I think this is kind of odd… Because at least the thing I am espousing is not rabid self-preservation, which is a fairly juvenile tendency, but to rather make a choice out of solidarity that if some of your union brothers are suffering a lot of pain, that all of us at least suffer a little.

The allusions to socialism I guess or not totally unwarranted… But the very idea of a union borrows a lot of its values from a group of people looking out for each other‘s needs and being able to both spread the successes and failures more evenly. If you can’t get on board for these basic tenants… How do you call yourself a strong union member?

just to be very clear, I do not think you’re wrong for your stance, but it very obviously contradicts with the idea of the union. Could you perhaps acknowledge that maybe you land at a more individualistic end of the spectrum?

for whatever it’s worth, I land slightly right of center nationally… I don’t particularly feel that my money is spread well on a national level. But on a localized union level, I think the leadership is efficient, well-intentioned and can effectively help others