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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1123709" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>However... that isn't the case. From what I can casually observe, there maybe 50 different stations that have posters to this forum. NO WHERE near enough to even hope to get a drive off the ground without growing the number of stations that have organizers in them. I hate to take this tone, but it is either time for you all to either accept what is REALLY needed to get an organizing drive off the ground WITHOUT assistance from an established union, or give up the amateur hour stuff and merely 'work as directed' for Fred until you can't bear to go to work another day. It is as simple as that. </p><p></p><p>There was a half-hearted push to find another union out there to 'lead the charge'. One poster did contact the IAM and stated they were interested, but nothing came up after that. No other serious attempts (at least detailed here or communicated off list) have come up. This is another issue you (as a community) are going to have to face. Are you going to split your efforts among different unions (dooming you to failure), or are you going to come to a collective consensus and pick one (if it isn't going to be the IBT) and RUN WITH IT. It has been almost a month since the discussion about getting an alternative to the IBT came up, other than that one individual posting that he made an initial contact, NOTHING has come up. A month has been wasted from what I can see. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I don't care which union you as a community choose to attempt to represent you, but make a choice and get on with it. If it turns out to be the International Brotherhood of Grape Pickers, GO WITH IT, but make a choice you can all live with. You need to stop this constant dithering about what union you want to affiliate with, pick one, then get to work - if that is REALLY what you want. </p><p></p><p>Mr. FedEx has all the organizing 'tricks' that are needed to get a grassroots movement up and running. He's your leader (yes, you are going to have to accept LEADERSHIP, you CANNOT take on a multi-billion corporation without leadership, simple as that). In an ideal world, you'd have an established union providing that leadership, enabling you to sit back and just get cards in. This isn't an ideal world however, that doesn't change the fact that you need to have leadership AND you are going to need to personally accept direction from that leadership to accomplish YOUR goal. </p><p></p><p>I've already communicated everything I know to him regarding what is needed to make any grassroots movement possible. IF, IF there is a serious attempt to establish network, I've already made it known to Mr. FedEx that I will help with the establishment of the non-public communications between the station organizers (there are ways to keep correspondence non-public yet accessible to a group of people). </p><p></p><p>You as a station organizer, would have to commit to not only getting cards out in your station, BUT you'd also have to spend YOUR TIME getting out to other stations, talking to like minded Couriers there, bringing up the topic of them working as an organizer in their station, <u>vetting them to the 'network'</u>, and giving reports as to how many cards you have distributed as well as responses by station management. You are going to have to take some level of 'risk' - no other way around it. If you use your head, you'll be able to avoid direct retaliation from station management (tips were discussed over a month ago). </p><p></p><p>If you are unwilling to do this, then you'd be better off just admitting that the task of organizing is beyond you and forget about even discussing it. </p><p></p><p>To put it frankly, it is either time to crap or get off the pot. The odds are HEAVILY against you, you all know this. That is why you either need to commit NOW, or forget about it. Spending another 12-18 months dithering like the past 3 years won't get you anywhere - except more frustrated with your employer with compensation that has completely stagnated along with work requirements that keep on getting more and more insane. </p><p></p><p>You've been left for dead by the unions out there, it is up to you to prove otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1123709, member: 22880"] However... that isn't the case. From what I can casually observe, there maybe 50 different stations that have posters to this forum. NO WHERE near enough to even hope to get a drive off the ground without growing the number of stations that have organizers in them. I hate to take this tone, but it is either time for you all to either accept what is REALLY needed to get an organizing drive off the ground WITHOUT assistance from an established union, or give up the amateur hour stuff and merely 'work as directed' for Fred until you can't bear to go to work another day. It is as simple as that. There was a half-hearted push to find another union out there to 'lead the charge'. One poster did contact the IAM and stated they were interested, but nothing came up after that. No other serious attempts (at least detailed here or communicated off list) have come up. This is another issue you (as a community) are going to have to face. Are you going to split your efforts among different unions (dooming you to failure), or are you going to come to a collective consensus and pick one (if it isn't going to be the IBT) and RUN WITH IT. It has been almost a month since the discussion about getting an alternative to the IBT came up, other than that one individual posting that he made an initial contact, NOTHING has come up. A month has been wasted from what I can see. Personally, I don't care which union you as a community choose to attempt to represent you, but make a choice and get on with it. If it turns out to be the International Brotherhood of Grape Pickers, GO WITH IT, but make a choice you can all live with. You need to stop this constant dithering about what union you want to affiliate with, pick one, then get to work - if that is REALLY what you want. Mr. FedEx has all the organizing 'tricks' that are needed to get a grassroots movement up and running. He's your leader (yes, you are going to have to accept LEADERSHIP, you CANNOT take on a multi-billion corporation without leadership, simple as that). In an ideal world, you'd have an established union providing that leadership, enabling you to sit back and just get cards in. This isn't an ideal world however, that doesn't change the fact that you need to have leadership AND you are going to need to personally accept direction from that leadership to accomplish YOUR goal. I've already communicated everything I know to him regarding what is needed to make any grassroots movement possible. IF, IF there is a serious attempt to establish network, I've already made it known to Mr. FedEx that I will help with the establishment of the non-public communications between the station organizers (there are ways to keep correspondence non-public yet accessible to a group of people). You as a station organizer, would have to commit to not only getting cards out in your station, BUT you'd also have to spend YOUR TIME getting out to other stations, talking to like minded Couriers there, bringing up the topic of them working as an organizer in their station, [U]vetting them to the 'network'[/U], and giving reports as to how many cards you have distributed as well as responses by station management. You are going to have to take some level of 'risk' - no other way around it. If you use your head, you'll be able to avoid direct retaliation from station management (tips were discussed over a month ago). If you are unwilling to do this, then you'd be better off just admitting that the task of organizing is beyond you and forget about even discussing it. To put it frankly, it is either time to crap or get off the pot. The odds are HEAVILY against you, you all know this. That is why you either need to commit NOW, or forget about it. Spending another 12-18 months dithering like the past 3 years won't get you anywhere - except more frustrated with your employer with compensation that has completely stagnated along with work requirements that keep on getting more and more insane. You've been left for dead by the unions out there, it is up to you to prove otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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