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LAWRENCE J. HANLEY
International President
ROBERT H. BAKER
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International Executive Vice President
Oscar Owens
International Secretary-Treasurer
International Vice Presidents
LARRY R. KINNEAR
Ashburn, ON – [email protected]
JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR.
Kansas City, MO – [email protected]
RICHARD M. MURPHY
Newburyport, MA – [email protected]
BOB M. HYKAWAY
Calgary, AB – [email protected]
ATU has joined the ever-growing list of
groups supporting Hyatt housekeepers’
boycott of the hotel chain. Hyatt has
singled itself out as the worst hotel employer in
America. Hyatt has abused housekeepers and other
workers, replacing longtime employees with minimum
wage temporary workers and imposing dangerous
workloads on those who remain. Hyatt workers
have taken bold steps to end mistreatment, speaking
publicly about abuses, going on strike, and launching
a global boycott of Hyatt.
WILLIAM G. McLEAN
Reno, NV – [email protected]
JANIS M. BORCHARDT
Madison, WI – [email protected]
PAUL BOWEN
Canton, MI – [email protected]
Kenneth R. Kirk
Lancaster, TX – [email protected]
GARY RAUEN
Clayton, NC – [email protected]
Marcellus Barnes
Flossmore, IL – [email protected]
RAY RIVERA
Lilburn, GA – [email protected]
YVETTE SALAZAR
Thornton, CO – [email protected]
GARY JOHNSON, SR.
Cleveland, OH – [email protected]
ROBIN WEST
Rexdale, ON – [email protected]
JOHN COSTA
Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected]
CHUCK WATSON
Syracuse, NY – [email protected]
International Representatives
The Codiac Transpo lockout of members
of Local 1290 is affecting the quality of
life for Moncton-area seniors who rely
on the bus service. Seniors are cancelling medical
appointments and unable to go grocery shopping as a
result of the lockout said Cecile Cassista, executive
director for the Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home
Residents’ Rights. She said seniors are losing their
independence and that they are often too proud to ask
for help.
Four people are facing charges in two
separate attacks on Hamilton Street
Railway (HSR) drivers. Hamilton police
arrested and charged two youths and a man with assault.
A woman was also arrested for throwing a cup of coffee
on a driver. Budh Dhillon, president of Local 107, called
the assaults an ongoing issue that he believes stems
from problems with the service and has filed a grievance
against the transit agency. The ATU and TWU have
formed a committee that has been working to deal with
this longstanding issue.
ANTHONY WITHINGTON
Claudia Hudson
Oakland, CA – [email protected]
Stephan MacDougall
Boston, MA – [email protected]
Canadian Council
STU LITWINOWICH
Rexdale, ON - [email protected]
Vol. 121, No. 4
2International Officers & General Executive Board
NEWS Briefs
3Index Page
4 Are You In?
IMPRESSIVE VISION FOR TORONTO TRANSIT REJECTED
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5International President’s Message:
Ready to Rock the Transit World!
6 International Executive Vice President’s Message:
Unions - As Necessary As They’ve Ever Been
7 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message:
Don’t Let the Big GOP Fat Cats Fire You
9 Congress Passes Transportation Bill:
Transit Riders and Workers Shafted
10 Canadian Agenda: New Canadian Director Wants
Members to ‘believe, live ATU’
14 ATU, VTA Create Innovative Operator Apprentice Program
ROCKING THE TRANSIT WORLD:
ATU IN CONCERT SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
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15 Above & Beyond: ATU Activist Nathaniel Arnold in Action
17 Diesel Engine Exhaust Classified Carcinogenic to Humans
Sebastopol, CA – [email protected]
DENNIS ANTONELLIS
Spokane, WA – [email protected]
www.atu.org
International Officers Emeritus
International President Jim La Sala, ret.
International President Warren George, ret.
International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret.
International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret.
