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I received Gausman's "Carpenters for Solidarity,"campaign mailing on Friday, it is devoid of any substance on the issues, does not give you a single reason why you should vote and does not even mention that Gausman is the president!
After you read past the first 14 pitiful sentences you get this for a reason to vote;
"At all general membership meetings, we will inform the members on all issues, our positions on the issues, and anything we voted on at the Executive Board meeting. There will be no secrets. We are not naive enough to think this will be easy, but we are confident that once the membership is informed and has access to the same information as the Executive Board, the union will be stronger than ever."
So Gausman thinks informing the membership at a meeting is a herculean task, and if he can accomplish this task, "the union will be stronger than ever" and the members will have "their union back."
On March 21st, Gausman was constitutionally appointed Vice President pro tem, and for all intents and purposes has been in charge of the local. On March 14, former President Lawrence D'Errico received a written "NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ACTION" and has been absent since, D'Errico was officially veto by the RO on April 12.
So why is Gausman acting like he is not in charge? He has shown absolutely no leadership since taking office. He has not posted the meeting minutes on the locals website even though a motion was made and carried at the March meeting to do so. He failed to preside at the April union meeting, he is not listed as an officer on the official Local 157 website, he does not say he is the president of the local and he conducted the May meeting "ineptly, most of which was unintelligible due to a woefully inadequate sound system."On every issue since he was appointed, Gausman has dumped responsibility and set a pattern of negligible leadership. Why is Gausman so leadership averse?
Why is there no mention of the issues on his campaign mailing or website, no mention of continued corruption, no mention of the dismal supervision, no mention of the UBC's restructuring plan and proposed by-laws that violate the rights of the local and the membership.
Where is Gausman's plan or voice in opposition? If you are not offering a plan or voice to help protect and defend members rights, then you're in favor of the UBC's plan and agenda to violate members rights.
Gausman is correct on one thing, "this will be the most important election ever."
On June 22, you can either choose someone who is fighting for members rights or someone who is not, the choice is yours to make.
POWERS & DUTIES OF THE DELEGATE BODY
ReplyDelete(A) The Council Delegate Body shall have the exclusive authority to consider, vote upon and finally make decisions on all matters affecting the Council, as provided for in the By-Laws
(B) Review, approve or reject in advance, all CBA following a recommendation from the Executive Committee. If a CBA is rejected, the Delegate Body shall promptly inform the Executive Committee in writing of any provisions that cause, or will cause as indicated by a “non-binding vote”, in whole or in part the rejection
The power to ratify the contract by vote is granted and then summarily taken away via a non-binding vote, rendering it – and the transparency & restoration of Democracy meaningless.
The vote is required to secure the proper language in the Contracts (CBA)and all Benefit Fund Agreements, and to eliminate the Illegal language (SECTION 8) which allows the EST & crooked DC Employees, Trustees & Fiduciaries from using the rank & files pay raises as a means to cover their theft, embezzlement & gambling losses on illegal investment scams for the trust funds and their known association with the mob.
Anyone who is perfectly happy to sit on some bullshit delegate body, knowing their "vote" is a Non-Binding dog & pony show for the Court etc., is not fit to run or lead.
It means your part of the problem. e.g. How about a Non-Binding Vote in the 2012 Election for President...would you all go along with that?
Gausmans slate and all other slates & individual candidates; in light of the recently proposed lanaguage contained in the 5-26-11 Restructuring Plan - all need to clarify their stance, as the Contract (CBA) & the Benefit Trust Funds Agreements are the very essence and source of the power.
The NLRA guarantees the rank & file members the right to elect & bargain with rep's of their own choosing for wages, hours & working conditions of Employment. It is a power specifically preserved for rank & file workers and employees - period.
Section 4A, 4B & 4C langauge was the first clue....with the Central Governing Body langauge = hello, wake-up call, welcome to the Dictatorship.
We're (UBCJA) gonna crap all over your rights, albeit with a shit eating grin on our face, but Doug & Spencer will be glad to pose with you for that photo-op, so you can run back to the Locals and sing their praises.
Failure to recognize the obvious and to take a stand against it qualifies those supporting the Restructuring Plan and By-Law changes to nothing less than full defeat on Election Day, and perhaps a job as a Walmart Greeter, but only after they master the fine art of collecting shopping carts!
Happy father's day Gerry. From John ( THE KNIGHT OF NEE) Mususmeci.
ReplyDelete"Ted" : When did Muscemeci hightail it off the WTD train. By the looks of things, -IMMEDIATELY UPON BERMAN'S RULING ON WHAT WILL FOREVER GO DOWN IN THE ANALS OF UBC HISTORY, - TO BE FOREVER REFERRED TO AS - THE MUSCEMECI MOTION.
ReplyDeleteDROP DEAD UNITY TEAM !
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