Originally Posted by HazCan

Thank God. In one sentence you say "it's not like I don't want to be a member of the union" and by the end you are talking about supporting decertification? I would say the Union is less like herpes and more like a marriage. You get what you put into it. If all we do is sit around and *****, point fingers at "them" and threaten to quit when things don't go our way....well, then we get what we get. Sure, sometimes you do your part and the "spouse" still screws you over. Well, that's life. Brings me to part 2:

Conversely, if we all put in a little work, watch each other's backs, do the right thing when it's painfully apparent we should (stop picking up open time, selling back vacation, no draft/volunteer, fly the contract, etc, etc, etc...) that's where we can make some real gains.