Originally Posted by Chowdah

I’m “old guard,” but I‘m all for the movement to go post merger. There are a lot of incredible volunteers and committee folks that do great work, but to pretend that there aren’t cliques and tribes whose personal aspirations/issues can’t be separated from their professional ones is, has never been more apparent.

Time for the next generation to step forward. It’s not just about the next contract, it’s about the next generation getting engaged and understanding the importance of a functional collective bargaining unit.

There are a lot of users here I respect who’ve taken the Machiavellian stance of “the devils I know,” or “they’re not perfect, but they’ll fight for us.” I urge you to have more faith in the new folks and to hold all of ourselves to a higher standard than has been on display lately.