xUT
Veteran
The last few pages of this thread have hit the nail on the head....member apathy.
Unfortunately most members view the union as an insurance policy and their dues a monthly premium. Its one of the things I've found most ironic about this deteriorating situation that members want old school union results without providing the one thing which those results were based on .... strong member participation.
TSH
That is the crux of the problem and spot on!
When we had a 'LABOR' rally at SFO Int'l on 'LABOR' Day in support of 'LABOR' and NW strike, I had members tell me we should not have a rally on a holiday weekend, can't make it, dog is sick, having a BBQ, etc... :wacko:
We had about 300 people show up and most were from other industries. SFO point had about 4,400 people at that time.
Same thing with the pension rally, as we watched Petrovsky and the van pools waving and laughing at us as they drove off.
I will say we had about the same participation of volunteers in support of the NW strike as we did the EAL strike.
Both were abysmal.
If the membership doesn't care then I don't know how it can be fixed.
But I will say the IAM is better than the IBT.
JMHO,
B) xUT