I have been told that there is a union employee in Bldg 847 that made a comment regarding the misfortune of a fellow employee that is not union. This employee (I'll call him "Al") said, "Well, that's one less scab," when referring to the attack on the non union employee. I am usually not into calling names, but this sorry excuse for a human has not only crossed the line of decency, I feel he's crossed the line of legality. Unfortunately, since I did not hear it directly from his mouth, I can not go to HR myself and expect anything to happen.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what your union dues are supporting. Oddly enough, a union steward defended this asshole by saying, "He doesn't speak for the union." Excuse me? He doesn't speak for the union? But your message has been one of "united we stand". So which is it? You are united in your ideology and hate of others, or you show us that you actually have the moral courage to do what is right and throw this hateful piece of shit out of your union and out of the plantsite. The choice is simple. He stays and you show how hypocritical your little gun club is or you get rid of him and show the hourly employees (and the company) that you want to be taken seriously.
Sadly, I know the answer that this band of cowards will choose. In fact, in the propoganda mailed directly to union members, the president of the union, has the audacity to call us naive and selfish. He then finishes with "In Solidarity." So these are the words the union is sending out, but when some low life piece of crap repeats them, he's not representing the union?
As a group that represents itself as a united front, all members speak for you, not just your officials. Which, while I'm on the topic, seriously need to invest in a spell checker and a grammar checker before posting things on the message boards reserved for "official" union postings. It reinforces the perception that you are an unprofessional, ignorant group.
If you are reading this and paying union dues, then I have one question for you: "Why?" At this point, all that I can assume is that you support these craven bastards in their quest to run this company into the ground. Yeah, I'm pissed off this time and I'm probably being a little more vocal than I should. But this is what YOUR money goes towards.
That is why IAMNOT933!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Lead by Example
So, it would appear that the union really does take the position of leading from the top down. It appears that the union president has a habit of not following rules. Obviously, he feels he is above these rules and they only apply to non-dues paying employees. This is the example that I'm supposed to follow? This is what I'm supposed to give 2.5 hours a month to? And next year you want more?
I find it absolutely pathetic that the union claims the dues are to help ALL workers get a better contract. Let me get this straight, dues are going up NEXT YEAR (which, even in the new calendar system is AFTER negotiations) to better enable the union to deal with the contract negotiations THIS YEAR?
This is what your union does, ladies and gentlemen. They lie to their membership as well as fellow employees, supervisors, and the public. They feel they are above such petty things as rules, policies, and laws. Unless of course, those particular rules, policies, or laws are ones that they feel they can benefit from. This is not what leadership is about.
This organization is so corrupt at the top, so full of spite towards the company and fellow employees (both hourly and salaried), that I can't come to any other conclusion except that the rest of it must be the same. Just recently there was a study released on how likely people would be to cheat. They were more likely to cheat when someone they identified with cheated than they were if someone they considered a rival were to cheat. By doing their damnedest to create a strong "identity" this union has promoted the bad behavior of the leadership among the common union employees.
What baffles me even further is that the regional and national offices of the IAMAW have not stepped in to deal with this. I can only come to the conclusion that they endorse this kind of behavior as well. If they cared about their reputation as a group working for the betterment of all employees, then they should have removed the officials of this local and started over.
They obviously don't care. Just like the leadership doesn't care. Just like most of the membership doesn't care. How many of you have employees in your area that seem to own nothing but union shirts? They can wear a shirt, but they evidently don't take those words to heart, do they? "What part of union made don't you understand?" I have seen several of my fellow employees wearing these shirts...as they stand in hallways, breakrooms, and with their backs to their work areas. The part of that sentence I don't understand is how does anything get made by the union at all?
It's all about having pride in yourself and the organization you claim to be a part of. I would NEVER be proud to say that I was a member of this group. NEVER! Just as I would never say that I was proud to be a member of the mob. These are not things that people should feel pride in. They should feel pride in knowing that they have done an honest day's work for a company that makes weapons to support our men and women in the field. How come none of you wear shirts showing that pride? Just your "union" pride? That's not something to be proud of. If you had any pride, you would seek to have your elected officials lead by example. You'd make them be the best employee they can be. You'd require them to be leaders.
I find it absolutely pathetic that the union claims the dues are to help ALL workers get a better contract. Let me get this straight, dues are going up NEXT YEAR (which, even in the new calendar system is AFTER negotiations) to better enable the union to deal with the contract negotiations THIS YEAR?
This is what your union does, ladies and gentlemen. They lie to their membership as well as fellow employees, supervisors, and the public. They feel they are above such petty things as rules, policies, and laws. Unless of course, those particular rules, policies, or laws are ones that they feel they can benefit from. This is not what leadership is about.
This organization is so corrupt at the top, so full of spite towards the company and fellow employees (both hourly and salaried), that I can't come to any other conclusion except that the rest of it must be the same. Just recently there was a study released on how likely people would be to cheat. They were more likely to cheat when someone they identified with cheated than they were if someone they considered a rival were to cheat. By doing their damnedest to create a strong "identity" this union has promoted the bad behavior of the leadership among the common union employees.
What baffles me even further is that the regional and national offices of the IAMAW have not stepped in to deal with this. I can only come to the conclusion that they endorse this kind of behavior as well. If they cared about their reputation as a group working for the betterment of all employees, then they should have removed the officials of this local and started over.
They obviously don't care. Just like the leadership doesn't care. Just like most of the membership doesn't care. How many of you have employees in your area that seem to own nothing but union shirts? They can wear a shirt, but they evidently don't take those words to heart, do they? "What part of union made don't you understand?" I have seen several of my fellow employees wearing these shirts...as they stand in hallways, breakrooms, and with their backs to their work areas. The part of that sentence I don't understand is how does anything get made by the union at all?
It's all about having pride in yourself and the organization you claim to be a part of. I would NEVER be proud to say that I was a member of this group. NEVER! Just as I would never say that I was proud to be a member of the mob. These are not things that people should feel pride in. They should feel pride in knowing that they have done an honest day's work for a company that makes weapons to support our men and women in the field. How come none of you wear shirts showing that pride? Just your "union" pride? That's not something to be proud of. If you had any pride, you would seek to have your elected officials lead by example. You'd make them be the best employee they can be. You'd require them to be leaders.
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