So, uh, then talk about what w-went on in that strike and what was different about that approach to bargaining and to, uh, going on strike that the union took in its negotiations with the Big Three automakers.

automakers.Yeah.

I mean, you don't end up in a place where elected leaders are spending six months of the year playing golf in Florida or California, and the companies are paying for literal trucks to move their belongings back and forth to Detroit, right? They should just say that, is like this is something that had built up over years, and the way that it was sustained is through, um, nepotism, right? By that I mean is that the union has treated, um, its internal jobs as a way to reward people for being loyal to the leadership and helping to get them reelected.

And so, um, you know, uh, it is just the case that they treated the union staff as a jobs program for political lackeys, and that is what enabled so much, I think, of the corruption.

So people aren't in the organizing department, just to use as an example, because they're excellent organizers, because they have a track record of success, because they are willing to spend, you know, 10 of, 10 out of every 14 days, um, in a row, like organizing in Alabama, right? Uh, they're there because that was a place where you could hide your cousin or, you know, that steward who, who, you know, helped you, you know, turn out 50 votes in the election or whatever the case is.

Like that, that, uh, that was just evident over and over again.

Like, the, the union internally sends out these reports anytime somebody dies, um, that's related to anybody in the union, and it was mind-blowing.

So talk about the specific campaigns that are, uh, featured in the Seizing The Moment article and what you learned from each of them.

went on in that strike and what was different about that approach to bargaining and to going on strike that the union took in its negotiations with the big three automakers.

Yeah, I mean, you don't end up in a place where elected leaders are spending six months of the year playing golf in Florida or California, and the companies are paying for literal trucks to move their belongings back and forth to Detroit.

Right.

Let's just say that is like this is something that had built up over years.

And the way that it was sustained is through nepotism.

Right.

By that, I mean, is that the union has treated its internal jobs as a way to reward people for being loyal to the leadership and helping to get them reelected.

Yeah, so talk about the specific campaigns that are featured in the Seizing the Moment article and what you learned from each of them.