18 Transit Cuts Separate Poor From Jobs
19 Attack on Tampa Driver Highlights Continuing
Driver Assault Problem
20 Tale of Two Transit Systems
22In Goldman We Trust: How Wall Street takes the
public to the bank
Moncton latest city to turn to lockout
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23 Memphis Bus Riders Unite Around Transit As A
Civil Rights Issue
ATU Family Member Awarded Union Plus Scholarship
24 High Court Health Care Decision Cheered by
Working Families
25 20 Years Ago: Canadian Council Predicts Bitter Battle
in Brampton to Protect Transit
26 Driver Hailed As Hero For Saving Badly Injured Pedestrian
27Translations (French & Spanish)
transit cuts could cost more than deficit
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30In Memoriam
31 Save the Date: The 57th International Convention
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LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
Ready to Rock the
Transit World!
T
hroughout my union life I have often reflected
on the sacrifices people have made over the past
century to build our labor movement. Our generation
is now witnessing a real struggle to save that labor
movement. But to win – to rebuild the middle class –
we have to do more than just witness it.
And, I’m inviting you to do just that on Sunday,
September 30, at 7:00 EDT.
That’s when every ATU member can join me and local
leaders from all over America to plan how we are going
to win the November election in the U.S. – for our
families and our riders.
We need to engage, and we need to get out of our
“comfort zone,” and work in the coming 10 weeks
before the general election.
Unfairness is all around us. We all know people who
have lost jobs or cannot get one. Many of us have
children, well into their 20s, still at home with no work.
We have socialism for the rich, and harsh unregulated
capitalism for the poor. We have a Congress that is frozen
– refusing to act on sensible programs like expanding
mass transit.
Tell us why you are “IN” and how you
are making a difference. Please visit
the following link: bit.ly/PDwiYV
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The ATU program is to build alliances with our riders.
This year, with a presidential election in the U.S., the
focus must be on getting our friends, our families, and
yes, our passengers, to vote.
Your local union is gearing up right now. In this magazine
and on our website you will see ATU members all over
who are saying – “Yes, I’m In!”
That’s what we need each and every member to do.
Commit to your brothers and sisters that in the five
weeks beginning October 1, you will do your part to get
our community to VOTE.
Registration
This means making sure they can vote by asking now if
they, and every member of their family, are registered to
vote. Then it means working with your local officers to
build a campaign in your city and at your bus stops.
Our riders and our members have identical interests
but often don’t see it that way. In many cities transit
agencies have divided us from our passengers. In major
cities there are campaigns run by elected officials telling
the riders to unite to cut our wages – or face service cuts
and fare increases.
But, the power to change that is in our hands. They have
not heard enough from us or our co-victims – transit riders.
We can end that by telling our riders the truth and by
expanding their power by getting them ready to vote.
Put faith in yourself
So mark you calendar for Sunday, September 30.
Join ATU members from all over America in a huge
ATU internet event to spell out our plan to rock the
transit world!
I will not ask you to put your faith in a politician or a
political party. I ask you to put your faith in yourself,
your family, your union family, and your community.
We can build power but it takes work.
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bob baker, INTERNATIONAL Executive vice PRESIDENT
OSCAR OWENS, INTERNATIONAL Secretary-Treasurer
Unions – as necessary
as they’ve ever been
Don’t let the big
GOP fat cats fire you
Have you ever heard anyone say that unions aren’t
necessary anymore?
I recently read two news articles that refute that
contention. The first was about a $30 million grant the
federal government is giving Detroit to buy and repair
buses and make other upgrades.
Now, so many cuts have been made to Detroit’s transit
system that some have questioned whether it will be
able to continue at all. But Congress prefers to buy
shiny new buses for cities like Detroit rather than
giving them what they really need – money to run their
transit systems.
Curious Parallels
It occurred to me that the situation curiously parallels
some of the conditions that led to the formation of
our Union.
In 1892, the horses that pulled streetcars worked only
four-hour shifts while an operator could be forced to
work 16 hours per day or more. When asked why,
one transit owner replied, “horses cost money!” You
see, the horses were a costly investment, but human
labor was cheap.
Mass transit doesn’t use horses anymore. But like
the horses in 1892, real money today is invested in
the things the drivers operate, rather than the drivers
themselves. And what about those long hours? Another
story jumped out at me about that.
It described a new report on Washington, DC’s Metro
system that revealed that even though Metro limits
operators to working no more than 16 hours per day,
some actually work as many as 20!
Now, I can hear the critics yelling out their objections:
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Working conditions are much better today than they
were in 1892, and the drivers working those 20-hour
days are paid overtime.
