There is corruption in many facest's of life,no one is immune.We had a president of the local like that and I made it my mission to drive him out.I did.My dues get me the benifits that I have.If you don't want to pay dues,then strike out on you'r own to establish you'r wages.Don't ride on my coat tails.Around here even the nonunion are in the $30.00 an hr. range because of unions.The employer would rather pay the wage then give a robust for lack of a better term health & wefare package.Are there problems within my local fuk yea.I go to the meeting and I vote.It's gotten better but needs more work.I'm not here to change anybody's mind about unions.You stay with what you belive and I'll stay with mine.You think unions are the problem,it could'nt be that the corporation just wants to increase the bottom line at the expense of the worker ? You see a union built home and a nonunion home.The price is the same.Only one guy get's the profits.Where we can all share and make some money.Scocialismand communisum seem like the buzz words for the time.Same terms were applied in the early 1900's when a man just wanted to work and survive.The more things change the more they stay the same.That's all from me on this topic.Respectfully