The problem with unions is the people at the top,the officers primarily as with the management and officers at the corporate level. Those that run for office at the local level tell the membership,I can do more for you get you more money,better benefits etc. etc. as you Glad hand everyone promising the world to get elected.Then your in office with a separate retirement,insurance and a way high wage then the rank and file you took an oath to serve.Well now you got yours and are going to throw the rank and file under the bus,what a surprise I only wish your membership could find out how you really felt about them.I belong to one of the largest locals in the nation,and in this depression the International is asking the membership to sacrifice and we have.We took no raise the officers within the local took a pay cut and because the International gambled our pension to poop the hours we work toward our credit is worth less.Yet not a single person at the International level took a pay cut.They live high on the hog on our dime.They rule unto themselves,appoint there own people without any input from the rank and file.They have no term limits,if it was up to the rank and file they would be gone in a heartbeat.You do a great disservice to your membership now that you got yours by throwing the same people that you asked for their vote under the bus.Everyone wants to hit the working that's just trying to survive,while those at the top get fatter everyday[both at the public and private sector] at our expense.Our country is not a one size fits all and I can respect those that chose not to join a union.If you are happy with you lot in life then god bless you.Those that no longer work with the tools like politicians have lost touch with those that actually have to work for a living.The people at the top getting fat on my dime as a union member and taxpayer make me sick......I gotta go fill some mags >:(