A
That’s true, in the public and in some of the private sector,
but in over-the-road bus companies in the U.S. and Canada
those statements are not true and don’t take into account
the abysmal pay, benefits, and working conditions at nonunion systems managed by private contractors. They don’t
recognize the plight of non-union over-the-road drivers
who are forced to work to the point of exhaustion for low
pay and no overtime, and that safety for the driver and the
passengers goes out the window.
Put simply, big Republican donors want to fire you
and replace you with a non-union worker who’ll be
paid a lot less.
An increasing number of our members are working for
these same contractors who are doing everything they can
to push their compensation and work rules back to those
of their non-union employees – conditions that bear a
remarkable resemblance to those of 1892.
This is not a scare tactic; it’s simply the truth. The
same people who are behind the campaign to cripple
state worker unions are also contributing to Mitt
Romney, and they want to replace you with a lower
paid, non-union person.
So the next time someone tells you that elections don’t
mean anything and unions aren’t necessary anymore,
tell them about what’s happening in the transit industry
and elsewhere.
Then remind them that the only reason you or anybody
else, for that matter, receives a living wage and is treated
fairly on the job is because unions are still fighting for it.
Also, add that a vote for Mitt Romney or any other antiunion candidate is a vote to reduce their own wages,
benefits and working conditions. Let’s do whatever it
takes to make sure none of us have to experience the truth
of that statement.
In Solidarity,
Bob Baker
ll right, I’m going to get right to the point and tell
you as plainly as I can why you should vote for
President Obama:
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United
decision, those GOP fat cats will be allowed to give
more to Mitt Romney’s campaign than has ever been
contributed before, and if he is elected, they will expect
him to do their bidding.
Your vote more crucial than ever
Your vote for Barack Obama can prevent that from
happening, and in a race as tight as this, your vote will
be more crucial than ever.
But before that we need you to stand up as a beacon
of truth against the barrage of lies that will flood the
airwaves before the election.
Thanks, again, to the Citizens United decision,
corporations and unions can contribute as much as
they like to campaigns. But, since big business has
always contributed over 10 times as much as unions in
the past, I expect that we’ll see a lot more “anti-” than
“pro-” Obama advertising in this campaign.
and prejudices will emerge just as they did four years
ago. They’ll say the president was not born in the
United States, that he is a Muslim, and that he will
take away our guns. They’ll say almost anything they
think will scare us regardless of the truth.
They’ll insinuate that the president is someone who’s
not like us, who’ll render us defenseless against his plans
to destroy our way of life. Frankly, taken together,
these fabrications appeal to the worst elements in our
society, and they are all dead wrong.
Repeated lies thought true
These and other insidious lies will be repeated so often
that many people will simply regard them as the truth.
But, I’m counting on you not to be one of them.
Check out the things you see in the media, and be
particularly suspicious of rumors that come via the
internet or email. Objective websites like FactCheck.org
can help you do that. I’m confident that if you know
the truth you will vote for President Obama.
And please do vote. I know you’ve heard it all before,
but this election truly is crucial to the future of transit
and transit workers in America.
Don’t wake up the morning after the election regretting
that you let other people decide your fate.
Outrageous charges designed to appeal to voters’ fears
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Greyhound Canada to
abandon 13
Alberta towns
Riders to be left out in cold
Canadian Council predicts bitter battle
in Brampton to protect transit
May-June 1992 In Transit
T
he ATU Canadian Council vowed to bring
whatever pressure was necessary to protect
public transportation in the Brampton community!
Council Executive Secretary Ken Foster stated
that the situation is one of the most diabolical
and draconian cost-saving measures that he has
yet witnessed. The problem is the politicians are
using the most recently negotiated settlement as
an excuse that “Brampton cannot afford to honour
its bargaining agreements freely negotiated with
the ATU.” That, according to Foster, sets a very
dangerous precedent in labour relations, and he can
foresee acrimonious relations between unions and
civic politicians if this practice continues.
T
ransit options continue to shrink in Alberta where
Greyhound has announced that it will terminate
service to 13 rural towns. That brings the total of
Alberta communities the company has abandoned to
25. The service reductions come in the wake of a law
passed last year over ATU’s objections that deregulated
over-the-road transit in the province.
