Give the local your ideas for what to negotiate in the contract. Show Solidarity To win a good contract, members have to show management we are united in support of our negotiating team. If the bosses see we are divided, they have little incentive to address the demands of the workers. Attend meetings, stay informed, and join in activities to show management that you support your union. This may require sacrifice.
Strikes are very rare, but sometimes necessary.
We would never have the wages, benefits, and working conditions we enjoy today if union members before you had not been willing to use their ultimate weapon and withhold their labor from the employer. We Will Fight for Fairness Locals will strike to win fairness in a contract, but only if a majority of the members at a contract meetings vote to go on strike. In all but a handful of cases, union and management negotiators will ultimately agree on how a contract should be changed. The agreement only becomes a contract when a majority of the members involved vote to ratify the pact. In most cases, a meeting will be called when negotiations are finished so the business agent can explain details of the tentative agreement.