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Carnegie Mellon custodial workers: “If we have a family emergency we can’t leave for anything. We’re like prisoners here.” (the-tartan.org)

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If the union leadership is so bad, why don't they vote for a new one? I mean surely if it's this universally reviled it should be easy right? Is it just the case the union being too big and the leadership focusing and Catering to more active and vocal members? What's the disconnect here?

[–] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Forming a Union can be really hard and replacing a bad Union can be even harder for most of the same reasons, plus people get to accuse you of not having solidarity with the union. A good union can only continue to exist with leadership fighting tooth and nail every day year after year to stay true to their purpose in the face of massive bribery and coercion. "Just form a [better] union" is never easy and anyone who takes a swing and misses is under threat of standing in the unemployment line while their rent is overdue.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well as mentioned in the article, they have a union so it's not about forming a union. The question is why is their Union so unrepresentative of them. Why is the union leadership so reviled by its members universally that they're complaining to newspapers about it.