The cuts will leave many rural residents without a way
to visit family or go to important medical appointments
in other locations, said Calgary’s Local 1374 President
Gary Galbreath. “You get poor granny who has to
catch a bus into Calgary, let’s say, to see a doctor… she
can no longer do that. So then, she’s got to rely on hope
and having family.”
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In addition, Foster noted that Brampton’s transit system has become a political “yo-yo that is jerked up and
down,” where the residents face loss of transit services because some civic politicians don’t have the sophistication
in dealing with the transit union and the local leadership in an enlightened and constructive manner. This has
resulted in Brampton having to suffer the ordeal of an unnecessary transit strike, and now, a nine-day shutdown
of the system. service or no way to get in? It’s just not right,” he said.
The move mirrors similar actions taken by Greyhound
after deregulation in the United States. The local president wondered what effect the cuts will
have on commuting to work from small communities.
“Is that the only way we can work now, everybody’s got
to leave small communities because we’ve got no bus
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Jeff Grimes, 757-Portland, OR, is being hailed as a hero for
coming to the aid of a woman in a wheelchair who was seriously
injured when she was hit by a car.
Prêts à secouer le monde du
transport en commun !
Votre syndicat local se prépare dès maintenant. Dans ce
magazine et sur notre site web, vous verrez les membres de
l’ATU partout dans le pays qui disent: « Oui, j’en suis ! »
Tout au long de ma vie syndicale, j’ai souvent réfléchi
aux sacrifices que les personnes ont fait au cours du siècle
passé pour construire notre mouvement ouvrier. Notre
génération est aujourd’hui témoin d’un véritable combat
pour sauver ce mouvement ouvrier. Mais pour gagner et
reconstruire la classe moyenne, nous devons être plus que
de simples témoins.
C’est ce que nous et chacun des membres devons faire.
Engagez-vous auprès de vos frères et sœurs pour que dans
les cinq semaines à compter du 1er octobre, vous fassiez
votre part pour que notre communauté VOTE.
Je vous invite donc à le faire le dimanche 30 septembre
à 7 :00 (heure de l’Est).
C’est là que chaque membre de l’ATU pourra se joindre
à moi ainsi qu’aux dirigeants locaux de partout en
Amérique, afin de planifier comment nous allons gagner
les élections de novembre aux États-Unis – pour nos
familles et nos usagers.
Grimes snapped into action quickly stopping his bus to help the
woman, whose badly injured leg was bleeding profusely.
Realizing that the woman was in shock and losing blood rapidly,
Grimes made a tourniquet out of his belt to stop the bleeding.
Nous avons besoin de nous engager, de sortir de notre «
zone de confort » et de travailler dans les 10 prochaines
semaines avant les élections générales.
He stayed with the woman to reassure her until an ambulance
arrived to take her to a nearby hospital with what were non-lifethreatening injuries because of his quick action. “I held her hand
until the paramedics came,” said Grimes.
L’injustice est partout autour de nous. Nous connaissons
tous quelqu’un qui a perdu son emploi ou qui ne peut
simplement pas en trouver. Beaucoup d’entre nous ont
des enfants, dans la vingtaine, toujours à la maison et
sans travail.
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Nous avons un socialisme pour les riches et un
capitalisme rigoureux et non réglementé pour les
pauvres. Nous avons un congrès gelé, refusant d’agir
sur les programmes raisonnables comme l’expansion
des transports en commun.
Mais le pouvoir de changer cela est entre nos mains.
Ils n’ont pas entendu assez de notre part ou des autres
victimes -les usagers du transport.
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Je ne vous demanderai pas de mettre votre foi dans un
homme ou un parti politique. Je vous demande d’avoir foi
en vous-même, en votre famille, en votre famille syndicale
et en votre communauté. Nous pouvons bâtir le pouvoir
mais cela requiert des efforts.
Le programme de l’ATU est de forger des alliances avec nos
usagers. Cette année, avec la présidentielle aux États-Unis,
nous devons tout faire pour que nos amis, nos familles et,
oui, nos passagers, votent.
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Inscription
Cela signifie veiller à ce qu’ils puissent voter en leur
demandant maintenant si eux, et tous les membres de
leur famille, sont inscrits sur les listes électorales. Cela
signifie ensuite travailler avec vos agents pour bâtir une
campagne dans votre ville et à vos arrêts de bus.
