A Reminder to Vote for Democracy
2024.11.26 06:50 CAPE_Organizer A Reminder to Vote for Democracy
Hi,
So the purpose of this post is to remind everyone that there are still a few days left before CAPE's election closes on November 29, 2024. It's also to encourage who normally don't vote to participate in this election.
This post will, however, not try to convince you that voting in this election will make a difference in terms of having a strong union. This is because the reality is that the current NEC collectively just doesn't have the leadership competencies to achieve that
So, if it's not going to make a difference, then why bother?
Well, for a very simple reason: The results of the election might end up affecting your union dues.
Now, the reason I'm saying this is because the NEC has put forward a proposal to implement a delegated convention model in the coming years. Through this model, members of locals would delegate their votes to delegates that would be sent to the convention.
Proponents of this model argue that it is a better model than our current referendum system. They claim it would allow:
-amendments to resolutions during the convention;
-and people to engage in real-time debates during the convention
In contrast, our current system basically presents an informational session about the resolutions, followed by a vote with little opportunity for debate.
In addition, they argue that with around 27,000 members, there's a lack of time to prepare for an AGM of that size.
I can acknowledge that there's some logic to their argument, as there's often an insufficient amount of time spent debating resolution during the AGM.
Additionally, if, for example, all of those 27,000 members actually wanted to attend the AGM in-person, it would not only be super difficult to prepare for but also prohibitively expensive, as you'd have to an area that's big enough to house 27,000 people as well as feed them.
Furthermore, to include all of the members, you’d likely need to cover transportation and accommodation costs for CAPE members living in the region.
Sounds reasonable, right?
Yes but…they forgot to mention a few things.
The first of which is that CAPE has a pathetically low engagement rate, with only 9.8% of the membership (2,405 people) voting in the last election, and most of the locals having barely anybody that participates in local activities.
CAPE could also easily create an official forum which would provide a venue through which significantly more members could debate the resolutions in an official setting. This is a choice that hasn’t been made, however, because I believe that the NEC is afraid that it would allow members to organize and demonstrate through discussions and polls that some of the NEC's decisions do not have the support of the majority of members.
In addition, CAPE could also make the current process more democratic by giving members significantly more time to consider constitutional and by-law amendments. At present, members are only given five days before the AGM to review and debate these proposed changes. After the AGM, they have just 12 more days to engage in further discussion. Meanwhile, those who draft these amendments have had months to prepare and persuade others to support them.
They also neglected to mention that social justice activists tend to disproportionately participate in AGMs, SGMs, MBMs, and local meetings compared to regular members who only participate when election times comes.
And the reason they won’t mention any of this is because it would ruin their attempt to use doublespeak, making it seem like a delegated convention would actually make the system more democratic. In reality, though, it’s just a power grab. And if it goes through, there’s a good chance the M4C group and their allies—like the Solidarity and CAPE4Palestine caucuses—would take control of delegate selection at the local level, making it much easier for them to push their agenda.
And with this type of power, they could not only easily increase your union dues, but they could also implement a progressive union dues structure. In such a system, if you earn more than another CAPE member, you would end up paying higher dues than they do.
They would also have the power to easily amend the constitution to change our voting system so that Indigenous, Black and racialized member delegates would always represent 50% of the delegate votes, even if the actual number of these delegates doesn't amount to 50%.
Don't believe me? Then look up the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation's attempt at doing so in 2021. The reality is, some of these activists are so divorced from reality that they really do not see an issue with doing stuff like this.
And I know this is true because if they truly cared about democracy and equality, they would denounce those who want us to return back to caste-based society where your ethnicity, sex, etc, determines what rights you have. They are incapable of doing this, however, because their choices are fundamentally decided by groupthink, and to say no to the groupthink would mean having to take the hard road of making decisions based on logic and evidence, regardless of the social consequences.
Fortunately, we're not actually voting on this proposal this year, so there's still time to organize against this proposal, and prevent it from being implemented.
However, this ability to organize might be severely restricted by “Question 20-Amendments to the Constitution Resolution #4 – Position Statement – Addition of Articles 22.9 and 38”. If implemented, it would require that any public statements made by individuals representing or speaking on behalf of the Association must not contradict the positions outlined in the Position Statement.
This means that if a position statement is passed that prevents criticism of the delegated convention model in the name of union discipline or some other type of bullshit, then anybody who's a shop steward, local executive, or NEC member will not be able to speak out against it. This would effectively deprive any opposition to the model of a significant proportion of its leadership.
Additionally, the wording of the resolution is poorly crafted, leaving it open to interpretation that the NEC would have sole power to amend the position statement.
But…
Would they really do stuff like that?
Well, here's the thing. In this election, the M4C group also submitted “Question 24-Amendments to the Constitution Resolution #8 – Adjusting Participation Thresholds – Amendments to Articles 20, 32, and 37”, which seeks to increase the signature threshold required to trigger an SGM from 50 members to 0.5% of regular members of the Association (135 people). This is despite the fact that only 1 SGM has been held this year, and it was conducted online. By contrast, when the M4C Group wasn't in power, they used this process to trigger 2 SGMs last year both of which were held in person (note: in-person SGMs are more costly).
In addition, the M4C group has submitted “Question 12-By-Law Resolution #3 – Elections and Resolutions - Amendments to By-law 3”, which proposes to increase the number of members to sign a resolution for it to be submitted to a general membership vote, from 2 to 10.
And the general context behind these resolutions is that the NEC made a very foolish decision this year to make a donation from the Executive contingency budget line to the CAPE4Palestine group, so that they could engage in political activities unrelated to employer-employee relationships in the federal public service. As a result of this decision as well as some really ill thought statements on the Israel-Gaza conflict, and the rhetoric the CAPE4Palestine group, they really pissed off some members. These members then used the mechanisms mentioned above to trigger an SGM and submit 2 resolutions to put an end to this nonsense.
And based on these examples, it's pretty clear at this point that the M4C group only believes in democratic rights when it’s their side that exercises them, and if you need further proof of their elitism, just try going on Reddit for a bit, and playing the devil’s advocate by challenging their supporters about their ideas. See whether they’ll disagree with you in a civil manner, and see whether they can acknowledge that the validity of any of the criticisms that are made of M4C group’s positions and choices. See whether they’ll let the ends just the means. In my experience, those are three indicators that often tell you everything you need to know about somebody’s character.
So based on all of this, I would strongly recommend that you vote against the following resolutions:
- Question 20-Amendments to the Constitution Resolution #4 – Position Statement – Addition of Articles 22.9 and 38
- Question 24-Amendments to the Constitution Resolution #8 – Adjusting Participation Thresholds – Amendments to Articles 20, 32, and 37
- Question 12-By-Law Resolution #3 – Elections and Resolutions - Amendments to By-law 3
And more importantly, it's a vote for democracy.
P.S. If you agree with these arguments and know someone who normally doesn’t vote but cares about how their money is spent, please share this post with them.
Also, if any of you aren’t sure about which positions to take on other resolutions, I’ve prepared a list of recommendation in the comment series in the following link.
https://www.reddit.com/The_USS_CAPE/comments/1guwomv/comment/ly1i5e3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
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