If this is the case, what good is the union then?
The whole corporate idea,...is to get working people to give up.
When they pay off a Local Officer to sit on grievances or "slow-walk" any other charges,....they do so in order to make the rank-and-file disgusted with the process,.....
And eventually decertify......
The answer? Persevere..........Keep filing,.......Keep building that paper trail,........Sooner or later, that crooked officer causing the backlog,...gets voted out,..(or charged...).....and then you'll see mighty Changes.....
You just got to stick it out.
Part of the problem is....rank-and-file Apathy,....which is WHY the crooked officer got elected,...AND kept his office.
So, he smirks at the guys who say: "They're all crooked, that's why I don't attend meetings......"
You're playing his tune........Keeps him in "power"......
I am a Case-in-Point about Union corruption. " Williams vs M & G Convoy" NLRB case,....Williams was my Steward. You can pull it up on the internet. My name is on the list of employees.
Took 5 years,......When we won,....it caused major changes in Local #30....All the corrupt officers voted out, and a long-running reform movement,...still ongoing today......
Local #30 is now the second-largest Local in JC #40,.....and one of the 5 most Solvent Locals on the East Coast......that means plenty of money to take on the Big Companies........And every penny accountable.....
My lesson? Attend meetings......Ask Questions,.......TAKE NOTES......(Drives 'em crazy...). You'd be surprised about how much Power you have according to your Local Bylaws.
....that they don't want you to know about........
When you give up,........the boss smiles.......