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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 957195" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p>You can vote for who ever you want to.&nbsp; But this membership remembers what the old board did to our union and 3 of them are trying to crawl back in; back to the scene of the crime.&nbsp; Im sorry but we do not wish to go back to those days anymore.&nbsp; We voted in record numbers for this current board for a reason: we felt Howie and Tony and the boys had lost touch with the rank and file and had become complacent and lazy. We also voted against them because they practically bankrupted our health and welfare funds and made poor decisions on our pension investments.&nbsp; They pulled in huge salaries and didnt visit our buildings.&nbsp; Several of them had personal/friendly relationships with certain DMs. Some of them still do. They also backed Hoffa and his sell out contracts that we all have to live with.&nbsp; Yeah go ahead vote for those guys again. You and the other terminally angry members that dont see what a relief it is to have a board that talks to you and looks you in the eye and tells you the truth.&nbsp; A group of guys that are committed to making this a better local than they found it.&nbsp; A group of guys that took an oath to not sell out the members and not make back room deals with management.&nbsp; Since they have been in office, we now see BA&#039;s at all times of the evening and early morning.&nbsp; We never had that before.&nbsp;&nbsp; We have BA&#039;s coming to our building 2-3 times a week.&nbsp; And yes we have BA&#039;s willing to step it up like Dave O did&nbsp; in Melville&nbsp; and show UPS they mean businesss.&nbsp; Tony and co never had the balls to do what Dave did.&nbsp; He and others were too busy being in UPS&#039; pockets.&nbsp; The only time Tony and co got excited and active was when they needed to get re-elected.&nbsp; Other than that they were old, complacent, ineffective union hacks whose best days were behind them.&nbsp; By no means do I think this current board is perfect.&nbsp; However, with a little over 2 years in office, these guys have begun to fix what needed to be fixed in our union.&nbsp; We now have union reps working around the clock addressing all of our problems not just the drivers.&nbsp; Our health funds are growing once again due to difficult moves they had to make to save our funds from going broke.&nbsp; Now thanks to our new board an increase in our pension is not out of the question.&nbsp; Now we have BA&#039;s who dont go fishing with their building&#039;s DM or make backroom deals in secret.&nbsp; We are told at every union meeting the status of all our funds (as boring as it is when sitting there).&nbsp; We have parking lot meetings with our BA&#039;s all the&nbsp; time now.&nbsp; Are members still getting fired under their leadership?&nbsp; Yes, but guess what?&nbsp; Members get fired nationwide for the same &quot;offenses&quot;.&nbsp; Read some of the other threads on brown cafe: telematics, falsification, dishonesty, clean in clean out, lying about accidents,etc.&nbsp; Our next contract needs to give us better language in order to survive on this job.&nbsp; ANd thats another reason we voted the current board in: to negotiate a good contract that looks out for our best interests and doesnt sell us out like Row A did!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 957195, member: 29553"] You can vote for who ever you want to. But this membership remembers what the old board did to our union and 3 of them are trying to crawl back in; back to the scene of the crime. Im sorry but we do not wish to go back to those days anymore. We voted in record numbers for this current board for a reason: we felt Howie and Tony and the boys had lost touch with the rank and file and had become complacent and lazy. We also voted against them because they practically bankrupted our health and welfare funds and made poor decisions on our pension investments. They pulled in huge salaries and didnt visit our buildings. Several of them had personal/friendly relationships with certain DMs. Some of them still do. They also backed Hoffa and his sell out contracts that we all have to live with. Yeah go ahead vote for those guys again. You and the other terminally angry members that dont see what a relief it is to have a board that talks to you and looks you in the eye and tells you the truth. A group of guys that are committed to making this a better local than they found it. A group of guys that took an oath to not sell out the members and not make back room deals with management. Since they have been in office, we now see BA's at all times of the evening and early morning. We never had that before. We have BA's coming to our building 2-3 times a week. And yes we have BA's willing to step it up like Dave O did in Melville and show UPS they mean businesss. Tony and co never had the balls to do what Dave did. He and others were too busy being in UPS' pockets. The only time Tony and co got excited and active was when they needed to get re-elected. Other than that they were old, complacent, ineffective union hacks whose best days were behind them. By no means do I think this current board is perfect. However, with a little over 2 years in office, these guys have begun to fix what needed to be fixed in our union. We now have union reps working around the clock addressing all of our problems not just the drivers. Our health funds are growing once again due to difficult moves they had to make to save our funds from going broke. Now thanks to our new board an increase in our pension is not out of the question. Now we have BA's who dont go fishing with their building's DM or make backroom deals in secret. We are told at every union meeting the status of all our funds (as boring as it is when sitting there). We have parking lot meetings with our BA's all the time now. Are members still getting fired under their leadership? Yes, but guess what? Members get fired nationwide for the same "offenses". Read some of the other threads on brown cafe: telematics, falsification, dishonesty, clean in clean out, lying about accidents,etc. Our next contract needs to give us better language in order to survive on this job. ANd thats another reason we voted the current board in: to negotiate a good contract that looks out for our best interests and doesnt sell us out like Row A did!! [/QUOTE]

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