Nos usagers et nos membres ont des intérêts identiques,
mais ne le voient pas souvent de cette façon. Dans
de nombreuses villes, les organismes de transport en
commun ont créé une séparation entre nous et nos
usagers. Dans les grandes villes, il y a des campagnes
dirigées par des élus incitant les usagers à s›unir pour
rabaisser nos salaires sous peine d’une réduction de
service ou d’une augmentation des tarifs.
Nous pouvons en finir en disant la vérité à nos usagers et
élargir leur pouvoir en les incitant à voter.
Alors retenez bien la date du Samedi 30 septembre.
Rejoignez les membres ATU de toute l’Amérique dans un
énorme événement Internet d’ATU pour exposer notre
plan et nous préparer à secouer le monde du transport
en commun !
Syndicats – plus nécessaires
que jamais
Avez-vous déjà entendu quelqu’un dire que les syndicats
n’étaient plus utiles ?
J’ai lu récemment deux articles de presse qui réfutent
cette prétention. Le premier était sur une subvention de
30 millions de dollars que le gouvernement fédéral donne
au système de bus de Detroit pour acheter et réparer les
autobus et effectuer d’autres améliorations.
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Ceci-dit, tant de coupes budgétaires ont été faites au
système de transport en commun de Detroit que certains
se demandent s’il pourra tout simplement survivre. Le
Congrès préfère acheter des bus flambants neufs aux villes
comme Detroit plutôt que de leur donner ce dont ils ont
vraiment besoin – des fonds pour opérer leurs activités de
transport.
Il m’est venu à l’esprit que la situation est curieusement
similaire à certaines des conditions qui ont entrainé la
création de notre syndicat.
En 1892, les chevaux qui tiraient le tramway travaillaient
seulement quatre heures alors qu’un opérateur pouvait être
forcé de travailler 16 heures par jour ou plus. Quand on
lui a demandé pourquoi, un propriétaire de transport en
commun a répondu, « les chevaux coûtent cher ! » Vous
voyez, les chevaux étaient un investissement coûteux, mais
le travail humain était bon marché.
Les chevaux ne sont plus utilisés dans le transport en
commun. Mais comme les chevaux en 1892, l’argent
liquide est aujourd’hui investi dans les choses que les
pilotes manœuvrent, plutôt que dans les chauffeurs euxmêmes. Et que dire de ces longues heures ? Une autre
histoire m’est revenue à ce sujet.
Il s’agissait d’un nouveau rapport sur le système de métro
de Washington, DC qui a révélé que même si le métro
limite les opérateurs à travailler 16 heures par jour, certains
en travaillent réellement 20 ! Évidemment, le rapport a
soulevé des préoccupations de sécurité associées à la fatigue
des opérateurs pour travailler longtemps sans repos.
Maintenant, je peux entendre les critiques crier leurs
objections : les conditions de travail sont bien meilleures
aujourd›hui qu’elles ne l’étaient en 1892, et les pilotes
effectuant 20 heures de travail par jour sont rémunérés en
heures supplémentaires.
Ceci est vrai, dans le public et certaines entreprises du
secteur privé, mais dans les entreprises d›autobus aux
États-Unis et au Canada ces déclarations ne sont pas vraies
et ne prennent pas en compte les salaires, prestations
et conditions de travail exécrables dans des systèmes
non syndiqués gérés par des opérateurs privés. Ils ne
reconnaissent pas le sort des conducteurs non syndiqués
qui sont obligés de travailler jusqu›à l›épuisement pour
des bas salaires et sans heures supplémentaires, sans parler
de la sécurité du chauffeur et des passagers qui est tout
simplement passée sous silence.
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Un nombre croissant de nos membres travaillent pour
ces mêmes entrepreneurs qui font tout leur possible pour
aligner leur rémunération et conditions de travail à celles
de leurs employés non syndiqués – conditions qui ont une
ressemblance frappante avec celles pratiquées en 1892.
Alors la prochaine fois que quelqu›un vous dira que les
élections n’ont pas d’importance et que les syndicats
ne sont pas nécessaires, dites leur ce qui se passe dans
l›industrie du transport en commun et ailleurs.
