DocTwinkie
Well-Known Member
Good article and good to see you are alive. Haven’t seen a post from you in ages which makes sense now.Thanks Maverick. I would normally agree with you. But my local voted over 97% in favor of a strike. I wish I could explain why the membership feels this way, unfortunately FCA monitors everything I post on this forum and right now is not a good time to be " Insubordinate " as they are looking for any reason to fire people. So here is a link to an article posted in our local paper. Feel free to read it and tell me what you think.
https://www.workers.org/2019/09/04/feds-go-after-uaw-unions-corruption-and-the-capitalist-state/
I’m not pro or anti union except that I do disagree with forced union membership. I have worked in places with and without unions. On a small scale I’ve seen them do some good. Larger not so much.
I think anytime an organization has compulsory income that workers cannot avoid paying they will be inevitably corrupt. Physicians have that with the ABMS. They aren’t a union. They don’t even pretend to have any interest in us like a union would. Just some private company we have to pay thousands to while they laugh taking our money. There’s currently a movement to fight back but there’s literally nothing we can do so it’s all moot. Insurance won’t pay and hospitals won’t let you work without the ABMS.
I wish you guys the best. Sounds like your leadership isn’t any better than the ceos they were meant to protect you from. Sadly I think it’s a certain type of person who can claw their way that high in a large organization. Power doesn’t corrupt. Corrupt seeks power. So good luck that the replacements are any different.
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