I'm with you.

BTW, you and Satch. I watched the John Adams series with my wife. Thanks for the recommendation and thanks to that show I've read A LOT more to make sure I learned it right.

But thinking about LEC members and so forth going into ALPA reminds me of that scene where Adams prior to the revolution has just represented the soldiers in the Boston Massacre and now the king wants him to be AG, I believe. But obviously, he's known by then as a defender of colonial rights and liberties at the time but boy, the king... a job... you've been chosen... welcome in... want to stay?... want more?

I'm sorry to say that's alluring no matter who you are and that creates entrenchment and barriers to change. Something that I'm sure, again, no union would ever give up unless it was forced from the top down and nobody is going to reach the top who would ever pull that. It'd be like a King giving up the monarchy to a democracy without being forced. Doesn't happen... unless you're something very special.