"CHANGE. This word is essential and yet it is the word no one wants to whisper at a union meeting. In an ideal world there would be rational standards and objectives for every organization-corporations, political structures and unions-to drive these organizations to improvement. Alas, capitalism is far from a perfect world, so we must fall back upon the realities of local union structures and politics and hope for-and expect-the best.
This is the best argument for change in unions and it is also one of the first lessons for a local union officer: if something isn't working, why keep doing it over and over? So it will keep on not working?"
Excerpted from A New Union Officer's Handbook, 2007. By Bill Barry.
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