Ensuite rappelez leur également que la seule raison pour
laquelle vous ou quelqu›un d›autre, recevez un salaire
décent et un traitement juste au travail est parce que les
syndicats se battent encore pour cela.
En outre, un vote pour Mitt Romney ou tout autre
candidat antisyndical est un vote qui entraînera une
réduction de leurs propres salaires, avantages et conditions
de travail. Faisons le nécessaire pour s›assurer qu›aucun
d›entre nous n’aie à faire l›expérience de cette vérité.
Solidairement,
Bob Baker
Votre vote pour Barack Obama peut empêcher que cela
ne se passe, et dans une course électorale aussi serrée que
celle-ci, votre vote n’aura jamais été aussi important.
Mais avant cela, il faut que vous restiez debout comme
un flambeau de la vérité contre les mensonges qui
inonderont les ondes avant lݎlection.
Grâce, encore une fois, à l’arrêt de Citizens United,
les entreprises et les syndicats peuvent contribuer
aux campagnes autant qu’ils le souhaitent. Mais,
étant donné que les grandes entreprises ont toujours
contribué 10 fois plus que les syndicats dans le passé, je
m’attends à voir beaucoup plus de publicité « anti-» que
« pro-» Obama dans cette campagne.
Des accusations scandaleuses faisant appel aux peurs et
préjugés des électeurs vont faire surface tout comme il
y a quatre ans. Ils vous diront que le Président n’est
pas né aux États-Unis, qu’il est musulman, et qu’il nous
confisquera nos armes. Ils vous diront presque tout
ce à quoi ils peuvent penser qui puisse nous effrayer
indépendamment de si c›est la vérité.
Ils vont insinuer que le Président n›est pas une personne
comme nous, que nous allons être sans défense contre
ses plans pour détruire notre mode de vie. Franchement,
l’ensemble de ces affabulations fait appel aux pires
éléments de notre société, et ils sont tous archi-faux.
Ces mensonges insidieux, et d’autres, seront répétés
si souvent que beaucoup de gens les considéreront
simplement comme la vérité. Mais, je compte sur vous,
pour ne pas être l’un d’eux.
Vérifiez tout ce que vous voyez dans les médias et
méfiez vous particulièrement des rumeurs circulant sur
internet ou via courriers électroniques. Les sites internet
objectifs comme FactCheck.org peuvent vous aider à le
faire. Je suis convaincu que si vous connaissez la vérité
vous voterez pour le Président Obama.
S’il vous plaît, votez. Je sais que vous l’avez déjà
entendu auparavant, mais cette élection est vraiment
cruciale pour l›avenir du transport et de ses travailleurs
en Amérique.
Ne vous réveillez pas le lendemain du scrutin en
regrettant d’avoir laissé d’autres personnes décider de
votre destin.
Ne laissez pas les gros
bonnets du parti républicain
vous mettre
à la porte. D’accord, j’irai droit au but et je vais vous dire
aussi clairement que possible pourquoi vous devez voter
pour le Président Obama :
En clair, les grands donateurs républicains veulent vous
mettre à la porte et vous remplacer par un travailleur non
syndiqué qui va être beaucoup moins payé.
Grâce à l›arrêt de la Cour suprême Citizens United, ces
gros bonnets du parti républicain pourront contribuer
davantage à la campagne de Mitt Romney qu’il n’avait
été possible jusqu›à présent, et s›il est élu, ils attendront
de lui qu’il fasse ce que bon leur semble.
Ce n’est pas une tactique d’intimidation ; c’est simplement
la vérité. Les mêmes personnes qui sont derrière la
campagne visant à paralyser les syndicats de travailleurs
de l’État contribuent également à Mitt Romney, et ils
veulent vous remplacer par une personne moins bien
rémunérée et non syndiquée.
