You're right, I don't like hearing criticism about elected Officials or the IBT.
For 2 reasons....
Until someone takes the time, money, and effort, to assume the responsibility for the
thousands of members in your Local, I don't feel they are qualified to judge.
And, how many times have I seen newly elected Officials do a 180 degree turn....
after finding out what the job is all about.
So yeah.... I get

, and lash out.
It's nothing personal.
That would be a question for your Local to answer.
In freight terminology, the CPU work at the beginning and the end of a run would be
known as a "warm up" and a "cool down".
It's pretty common in the trucking industry.
-Bug-