That Sucks. Politics should never get in the way of the greater good. ( yes I know it does I'm a 30 year 3rd generation teamster) maybe your BA could've reached out to another Local to get it. I've had a copy of it for a month or so I would've gladly sent it to you. We have enough BS from the company to having to overcome added obstacles from within
Thank you, Brother. There were copies available to be had, but we would like to move through the official channels in the event there was an actual challenge to the company's proposals . That way, everyone's receipts are in order,.....ducks in a row, so to speak,.....and any official question is met with an official response,........and there can be no question about subversive and clandestine ways of gathering what should be fairly common knowledge. No way for anyone with an agenda to cloud the issue at hand, if you know what I mean.
Pretty sad when you consider we are all supposed to be on the same side.......the Good Side, to say the least,........and we have to watch our own backs..........
Company people are probably laughing so hard now they're wetting themselves in squirts.......we are fighting to destroy each other,.....one group to continue the featherbedding and the Good Ol' Boy-ing,....and the other group to uphold and restore the dignity and morality of our Union. We all know which side the companies are rooting for.....
We've got to reach out to those thousands of Teamsters who no longer bother to participate,....or vote,....or question,.....because they're convinced our ........"leadership".....has bought and sold them,...and nothing they do or say will make a difference. They've walked away out of a sense of defeat,....out of watching shoddy, stinking contracts being rammed down their throats,.....grievances sitting....on...ahem..."hold"....for more than a year,......management interpreting the contract "on the fly".......Regional V.P.'s and heads of grievance committees actually telling members not to bring that grievance to the committee, because it will fail,......no matter what it's merits. Can't Rock The Boat!
Well,...if we can reach those disenfranchised Brothers and Sisters, and tell them their feeling of disenfranchising was planned and masterminded to defeat the power of the Rank-and-File,......and if we can stir up some Righteous Anger and Vengeance amongst those who've walked away from participation,.........I damn well betcha we can Rock their Boat like an Iceberg rocked the Titanic.......
"Captain Hoffa, Sir! We've struck a very angry nerve with the Rank-and-File, Sir!" "Never you mind that, Ensign Johnson. Go tell Ensign Sweeton to schedule my golf outing for when we make landfall....."