2they will profit more and be in the World Series every year! These hand picked players/workerskeep quiet and work steady, most never missing a day or ever visiting the OWL. This is preciselythe cancer in our union that has gone long undiagnosed. Can you believe that there are membersout there that have never been on OWL in all the years in the business? We must resuscitate our out of work list. Our OWL
list. If it is not changed now we will never again get back the feeling of solidarity that I remember was
example of how we have strayed away from the fundamental policies that are at the core of oursurvival. When we have three different sources for workers dispatches on our current stewardreports, we have ignored the power of our work force. There would be no need to police the OWLand bring members up on charges. We spend a lot of wasted money on hearings and punishment taken against our own members. We could eliminate a lot of the actions taken from the bi-productsof an unfair OWL. This is coming from the inside out. Not the outside or the non-union sector. Ibelieve this is also one reason why we are having such problems with keeping our apprenticesinterested and showing up on our jobs today. They can feel it when they see members interact onjobs. They are very smart and are the eyes of the future.
a dog eat dog and no solidarity, whyshould I stick around?
not the craft I wanted to learn
let your integrity be compromised. Would you stick around if you were new to the business?It is time to change the old script and start with a new method. The old script obviously does not work for all members. We must not let any source dilute the strength of our work pool. If ourrequest system was based on a 90% union and 10% company ratio, all of our members would start to feel like one union.
worker and only a unified workforce. If all members knew in advance, that they would be returning to the OWL, they would stick togetherand support each other and not stick their head in the sand like an ostrich. They would help eachother, teach, respect and raise the level of comradery that has been missing in our union. I find it hard to believe that all t
bad. Their heads have been in the sand because
have been forced to follow. The emphasis has been in the wrong place. Wemust remove the competition from company/requested w
ers.This will help to make even more skilled workers available for all contractors to have dispatched totheir jobs, not just the big companies with connections. All companies should have the sameadvantage to work in our industry.
We
get a qualified worker from t
skilled workers and requested them from job to job, never to visit the OWL. They are basicallypicking all the fruit from the tree and leaving the tree, our work pool, bare. Many workers fromoutside the New York City region love to complain, work through lunch and try to get the early trainhome! These selfish outsiders take from our tree and wont even participate and do picket duty!They look down on the OWL members and make fun of our dedicated stewards.
to our NYC members before we fill up the pockets of ungrateful guests, especially during ourcurrent economic situation.When these company paid lawyers go into court with their interests, who are to benefit theemployer, not the union, we are at a huge disadvantage. They would love to see the request systemforever! When the union sides too much with the companies like what has been occurring, the linein the sand of labor has been wiped away. Yes, the contractor must make a living but not on the
resources to pick from. Our work pool is in the
workforce and our most important commodity
our labor and without our hard work, no one makes a living. Of course we want the
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