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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 3767154" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>It's not a business in the traditional sense. It is an organization established for the sole purpose of representing the interests of laborers who are members of the union. Many people believe that the need to have a strong union overrides the interests of the individual members, but this is a circular logic fallacy. That mentality enables the leadership to actually harm the members in the interest of keeping the union strong. What keeps the union strong is the synergy between the membership and leadership where the leaders act in good faith improving the conditions for the members, and the members' trust in the leadership to look out for them. </p><p></p><p>You can blame the members for apathy, but apathy starts when leadership acts in an untrustworthy manner. Why participate if you know your voice doesn't matter? The union should not have backed itself into such a corner that it relies on one company to maintain its strength. Then they should not cut their own throats by siphoning resources away from the employees of that one company to keep failing pensions afloat in order to maintain their credibility with members who work for other companies. Then they really shouldn't try to play us for fools by blaming us for all their problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 3767154, member: 63706"] It's not a business in the traditional sense. It is an organization established for the sole purpose of representing the interests of laborers who are members of the union. Many people believe that the need to have a strong union overrides the interests of the individual members, but this is a circular logic fallacy. That mentality enables the leadership to actually harm the members in the interest of keeping the union strong. What keeps the union strong is the synergy between the membership and leadership where the leaders act in good faith improving the conditions for the members, and the members' trust in the leadership to look out for them. You can blame the members for apathy, but apathy starts when leadership acts in an untrustworthy manner. Why participate if you know your voice doesn't matter? The union should not have backed itself into such a corner that it relies on one company to maintain its strength. Then they should not cut their own throats by siphoning resources away from the employees of that one company to keep failing pensions afloat in order to maintain their credibility with members who work for other companies. Then they really shouldn't try to play us for fools by blaming us for all their problems. [/QUOTE]
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