no reason for him to step down he knows what he's doing and is very smart , you have to remember these guys came in as a clean slate , no help from the old board , nobody cares more for our local then tim does , that i know for sure. The key is going to be how the arbitrations come back. The reason that howie backed hoffa was because he was afraid of ups, never wanted to fight with them , if ups wanted someone fired bad enough they always got fired , an if you were a tdu or row b guy they looked the other way and let ups have them. But like people here have said howie is in the past we have to deal with the present and future. I have alot of friends around ups management and union members. Its not that the union workers ups fired weren't guilty of what ups say's they did , it comes down to , does the punishment fit the crime , in most cases no way. So when these arbitrations come back in the unions favor ups will slow down and think twice before walking someone out the door. I only have a year and a half left , the members are smarter the you think they know who to vote for , remember row a had 95% of the stewards behind them and they still got crushed , the members in my building know right from wrong , they are upset with the long hours and the way management threats people , we need to see our ba in the building more , row b was voted in by the members to have someone fight for a better contract , and fight for them. Depending what happens in the next contract will determine if row b lasts , not before.