Why is the union local not responding?
Union locals often fail to reply to organizing requests or grievances for months, leaving members with zero representation. This lack of communication prevents workers from getting help with workplace issues or advancing their efforts to organize.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Quiet quitting
- 2Throwing feet up to see if administration goes through the dismissal process
- 3Using ChatGPT to turn in subpar work
- 4Working outside of contract hours
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Anyone ever get anywhere with grievances with the teachers union?”source ↗
“I wrote a grievance to the union and the reps response is teachers work outside of work hours and making people just do new levels of work isn’t a unilateral change to grieve.”source ↗
“Feels like zero representation.”source ↗
“Ive been trying to organize into Local 23 but I havent heard anything for a month or two.”source ↗
Where this came up
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