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<blockquote data-quote="705red" data-source="post: 802769" data-attributes="member: 5229"><p>Running for local office sounds like a walk in the park doesnt it? It is not!!!! If you only have a following of around 20 it would be very hard to come on the scene and be competitive. Unless your local has really upset everyone in it.</p><p> </p><p>Heres a list of things you should have been doing this whole time. </p><p> </p><p>Attend monthly union meetings, there is a record of who goes and who doesnt. If you dont attend, this will be brought up during the campaign.</p><p>Talk with others before and after the meetings, find where the guys/gals go for breakfast or a cold one afterwards, get to know your fellow brothers and sisters no matter what craft they are in. Address the mic, bring up issues but dont get carreid away with hearing your own voice. Dont just complain on the mic, give suggestions on how to fix issues.</p><p> </p><p>You need to build up a war chest of funds to run a campaign. You need money to print flyers, tshirts, stickers, pins, and mailers, etc and they all have to be union made so its expensive. You need volunteers to hit all your buildings and pass out literature on your agenda and how you will change the local for the beneift of everyone. You need to plan vacation time around the campaign.</p><p> </p><p>You have to start a grass roots campaign and work from the bottom up, and be prepared for some hostility, not that its common, but you will need some very vocal supporters that wont tuck tail and run if it hits the fan.</p><p> </p><p>If you have not done any of this over the last 12 to 18 months and your election is around the corner I would pass and start doing it. You cant chance losing this election and look [itiful going back after it again in 3 years. IMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="705red, post: 802769, member: 5229"] Running for local office sounds like a walk in the park doesnt it? It is not!!!! If you only have a following of around 20 it would be very hard to come on the scene and be competitive. Unless your local has really upset everyone in it. Heres a list of things you should have been doing this whole time. Attend monthly union meetings, there is a record of who goes and who doesnt. If you dont attend, this will be brought up during the campaign. Talk with others before and after the meetings, find where the guys/gals go for breakfast or a cold one afterwards, get to know your fellow brothers and sisters no matter what craft they are in. Address the mic, bring up issues but dont get carreid away with hearing your own voice. Dont just complain on the mic, give suggestions on how to fix issues. You need to build up a war chest of funds to run a campaign. You need money to print flyers, tshirts, stickers, pins, and mailers, etc and they all have to be union made so its expensive. You need volunteers to hit all your buildings and pass out literature on your agenda and how you will change the local for the beneift of everyone. You need to plan vacation time around the campaign. You have to start a grass roots campaign and work from the bottom up, and be prepared for some hostility, not that its common, but you will need some very vocal supporters that wont tuck tail and run if it hits the fan. If you have not done any of this over the last 12 to 18 months and your election is around the corner I would pass and start doing it. You cant chance losing this election and look [itiful going back after it again in 3 years. IMO [/QUOTE]
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