>They should tie Yokich's base pay to membership growth; that'd be a
>spur to organizing.
Heh heh, funny. In all seriousness, though, every union should do what the UE does and has always done: no officer gets paid more than the highest-paid rank-and-file member. Not that that's a spur for growth: the UE has been shrinking, too. But it would set a much better tone for the entire labor movement and would certainly deprive bosses of the argument -- which they often use in organizing campaigns -- that "union bosses want to take your dues to enrich themselves."
John Lacny