Jane M: "That's your job, not mine." re: convincing organic leader? How can organic followers flip an organic leader? Didn't they need help to accomplish this?
I have been a member of three unions. The IBEW never called for local elections unless the leadership wanted a raise for themselves. The local Teamsters own members refused to let any new hires last long enough to become signed members and have a vote. The leadership of individual shops would meet without the members and make rules that suppressed votes and helped others stop strikes that would lead to change. I hate American unions. From what I can glean from the interviews I have conducted, no one really trusts people like Jane because they are usually paid by other corrupted big unions in other states. The leadership is in coordination with business interests not worker interests. Until that changes Unions here can not be trusted.
There is a big division in the union movement with dodgy backroom deals verging on corruption on one side, and Jane's approach with members finding their collective agency on the other. Your experience of unions is, unfortunately, all too common. We have no real choice but to change the situation ourselves
There are good unions and there are bad unions. Jane talks about this a lot. Engage your coworkers and participate and you can take back your union and make them do what they're supposed to do.
The only thing I dont understand is how to enforce change if its not in the workplace?
Does the "unbreakable" class consciousness remain one, two, or three years after the action, or does it gradually disperse, rather than break...
I want to know *how* she did that though.
RIP to this great Palestine and human rights supporter
Jane M: "That's your job, not mine." re: convincing organic leader? How can organic followers flip an organic leader? Didn't they need help to accomplish this?
Anyone else notice the Gadsden flag at the strike? Americans are unbelievably politically confused people.
@@gmail8483 What's wrong with a gadsden flag is it worse than the US, French or German flag?
I have been a member of three unions. The IBEW never called for local elections unless the leadership wanted a raise for themselves. The local Teamsters own members refused to let any new hires last long enough to become signed members and have a vote. The leadership of individual shops would meet without the members and make rules that suppressed votes and helped others stop strikes that would lead to change. I hate American unions. From what I can glean from the interviews I have conducted, no one really trusts people like Jane because they are usually paid by other corrupted big unions in other states. The leadership is in coordination with business interests not worker interests. Until that changes Unions here can not be trusted.
You can't change unions from the outside. If you don't participate than you can really complain now can you.
There is a big division in the union movement with dodgy backroom deals verging on corruption on one side, and Jane's approach with members finding their collective agency on the other. Your experience of unions is, unfortunately, all too common. We have no real choice but to change the situation ourselves
There are good unions and there are bad unions. Jane talks about this a lot. Engage your coworkers and participate and you can take back your union and make them do what they're supposed to do.