Organizing Your Workplace, Ask a Union Organizer Emily Likins-Ehlers Organizing Your Workplace, Ask a Union Organizer Emily Likins-Ehlers

Ask a Union Organizer: What can I do to make our union less complacent?

I am represented by a union already, and my job has had a union for a long time. However, the union is undemocratic, seems to arbitrarily cover workers, rarely meets, and I would describe it as far from being as militant as it should be. Some workers feel left in the dark about the union process and our contact at union doesn’t answer our emails. We've given significant concessions during the last contract fight and union leadership seems complacent. How can I best energize union members to fight for democracy and better demands during our next contract fight? Should we caucus for better leadership?

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