who can need to be aware that many are unable to. Withholding information does nothing to help the teamsters cause. It's disheartening and offensive. The drivers in my building may know what is going on... I have no idea. The rest of us work at night. In as far as the part timers in my building are concerned, the union is non existent. Sure, we (theoretically) work under the contract, but otherwise, our "leaders" are non existent. There is no dissemination of information. There is no representation. Neither I, nor my coworkers, could find a steward if our lives depended on it. No one has ever met one. No one I work with has ever filed a greivance. They would have no idea how to go about it, nor has anyone ever seen a grievance form. Management runs roughshod over the hourlies constantly. No one complains as the will be immediate consequences. The union is non existent at these hours of the day, and management knows it. It's a sad affair, and would take only the slightest amount of effort on the part of our representatives to solve. That this doesn't happen can only really leave us with a few explanations:1. The union is so weak as to be totally useless.or2. Our local leaders are impossibly lazy or incompetent.or, as seems to be the general consensus3. Our representatives are in bed with management.In the end, the results are the same... we are not represented. As someone who must work multiple jobs to make ends meet, like most of my co-workers, I cannot attend the meetings. If we must attend the meetings in order to have sort of relationship with the union that claims to represent us, then the union is truly broken... or at least my local is. There are only two options... if meeting attendance is required for representation, then get us an hourly wage that allows part timers to attend... or, much more simply, get off your lazy a$$e$, introduce yourselves to the people you "represent" and give us a little information once in a while. A flyer and a business card would suffice. "I'm your steward, here's a flyer with all the information on 705, a link to the contract, and the numbers for all your representatives. Feel free to call or text me if you have any questions or concerns. I work in section x, if you need to come find me," If you made even the slightest effort to make package handlers feel included, you'd have a lot more participation. Most of my coworkers don't even know what local they belong to, much less when or where they hold meetings. It's a sad state of affairs, and 705 is 100% to blame.</blockquote>

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