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<blockquote data-quote="Integrity" data-source="post: 4761050" data-attributes="member: 26800"><p>I personally am not sure how I feel yet about changing the 2/3 vote rule in Article 12 of the IBT Constitution.</p><p></p><p>There is obviously a history where the IBT has used the 2/3 majority vote over the years. It is my understanding that the 2/3 majority vote was used to ratify contracts in the past and changing the rule to a simple majority if at least one half the eligible members vote was a previous change made at a previous IBT Convention while maintaining the 2/3 majority vote requirement when less than one half the eligible membership cast ballots.</p><p></p><p>I have to believe there was some wisdom for this.</p><p></p><p>It is not uncommon for 2/3 majority to be required when significant rights of a membership hangs in the balance of a decision. It seems like ratification of a union contract would qualify as being very significant.</p><p></p><p>I understand the dissonance some may have with the ratification of the Teamsters/UPS CBA.</p><p></p><p>I can't help but question, if apathy of membership, measured by failure to vote, is the root of the problem, even if it is a decades old problem, is allowing a minority of the membership take unrepresentative action without even the minimal protection of requiring at least 2/3 majority vote to move significant actions forward or in this case prevent a significant action from moving forward, as many seemed to have hoped, going to help resolve the apathy within the eligible voting membership of the UPS Teamster.</p><p></p><p>I just don't know???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Integrity, post: 4761050, member: 26800"] I personally am not sure how I feel yet about changing the 2/3 vote rule in Article 12 of the IBT Constitution. There is obviously a history where the IBT has used the 2/3 majority vote over the years. It is my understanding that the 2/3 majority vote was used to ratify contracts in the past and changing the rule to a simple majority if at least one half the eligible members vote was a previous change made at a previous IBT Convention while maintaining the 2/3 majority vote requirement when less than one half the eligible membership cast ballots. I have to believe there was some wisdom for this. It is not uncommon for 2/3 majority to be required when significant rights of a membership hangs in the balance of a decision. It seems like ratification of a union contract would qualify as being very significant. I understand the dissonance some may have with the ratification of the Teamsters/UPS CBA. I can't help but question, if apathy of membership, measured by failure to vote, is the root of the problem, even if it is a decades old problem, is allowing a minority of the membership take unrepresentative action without even the minimal protection of requiring at least 2/3 majority vote to move significant actions forward or in this case prevent a significant action from moving forward, as many seemed to have hoped, going to help resolve the apathy within the eligible voting membership of the UPS Teamster. I just don't know??? [/QUOTE]
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