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<blockquote data-quote="Undertow" data-source="post: 5079569" data-attributes="member: 4550"><p>There's no way to give a precise answer to the first question, but it nonetheless is a good question. I will say this. My local's participation rate in voting was pretty much equal to the percentage that voted nationally which not only angered the stewards but the BA and the top man as well. If there's a silver lining in this latest election for the company, it's that pathetic turnout rate among the rank and file once again.</p><p></p><p>As for the second question - O'Brien's use of the word "militant" certainly didn't prevent me from voting for him as I doubt there's anybody who wanted to stick a finger in Hoffa's eye more than myself after two decades of his ridiculous giveaways, but the word really conjures up images in many people's minds of unruly mobs, looting, violence, etc which those people are very uncomfortable with to the point that they might not have voted for the OZ slate and I personally think that's a loss in some way. At a time when we need more engaged participation among the membership, this inadvertently might have had the opposite effect.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, I'm extremely pleased to see the Hoffa legacy-clone slate not only lose but suffer essentially a blowout loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Undertow, post: 5079569, member: 4550"] There's no way to give a precise answer to the first question, but it nonetheless is a good question. I will say this. My local's participation rate in voting was pretty much equal to the percentage that voted nationally which not only angered the stewards but the BA and the top man as well. If there's a silver lining in this latest election for the company, it's that pathetic turnout rate among the rank and file once again. As for the second question - O'Brien's use of the word "militant" certainly didn't prevent me from voting for him as I doubt there's anybody who wanted to stick a finger in Hoffa's eye more than myself after two decades of his ridiculous giveaways, but the word really conjures up images in many people's minds of unruly mobs, looting, violence, etc which those people are very uncomfortable with to the point that they might not have voted for the OZ slate and I personally think that's a loss in some way. At a time when we need more engaged participation among the membership, this inadvertently might have had the opposite effect. Regardless, I'm extremely pleased to see the Hoffa legacy-clone slate not only lose but suffer essentially a blowout loss. [/QUOTE]
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