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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)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

“Our union is terrible. We can’t get in touch with anybody. They agree to everything that [UG2] say[s]. It’s like dealing with snakes in the grass.”

Another worker echoed this, saying that the union is allowing people to get fired without putting up a fight.

This suuuuuucks. Unions are supposed to exist in order to back up the workers. We talk about how much we love unions, but what’s the next step when the union drops the ball?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I assume the leaders can be voted out? Maybe even a petitions for an immediate election or specific ballot measures? I'm not sure what typical union rules allow. I've worked a shitty union job for a little bit, and I think the problem is with low-paying, high turnover jobs, people don't really care about the job enough to participate in union functions (at least I didn't, and nobody else I worked with did). So, I think you just get the union catering to the high-seniority people who do participate, and then there's probably also corruption up top.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The next step is splintering the union, which if not enough leave the old union, massively reduces its power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Or just ousting the leadership