Any success stories of how to increase democratic participation?
I'm a shop steward in hospitality. It's been a rough year at our hotel. I'm the only active steward out of 4. We've had a string of inconsistent representatives / business agents. I need help and want to encourage some participation from the rank and file members. I want us to organize, I want people to feel empowered. I have a small core of senior, committed individuals to start a committee with and we have a meeting on the books. I have the start of a plan, such as an agenda, materials to distribute, preliminary guidelines for how we should operate, ideas for short term and long term goals. But I want to know if any other union brothers/sisters have attempted or succeeded at this? What did you do, what structures and timelines were helpful, etc.?