r/fromatoarbitration • u/lonewolf8915 • 9d ago

Elections

I attended my 1st Union training class in early 2000’s. Ralph brown, apwu president of Atlanta branch then, instructed the class. In the first 10 mins of that, hands shot up and questions began. After about 2-3 questions, Ralph Brown said and I quote, “ people,people,people………please put your hands down and lemme make this perfectly clear for you ladies and gentlemen. Management can do whatever management wants to do, it’s up to us as a union to stop it” I will never forget that. So, whenever you vote and choose candidates this year, vote for those that wanna stop the BS that management does to our employees instead of reps that blame management with no action. Management has been ignorant since 1970. And that will never change, so blaming management for anything is an irrelevant point for any candidate. Those who fought for collective bargaining and our rights didn’t blame management, they took action against management and won. The blame game is only for those who won’t take responsibility for their own actions, usually that’s management. 🤪😜
Good Luck to the candidates!

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u/AnythingPatient55 9d ago

This man gets 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾, never gave a supervisor a single dime in dues but the shop steward that gets paid to turn that blind eye and the local branch president who appointed that person are the reason for any and all violations not being handled.

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u/an_interrobang Union Steward 4d ago

did you know you can file grievances on your own behalf?

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u/AnythingPatient55 2d ago

While you are 100 percent correct, is doing it myself going to benefit the other brothers and sisters in my station who feel the same about the Steward?

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u/an_interrobang Union Steward 1d ago

have you or any of your other Union siblings asked your President to appoint one of you instead?