I don’t know any electricians at any other major shops so I decided to reach out here. I don’t know how things are at your shop but the opinion at my shop is that we aren’t getting any union support at all. The IBEW has been nothing but crickets for ten years now and we don’t have anyone to enforce our contract with the railroad. Jeremy says jump and the union asks how high? Our local management just does whatever they want and we don’t have anyone willing to hold them to the agreement. I wonder if any of you other locals have considered joining together and firing our current union so we can find someone who would represent us against the railroad? We have the right to leave three years after a signed contract and maybe it’s time we shopped around and found a union who does more then collect our dues and send us a newspaper that doesn’t apply to us at all. Maybe things won’t change with a new union but I think it’s worth a try. At least we could put the IBEW on notice to let them know to start representing us or go leach off someone else.
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TEY su-ks
Contact the Teamsters to learn more about
replacing the electrician union
IBEW in the construction side is strong. IBEW on the railroad side is very weak. That’s why I left. I’ve seen peoples jobs on the line and the general chairman say that he didn’t want to come to the employee’s hearing.
Mechanical ! We need to do this! Tired of the corrupt union and company money kick backs to keep the unions quite. While they use 1 person to cross crafts for 3 jobs, makes me sick!
I hear you. I'm tired of paying dues for poor representation and all we get is a monthly paper with Union officials, dressed up in nice suits and wine and dine on our dues and get to travel and play golf ⛳️ at nice resorts.
There got to be better