Submitted by Ana Maria Serrano (not verified) on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 8:47pm.
My name is Ana Maria. I'm a school social worker in Puerto Rico and vice-president of FMPR's Aguadilla Local. I participated in the activities the FMPR sponsored during the SEIU convention. I had the chance to speak with various SEIU delegates and from what they said I feel very proud to be a member of the FMPR. My union listens to its' members. We debate and argue at times and when there is no consensus, we vote. Our leadership has limitation of terms so there are no eternal presidents. Our internal elections are held every three years for national positions and every union member has the right to vote. Our local union leadership is elected every two years. When someone has something to criticize we say it. Outright and face up. We don't have to do it anonymously. We are not scared to criticize our leaders nor to fight for our rights with management. We have faced many battles in the past 4 1/2 years but we have faced them together and we have come out stronger. I hope all SEIU members become informed about what is going on in Puerto Rico with SEIU raiding of FMPR and support us in our fight to defend our union and Puerto Rican teachers.
My name is Ana Maria. I'm a school social worker in Puerto Rico and vice-president of FMPR's Aguadilla Local. I participated in the activities the FMPR sponsored during the SEIU convention. I had the chance to speak with various SEIU delegates and from what they said I feel very proud to be a member of the FMPR. My union listens to its' members. We debate and argue at times and when there is no consensus, we vote. Our leadership has limitation of terms so there are no eternal presidents. Our internal elections are held every three years for national positions and every union member has the right to vote. Our local union leadership is elected every two years. When someone has something to criticize we say it. Outright and face up. We don't have to do it anonymously. We are not scared to criticize our leaders nor to fight for our rights with management. We have faced many battles in the past 4 1/2 years but we have faced them together and we have come out stronger. I hope all SEIU members become informed about what is going on in Puerto Rico with SEIU raiding of FMPR and support us in our fight to defend our union and Puerto Rican teachers.