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I wonder if AHDI could be closed and reopened structured as a union - sm
Posted: Sep 12, 2012
It would only work if we kept the skeleton of the organization, throughout anyone in any position of authority who has ever gone overseas or been part of sending work overseas. They would not be eligible to serve in any capacity.
We would benefit from the albeit small membership still there and could build from that point. In a union, the members are the boss. If the leaders don't act in our interests, they will be gone.
Why wouldn't that work? I think it would be too difficult to start a union from scratch, but with what's already there, why not? There are some really nice people there. I know that some of them have not been and they are still hangers-on, coming up with new things to sell to us, but they would be gone. Anyone who has stabbed us in the back would be gone. We only keep the people as long as they serve us. If they don't, they go. I vote we do it!
If they worked overseas, taught overseas, or work for an overseas company - Gone! I like that idea
[ In Reply To ..]That's one thing that has made us all so mad all these years. We've had these former leaders who sold us out and went overseas to teach. If we got rid of them, made them ineligible to serve in any capacity, I would buy into it. If just one of them came back and opened their mouth about anything and I would be out again. I'm not falling for that India-Philippines-Barbados is okay for officers to go make money routine.
They can't take their membership away but they can throw them off the BOD - That just might work
[ In Reply To ..]If any of them are serving in any capacity, state or national, committees, officers, BOD, they should ask them to leave. If word got around that had happened, members who left because we had untrustworthy leadership would start coming back. I know I would.
That would sure go a long way toward proving they had good intent - In my opinion
[ In Reply To ..]That definitely would show good intent. I don't think they would ever do it. I'm pretty sure they couldn't legally do it. If they could though, it would demonstrate to us all that they are finally listening and care what the membership thinks.
Yep, you went overseas; we don't need you on our side - because you apparently never were on our side
[ In Reply To ..]You don't have to be on our side, but if you worked against us, we don't need you pretending like you are for us.
I can think of a couple who definitely need to be thrown - overboard!
[ In Reply To ..]Not naming any names here, but that overseas opportunity that a few of them took made them irrelevant to me. I don't want them to have any responsibility that relates to me because they have abused their positions. I will not buy anything they sell or attend any lecture they ever give.
The whole organization is crooked. I say shut them - down and forget about them.
[ In Reply To ..]
I wouldn't miss any of those people - sm
[ In Reply To ..]These are people I'll never forget, and not in a good way. They are stuck in my mind as a reminder of lack of ethics. If there were someway AHDI could show us that they are gone and not coming back, that would be a huge step in the right direction.
I think a union would have to be completely new, - with not one iota of AHDI in it.
[ In Reply To ..]After all, if you were going to try to get AHDI to decide to become a union, it would be going against everything they currently believe in. They have no problem with sweatshop labor and third world pay. They have no problem with those at the top of organizations becoming richer and richer, at the expense of those at the bottom who are holding them up.
When you say "they", who are you talking about? - I thought AHDI was us
[ In Reply To ..]AHDI is supposed to be us, not "they", isn't it? It should be what we want it to be, not what those fast talkers and bloggers have made it and are trying to make it. I wouldn't throw out everyone that is still there. Those who just endlessly talk at us need to be shown the door. I don't think it's necessary to throw out the whole organization.
LOL! If there is anything AHDI is NOT, it is "us". - s/m
[ In Reply To ..]I'm sure most, if not all, of the management, CEO, sales, etc. of AHDI is fully aware of how dishonest this outfit is.
And although most MTs who go for the CMT so-called "certification" just don't know any better, there are probably some who are fully aware, when they pay all that money to take the test and keep up the credits, that they are funding their own demise.
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