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Union leaderships only goal is to take care of their members and in a way, their interests are even more aligned with capital than the members themselves since acquiring contracts like these is what gets them paid by the union, while the members have higher mobility to work elsewhere
Yes this is true and lots.of members know it. I've heard of some locals where the monthly meeting is basically an old boys club, no one shows up because they know leadership isnt on their side and there is very little democratic control, eg recall mechanisms.