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LiberalFighter

(53,544 posts)
1. I don't care for either option.
Sat Oct 23, 2021, 06:36 PM
Oct 2021

Delegate system only allows working members and retirees of an active Local Union to vote. When a Local becomes inactive because the company goes out of business the retirees don't get to vote for delegates.

The One Member One Vote system allows all working members and all retirees to vote. Even if any retiree no longer is attached to a Local Union with voting rights. What I have not seen about this system is what happens if the members vote for this system when the elections are held? Where will retirees that do not live in the area of the Local Union vote? Or will it be a mail-in ballot?

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My preference would be a delegate system devised for both active and retirees. All retirees regardless of their Local Union status would be able to elect their own delegate based on their size. The current delegate system determines the number of delegates based on a per capita system that does not include retiree membership. And the likelihood of a retiree elected as a delegate is slim.

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Unless, I hear something else, I am voting for One Member One Vote.

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