I think I may have not communicated my point very well.
The people running the unions are not interested in helping workers anymore, I know people who are UAW workers. They even know the union isn't in it for them anymore.
My point is in their current form if there is a legitimate issue that a worker has the company attacking them, the union will drop them(there are many examples of this) like a rock. The workers even will support it. The sense of community and brotherhood is gone for many. We need that back. Thats how unions work is for people to remember that they are in it to protect each other. Same with modern America people barely talk to their neighbors often times, everyone is afraid of everyone else and solving that problem is key to solving a lot of problems in the country today.
Well it seems like at least on some level we agree.
I guess just from the position I'm in personally(husband father) I think leadership has a job to do in protecting and taking care of the people he is charged with. If I acted like those office workers, no one is going to stand up for my kids. Its my job and I take pride in doing it.
So when I see an organization like that I see people who are charged with protecting workers and not doing their job. That shit pisses me off. Especially because they are collecting a paycheck for not doing it.
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