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<blockquote data-quote="Mainerider" data-source="post: 4318820" data-attributes="member: 79412">As I said, I can only relay my own experience. At the end of the day, the drivers were happy for the help, the union has a new member, I added almost $400 to the Teamsters dues collection, and I used no union benefits. I know some aren’t happy with the arrangement that your union agreed to but the world is changing and your leadership cut the best deal they could. I know, I’ve been there in the room before...Coming from a newspaper background, no one knows better than we do how tech has disrupted the old order of things. At one time, our local was so strong that our contract was used more than once as a model for the negotiations at other locals across the country. But with the huge reduction in head count that Tech brought about, the Guild has been gutted of much of it’s negotiating power. So I say, anytime you can increase the union rolls AND increase the dues collection it’s a good thing. Perfect? No but there is strength in increased membership and the corresponding revenues that help unions to fight the good fight...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mainerider, post: 4318820, member: 79412"] As I said, I can only relay my own experience. At the end of the day, the drivers were happy for the help, the union has a new member, I added almost $400 to the Teamsters dues collection, and I used no union benefits. I know some aren’t happy with the arrangement that your union agreed to but the world is changing and your leadership cut the best deal they could. I know, I’ve been there in the room before... Coming from a newspaper background, no one knows better than we do how tech has disrupted the old order of things. At one time, our local was so strong that our contract was used more than once as a model for the negotiations at other locals across the country. But with the huge reduction in head count that Tech brought about, the Guild has been gutted of much of it’s negotiating power. So I say, anytime you can increase the union rolls AND increase the dues collection it’s a good thing. Perfect? No but there is strength in increased membership and the corresponding revenues that help unions to fight the good fight... [/QUOTE]

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