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| Bilello failed to implement contract. |
On Wednesday March 27, Review Officer (RO) Dennis Walsh slapped Executive Secretary-Treasurer Michael Bilello with an eight-count notice of possible veto.
The charges include among other things, from on or about August 22, 2012, through October 2012, Bilello "failed to take reasonable and prudent measures to implement the terms" of the Wall and Ceiling contract.
Back in January we wrote, "while we struggle to pay our bills and put food on the table, the Bilello administration, despite having thirteen months in office and claims of working "tirelessly," has failed to nail down a new contract. This inability to negotiate and implement a contract has and continues to cost this membership tens of millions in lost wages and benefits!"
Carpenters have been working without a new WC&C contract since June 30, 2011, and have not received a raise since October 2010.
In March 2012, the membership (including Bilello) soundly rejected the Wall and Ceiling contract (negotiated by the UBC) which included full mobility.
After the failed contract vote, Bilello spent months dithering and flip-flopping before deciding to break his campaign promise (again) and support of full mobility.
