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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1143863" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>Indeed, in our local, what started out to be a group of people dedicated to the membership and its needs slowly turned into "YES" men for the internatinal. RON promised NEVER to be a politician when he was asking to be elected for his first term. Since, he rarely, if ever, shows up at the yards. He is always out of town involving himself in other locals business under the premise of bringing recognition to our local. Recognition for what is the key question.</p><p></p><p>His Eboard has failed to take care of members. His agents are weak as a used tea bag and the company has had their way with ALL of them over the last 6 years.</p><p></p><p>Now, with this contract, the reality of the weakness of the H administration comes to the surface for all to see. RON is a nice guy personally, a good family man, but as a leader, he is now only concerned with his political future within the teamsters.</p><p></p><p>Like in all administrations with the teamsters, some officers just overstay thier welcome. RON has worn out his welcome in our local. The members see it first hand with his support of this proposal.</p><p></p><p>Sure, there will always be supporters, but those are wearing thin lately and most are the guys who will support anything RON says as long as their is a HAT, SHIRT, JACKET, BRIEFCASE or trip involved.</p><p></p><p>The first time RON ran for office, he recieved 2755 votes and won the election. Every three years since, those numbers continue to drop. In the last re-election, he only recieved 1954 votes. A TREND that continues to spiral downwards.</p><p></p><p>NOW, with the members angry over losing our superior health care coverage, it will be easier to remove him from office. The last opponent to run against him received 955 votes and that was with a guy that isnt really liked, but what it tells you is that the anti H crowd is growing and if you factor in 4 or 5 thousand angry UPS teamsters, then you can see the handwriting on the wall.</p><p></p><p>There are people out in the wings ready to make moves, but we have to see how this contract plays out before laying any cards on the table.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I wish RON had stuck to his pledge that he made in the begining. Unfortunately, RON is too involved in outside political adventures to care enough about our members and it shows.</p><p></p><p>If he truly wanted to represent the membership, then he would schedule a contract meeting asap, then listen to the members, then encourage a NO vote to the membership and go back to HOFFA / HALL and say he made a MISTAKE when he endorsed this proposal.</p><p></p><p>WE are suppose to come first, and NOT RONS political career. That does not seem to be the case.</p><p></p><p>Peace</p><p></p><p>TOS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1143863, member: 17969"] Indeed, in our local, what started out to be a group of people dedicated to the membership and its needs slowly turned into "YES" men for the internatinal. RON promised NEVER to be a politician when he was asking to be elected for his first term. Since, he rarely, if ever, shows up at the yards. He is always out of town involving himself in other locals business under the premise of bringing recognition to our local. Recognition for what is the key question. His Eboard has failed to take care of members. His agents are weak as a used tea bag and the company has had their way with ALL of them over the last 6 years. Now, with this contract, the reality of the weakness of the H administration comes to the surface for all to see. RON is a nice guy personally, a good family man, but as a leader, he is now only concerned with his political future within the teamsters. Like in all administrations with the teamsters, some officers just overstay thier welcome. RON has worn out his welcome in our local. The members see it first hand with his support of this proposal. Sure, there will always be supporters, but those are wearing thin lately and most are the guys who will support anything RON says as long as their is a HAT, SHIRT, JACKET, BRIEFCASE or trip involved. The first time RON ran for office, he recieved 2755 votes and won the election. Every three years since, those numbers continue to drop. In the last re-election, he only recieved 1954 votes. A TREND that continues to spiral downwards. NOW, with the members angry over losing our superior health care coverage, it will be easier to remove him from office. The last opponent to run against him received 955 votes and that was with a guy that isnt really liked, but what it tells you is that the anti H crowd is growing and if you factor in 4 or 5 thousand angry UPS teamsters, then you can see the handwriting on the wall. There are people out in the wings ready to make moves, but we have to see how this contract plays out before laying any cards on the table. Personally, I wish RON had stuck to his pledge that he made in the begining. Unfortunately, RON is too involved in outside political adventures to care enough about our members and it shows. If he truly wanted to represent the membership, then he would schedule a contract meeting asap, then listen to the members, then encourage a NO vote to the membership and go back to HOFFA / HALL and say he made a MISTAKE when he endorsed this proposal. WE are suppose to come first, and NOT RONS political career. That does not seem to be the case. Peace TOS [/QUOTE]
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