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Omaha Steve

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Mon Mar 9, 2015, 07:45 AM Mar 2015

Philly.com: Union president tells his son: Stay out of the union


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http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/jobs/INQ_Jobbing_Union_UFCW-Wendell-Young-Leadership-Philadelphia-Acme-state-Store.html

Jane M. Von Bergen, Inquirer Staff Writer
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2015, 3:55 AM

Critics have a point when they talks about how leadership in some union locals turns into a family dynasty, with sons easily taking over leadership from their fathers, thereby nearly erasing the chance for any kind of elected union democracy. Wendell Young 4th said it definitely was not that easy for him to become the leader of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, following in the footsteps of his father, Wendell Young 3d.

In fact, he said, his father actively discouraged him from union work.

When Young was a youngster, he remembers, his father was rarely home, always too busy with negotiations or union business. Young recalled one time when the whole family was gathered for a barbecue to celebrate his birthday. But his Dad had to leave for negotiations. Heartbroken, Young put up a fit and his Dad wound up taking him to a bargaining session, where someone, mercifully, had some magic markers to keep him occupied.

"I was bored," Young said.

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Philly.com: Union president tells his son: Stay out of the union (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2015 OP
Many things that need to be done aren't exciting, but still have to be done. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. Many things that need to be done aren't exciting, but still have to be done.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 08:04 AM
Mar 2015

I bet there were a lot of times his dad was bored, or frustrated that he had to keep fighting the same fights over and over simply to prevent having hard-won rights stripped away again by management.

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