For all of you in the bargaining unit, welcome, and I hope you visit often for a look at how your Union is representing you, and grace us with comments and thoughts (only well-thought-out ones, please) on anything of interest or concern to you as a member of the bargaining unit.

We are working hard (especially David) on making this not only a window into our little local Union activities, but into the world of organized labor everywhere.

I hope we all recognize, despite our daily inconveniences and complaints, that we are blessed with more than most employees in other agencies and organizations can dream about. This is, in no small way, fruit of the labor of a small group of current and former RMA employees who joined the Union and have worked countless hours to make RMA the great and flexible place to work for that it is today.

My hope is that we can use this window to expand our horizons, and learn about labor issues and struggles across the nation, across organizations, and worldwide and do what we can as both individual voters and as a Union in advancing those issues.

For our Union members, look for a new feature on the website that will allow you to log on as a member and check on meetings, agendas and ongoing activities.

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