Name the decision
“The Union decided” is rarely enough. The governing body, officer, Local, delegate meeting or other authority that acted can be identified.
Collective structure does not require anonymous decision-making.Authority in motion
Decisions & Consequences
A vote is not the end of a democratic act. It is the moment responsibility begins to move with the decision.
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Every decision has a before, a during and an after.
Before: what authority exists? During: who used it and on what information? After: what happened because of it?
Connect the result
A decision can be procedurally valid and still produce a poor result. Governance means seeing the consequence, learning from it and correcting course where required.
Procedure matters. So does what the procedure produced.Own the consequences
Some consequences are carried collectively — financially, politically or organizationally. That does not erase the responsibility of the people who exercised the authority.
Shared consequences do not mean ownerless decisions.