Your wrong when UA and US took concessions the IAM reps from the district took the same cuts.
700UW,
Here is some brief info on the IAM, but there is so so so much more.
International Association of Machinists (IAM) District 751 president, Wroblewski"How can we
change the way we've negotiated in the past, so we can break this cycle of striking" is how he characterizes
the focus of early conversations with Doug Kight, Boeing's top labor negotiator. "Because we can't carry on this way."
August 2008 Wroblewski failed in his attempt because he did not have the knowledge the numbers or the support to do it alone. I do not know
if he even had a plan, it sounded more like he was just winging it.
R. Thomas Buffenbarger IAM International President"summer 2008, International President R. Thomas Buffenbarger made the statement, “I emphasize the word democratic because very few unions actually give their members a chance to set the direction of their union for decades to come."
Buffenbarger is nothing but a ladder climber and he is out for himself just as much as every CEO out there and certainly no less. He worked at GE until he
was elected at 20 years old and then started up the union management ladder.
LOCAL REPS mirrored the cuts, poor shmucks what about Buffenbarger?How many cuts has he taken? What is his income INCLUDING book sales
and board seats INCLUDING his tight ties with the AFL-CIO and their board as I believe he is or was sitting on the BOD (board of directors)
This quote is from a IAM & AW members website"People have BROKEN INTO OUR HOUSE to steal what is rightfully
belongs to every member of the IAM&AW. Will you choose to sleep as they are stealing YOUR RIGHTS, YOUR DUES for SERVICES of
DEMOCRACY NOT RENDERED? Or will you WAKE UP CHARGED and fight for ALL your rights as a member of the IAM&AW?"
http://www.faquorum.com/
What the hell!!!! IAM members have to fight their own union??? Geez, yes I think
there is a better way.
Union Members sue their own union (the IAM)
http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeal...201/517/642757/
NYTimes 2003 or 2004
The Labor Department said that the new regulations, released after it received more than 35,000 public comments, were needed because the
old rules did not require enough disclosure. In defending the rules, department officials noted that this was the first major effort to update the rules in 44 years.
"The current financial disclosure forms that unions file provide little of value to rank-and-file members about their union's finances and
operations, and they have failed as an effective deterrent against financial misconduct," said Elaine L. Chao, the secretary of labor.
"Too many workers are being hurt by the wrongdoing of a few."
Under the new rules — which require more disclosure than the old rules — local, regional and national unions with annual income of $250,000 or
more must report expenditures of $5,000 or more. Unions will also be required to detail how much they spend on political activities and
lobbying, on union administration and on strike benefits.
In its executive summary, the Labor Department said: "More transparency and disclosure are needed. While most union leaders
are people of integrity, there are still bad apples.
In fact, over the past five years, convictions for union corruption have
averaged 11 per month." 
