I never said Unions were bad, if I thought they were I wouldn’t be in one, but I also wouldn’t want to be in one where members are censored or under some gestapo gag order. In our Union we have the right and freedom to speak our minds.Not all unions are good I admit that but what needs to be done is to get rid of the bums and find a union that has your best interest . I know its not easy but sometimes ya have to fight for whats right . Whats posted here is picked up by the nonunion management and used against organizing . Not all unions are bad or worthless there many good ones that are being attacked by the negative comments . I think theres ways of airing your opinion with out bringing down the whole union community .Give credit where credit is do.
I don’t think non Union management needs to look here for info, what goes on is public knowledge. They follow what happens on contracts like the ones UPS freight, UPS small package and ABF just went through.
The YRC mou’s were public everywhere. These are publicly traded companies.
The issues discussed here aren’t used to stop organizing. What is used is every news article on the few corrupt officials hurting the reputation of the union, at least here people get the whole story including how that bad apple has been removed and charged thanks to members participation in their locals.
And of course the pension plans that are in trouble are used against us. But again at least on this site people can see for themselves that members are discussing ways and ideas to fix them and even see that ALL the pension funds are NOT in trouble.