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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Why don’t you enlighten us all?
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I was an elected union rep for a major gov union and handled grievances and appeals pretty much on my own as a law student, but only for 3 years or so, so I'm sure several of you have much greater knowledge than I.
I did participate in several votes where we elected to chase appeals and spend dues money that seemed ill-advised- I would characterize the reason for the green light as pure ego of the union officers, and also wanting to protect themselves and their cushy positions.
the worst was a situation where we won an arbitration on several clauses for our contract. the Gov appealed. the contract said the two sides would print the contract for the employees. The gov said if we print the appealled clauses they must be underlined. We said no, then printed it, along with the officlal dept seal on the cover, then we sued the gov for 50% of the cost of printing. the gov sued us for using its seal w/o permission.
about that time I visited the Japanese counterpart to my gov office. their employee union operated a grocery store in the basement. oranges cost $6 at a normal store but you could get them for $2 at the union co-op.
which model helped its employees more?
I know you'll not answer my question, so I will answer yours:
please look at the actions of the DC teachers' union ove rthe last five years and let me know it they are closer to the US model or the Japanese. once you understand that perhaps we can talk about your original question.
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