Wayne Glenn and Glenn Glos Case

The United Paperworkers Union is comprised of men and women of the woods product industry. The UPIU leaders including Wayne Glenn and Glenn Gloss were played a major downfall in the Staley labor movement. The leaders of UPIU were not as committed to the campaign and were not providing the support Staley workers needed to succeed.

One of the first instances of lack of support includes not giving there all in the cause and then siding with union members who were not up for the fight. A big part of labor union success includes solidarity among union members and the supporters. Wayne Glenn, along with Jim Shinall went on the side of workers who faired they would permantly lose their job or wanted to work because they really needed money. Since, the United Paperworkers International Union changed their support to the union workers that were giving in, Staley no longer had the strong system they needed. Management will not take the company seriously if everyone is not on the same page. You can’t have some workers wanting to protest and then others wanting to work. The UPIU and the workers who accepted the unfair contract ultimately hurt the labor movement.

Another vital moment occurred in 1995 when the United Paperworks International Union rejected a prosed contact from Staley. Pepsi accounted for a major percentage of Staley sales. But when the UPIU ended a corporate campaign where Staley was no longer the supplier of Pepsi. Although the UPIU informed Staley that they were in control of the campaign, President Glenn informed his staff members to back off from the campaign. Throughout the labor movement, the UPIU was not providing the support Staley workers needed.

Another instance of unsupportive leadership occurred when Glenn wrote a letter to Dave Watts about taking local leadership. The UPIU leaders seemed so upset about the contract possibly ended. They even went as far as going on the local radio announcing their frustration about how they didn’t want the Pepsi contract to end. Dave Watts believed in creating a system where everyone was able to be a leader in the labor movement. In addition, Watts wanted everyone’s voice to be heard and educated on the issue. Because the UPIU leaders wanted to overrule the leadership and put the Staley workers movement to the backburner they ultimately hurt the campaign. The UPIU challenged the local leadership instead