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<blockquote data-quote="EAT MY OVERALLOWED" data-source="post: 771943" data-attributes="member: 29598"><p>Hoffa and Hall need to go and have needed to go for awhile now. Managers have no clue about the union or the contract -- they are clueless. Granted most hourly workers have no clue about the IBT either. <u>You</u> have to be the one with the pair, <u>you</u> have to hold everyone accountable on both sides of the fence (both your local union and management). Unions aren't to simply fly in with a cape through a skylight whenever there is a problem, you have to be the squeaky wheel to get the oil. You have to know your rights, you have to file grievances, you have to be a visible and active member and you have to do your job like the CEO is watching you on a camera for all 12 hours of your day. That's the reality of this job in 2010 and if you become an active and visible member in your union I promise you that you will see a difference in the way you are treated. At the end of the day everyone can be sued and your local and the IBT are no different -- the last thing they want is a class action lawsuit for failure to represent members.</p><p></p><p>Most teamsters do not have what it takes to get what they deserve out of the IBT because they don't have a pair. They carry a card in their wallet, pay the dues and expect the world to be handed to them. Start talking to your business agents, stewards, even stewards from other centers in your building -- get active in the union, even if it's not in the front row.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EAT MY OVERALLOWED, post: 771943, member: 29598"] Hoffa and Hall need to go and have needed to go for awhile now. Managers have no clue about the union or the contract -- they are clueless. Granted most hourly workers have no clue about the IBT either. [U]You[/U] have to be the one with the pair, [U]you[/U] have to hold everyone accountable on both sides of the fence (both your local union and management). Unions aren't to simply fly in with a cape through a skylight whenever there is a problem, you have to be the squeaky wheel to get the oil. You have to know your rights, you have to file grievances, you have to be a visible and active member and you have to do your job like the CEO is watching you on a camera for all 12 hours of your day. That's the reality of this job in 2010 and if you become an active and visible member in your union I promise you that you will see a difference in the way you are treated. At the end of the day everyone can be sued and your local and the IBT are no different -- the last thing they want is a class action lawsuit for failure to represent members. Most teamsters do not have what it takes to get what they deserve out of the IBT because they don't have a pair. They carry a card in their wallet, pay the dues and expect the world to be handed to them. Start talking to your business agents, stewards, even stewards from other centers in your building -- get active in the union, even if it's not in the front row. [/QUOTE]
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