I'm not familiar with the process but I spoke to a buddy of mine and could use some insight. I'm a First Officer based in LGA. Our CA rep flowed to AA. I guess he was the FO rep recently but was just elected to CA rep prior to flowing (?). We have a new FO rep now and no Captain rep. I was told that there was some meeting recently and the new FO rep was pushing some idea about him wanting to be awarded captain when he can't hold the position?
From what I heard, it seems like he was only focused on making a change that would only affect him. I thought reps were supposed to be addressing bigger issues like the pay thing or other stuff that have more impact than one person.
Anyway, my friend told me that it apparently was pretty distasteful the way he went about it and it looked like he wasn't concerned with any other issue but his.
Is there a recourse to make sure that LGA FO's (and Captains) are represented properly? We have a lot of other problems that need to be addressed and I'm worried that they won't be at the forefront of someone who is only pushing his personal agenda.

Thanks in advance for the insight.