The Union also represents the membership on issues of broad impact before the Board of Supervisors, the Civil Service Commission, and the Retirement Board. In addition to representational services, the Union also offers a package of benefits to members. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are people who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightening.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
It never did and never will. People might not get all that they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. A Board of Directors, who are line workers elected directly by the membership, establishes policy for the Union. The Board has established several internal Union and joint Labor-Management committees. The Board of Directors has also fostered the development of the Stewards' Council.