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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 904396" data-attributes="member: 17969">If I was Hoffa, and things in 804 are as ACES states, my first action as GP would be to place 804 under trusteeship, install qualified personel in there to clean house, make decisions for that local that end all the name calling and accusations, and then BAN everyone of the people who have taken 804 down the road to a dysfunctional chitt house.If 804 cant pull together and put differences aside and work together, then that local needs to be placed under trusteeship.ACES makes useless accusations that he cant prove, kickbacks, hushmoney, money taken for vacations, christmas parties etc etc etc....  are these the things that are affecting the members in the yards on a daily basis?The answer is NO.These are the things that TDU wants people to focus on.  In my opinion, there needs to be a fresh start in 804, begining with the removal of all past and current leadershp and new never involved people to step up and run 804 without any connections to TDU.Every local at one time or another gets into a period of mis management, and its only the membership who can toss them out and replace them and make change. But that takes committment and not name calling or fist waving.ACES, your a 25 year teamster, your focus should be on preparing yourself for retirement and leave the name calling and accusation making at the curb.  Retirement investments all over the country are losing money on wall street.  Thats the nature of investments.During the BUSH administration, as the stock market destroyed itself, all teamster pensions were hit hard, some harder than others.  Investments lost tons of money and that was no fault of any one teamster.  Decisions are made to make investments based on market trends and not every investment is a guaranteed winner.  Today, the market is volatile and investments are up and down.  Pension investments can be destroyed if this economy and the people managing congress cant place the poliicies in place to spawn growth.Right now, your concern should rest with the republican controlled congress who seems determined to run this country into the ground and use YOU as a pawn to protect the richest americans in the country.  Your pension plan hangs in the balance as the stock market teeters on a free fall.There are bigger issues to concern yourself with other than christmas parties.  That sounds extememly childish.  I would laugh in your face if you approached me in a yard with that claim.Our next contract should be your focus in the yards.  Make a contribution to the effort, make a suggestion for something useful that we can listen too that can be used to formulate a plan for a certain issue in the contract.But if you mention christmas parties or vacations and the like, then I know you are not serious.Peace.</blockquote>

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