There was a thread a couple few weeks ago by Racer72 who is a retired Boeing factory worker.
In it he says a radical faction has taken over the rank & files’ imagination and they want nothing less than rolling the clock back to the 1970s. Full pensions, fully paid health care for life, guaranteed no furloughs forever, etc. And COLA+ pay raises forever.
Ain’t gonna happen.
I have been a union leader through a similar case. Not easy. When ~half your membership buys into a suicide pact, it’s gonna get bad.
The parallels to MAGA in current US politics are obvious and very real. What tbey want can’t possibly be delivered. The attempt will wreck a lot of stuff for a lot of people.
He caught a lot of shit from Dopers who have zero union experience as member or leader. I supported him throughout.