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RCMP Union Election Interference
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Their allegations are not foreign interference, it rather union interference.
It's an interesting read; the allegations they make might .ore properly land in the "police behaving badly" thread.
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When police become involved in party politics and it’s seen as ok is cause for concern
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This is internal to the union politics, not political party politics.
There are allegations of senior RCMP union leadership paying themselves significant benefits our of union funds, an RCMP member wanting to run against them in the upcoming union election, and the incumbent Union leadership ordering the notionally independent election committee members to not let that individual run.
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Internal politics is often more cutthroat than actual politics
What @dapaterson said. This has nothing to do with Canadian politics, this is all about the RCMP union members electing their own union executive. Union election, not Canadian election. Sounds like allegations the incumbent union executive has its thumb on the scale and that there may have been some questionable decisions made around union exec compensation.
Anyway, this shouldn’t be in the foreign interference thread. Could be its own RCMP union drama thread over in the RCMP subforum I guess?
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Split from General Election Interference
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The RCMP is new to unions, this is just the start of the fun that can arise.
So far with my time dealing with them I have seen clear discriminatory advantage given to certain people (saw one particular union president write more pay into a collective agreement for him and him alone, if the president changed they would get less), double standards depending on who you are (my union has a clear line between those on the new pension vs those on the old pension, way more benefits and perks to those who are on the old), and gatekeeping of knowledge intended to prevent people from moving into higher positions in the union.
It is interesting to note though that theoretically this union should be made up of ‘more ethical’ Canadians being that they are all police officers.
So far with my time dealing with them I have seen clear discriminatory advantage given to certain people (saw one particular union president write more pay into a collective agreement for him and him alone, if the president changed they would get less), double standards depending on who you are (my union has a clear line between those on the new pension vs those on the old pension, way more benefits and perks to those who are on the old), and gatekeeping of knowledge intended to prevent people from moving into higher positions in the union.
It is interesting to note though that theoretically this union should be made up of ‘more ethical’ Canadians being that they are all police officers.
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There will likely be growing pains.
The emergency services in our town have been unionized since 1918.
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All good. I’ve seen the same mistake made elsewhere too.
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