this is an important point to share. As an ex volunteer and union fan nothing bugs me more than jag idiots who are elected because they give the best rah-rah speeches. The union needs quiet and intelligent planners and executers who work on the inside to get substantive goals accomplished.
A lot of loud idiots get in reps seats because its a popularity contest and that stuff sells. Sometimes they find out they can't process whats going on because they are too stupid, so the make up for it with cliche crap. Its embarrassing. It happens more on the rep side than other merit based volunteers, but it can happen on both.

Find reps who will talk in person or on the phone very honestly and keep the txts and emails very professional. Reps SCREW over their pilots by writing things like "hold management accountable" and "speak with actions" and other dumb ****. Pilots arent in charge, the NMB is. If the NMB is happy they let us and managers work on our own. The NMB is in our talks now, so it behooves everyone to remind their reps to act like professional adults. If your rep team are idiots and anything other than professional tell them they're screwing this up for us, and straighten up.