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In Memoriam
Death Benefits Awarded May 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012
1- MEMBERS AT LARGE
WILLIAM K BYRD
WALTER W CARLSON
JAMES G CLIFFORD
ROBERT EARL COLE
SAMUEL DAVID DEATON
G H FOOTE
JOHN J KENNEDY
LANFORD LEE KERR
ALICE ANN KRMPOTIC
THOMAS A MATTSON
EDWARD G WETTACH
22- WORCESTER, MA
WILLIAM M JOHNSON
26- DETROIT, MI
GEORGE HARRIS JR
EUGENE N REESE
85- PITTSBURGH, PA
THOMASINA H ASKEW
JOHN A BARUFALDI
DOUGLAS A CUMMINS
WILLIAM A KERNER
HILDA LEWIS
ARTHUR EARL ROBINSON
RICHARD SEIFERT
113- TORONTO, ON
RAYMOND JOSEPH AUSTIN
JAMES THOMAS BARNES
WALTER F BURGENER
LUIGI DIREZZE
LESLIE FAKES
ARNOLD C GALLIE
PAUL GAUCI
WAYNE HAYES
EDWIN F J HICKEY
JOHN WILLIAM HOOD
MANUEL MACHADO
ROBERT MC ILROY
LOLA NICHOLSON
WILLIAM G NICKLEE
MANUEL D PACHECO
KARL E PAGE
LUIGI PALERMO
ENNO PUNAB
192- OAKLAND, CA
BILLY J PRESTRIDGE
JAMES L PROVOST
FAYE L WILLIAMS
JOSEPH WILLIAMS
RONNIE WILLIAMS
241- CHICAGO, IL
ALVIN BLACKMON
DAVID A EVANS
MARY K GARRETT
LATIMORE J GRAVES JR
BROOKS KELLEY
DOROTHY M KEMP
GERALD A KRUEL
CLIFFORD R LAST
JOHNNY MARTIN
LUTHER MC GEE
HOLLIS D MEDFORD
GOLDMON MIX
CHRISTINE R MOORE
MC KINLEY PALMER
ILDEBRANDO PEREZ
HERBERT W PETERSON
DAVID O RODRIGUEZ
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EUGENE R TRONVIG
CLEVEN WARDLOW
256- SACRAMENTO, CA
RICHARD RHODES
265- SAN JOSE, CA
MICHAEL TORRES
268- CLEVELAND, OH
FRANK ABRUZZINO
EDWARD M BUTLER
GEORGE ATWOOD FREEMAN
BERNARD IVEY
272- YOUNGSTOWN, OH
DENNIS L BORDER
DOMINICK RICCIARDULLI
279- OTTAWA, ON
RAYNALD AUGER
BERNARD D PIEROWAY
281- NEW HAVEN, CT
WILLIAM E WARREN
308- CHICAGO, IL
LEONARD R ASTRAUSKAS
MARJORIE BARNARD
WILLIE P BARNETT JR
BENEDETTA E CARAKER
FRANK R CHIAPPETTA
SCOTT A GIVENS
TORRY JOHNSON
PHILLIP D PFISTER
ANGELO B SALVAGGIO
JAMES SIMMS
WALENTY J SZOFER
FERNANDA VARGAS
LAWRENCE M WASHINGTON
313- ROCK ISLAND, IL
RICHARD L ORTIZ
448- SPRINGFIELD, MA
PAUL M RHEAUME
569- EDMONTON, AB
MOHAMED NAJMEDDINE
GEORGE W RUEHN
GEORGE H STRIKER
583- CALGARY, AB
GUNTER BRUCKNER
MICHAEL SEAVER
JOHN E TUTTE
587- SEATTLE, WA
GEORGE P ANDERSEN
BERT A HARRISON
GARY L HOPPER
RENEE M ROY
MICHAEL W SCHULD
JOE SIESLING
589- BOSTON, MA
HARRIE L BAKER SR
FRANCIS A CALLAHAN JR
ROBERT J CAMPBELL
STEPHEN F CASEY
DAMIEN P CONNOLLY
ARTHUR P CUNNINGHAM
DANIEL J DYKENS
ROBERT S HASTRY
MARIE E KENNEY
PAUL F KILLOY
PAUL F LETSCHE
JOHN J MANNING
JOHN J MC BREARTY
JOSEPH MILLER
THOMAS J MOGGAN
THOMAS M MOORE
WILLIAM C O’LEARY
REALIOUS J RANDALL
WILLIAM J ROURKE JR
DENNIS J SCANLAN
HENRY J VACCARI
MICHAEL S VACIRCA
WILLIAM F WRIGHT
616- WINDSOR, ON
GORDON F JACKSON
618- PROVIDENCE, RI
CHARLES AGNEW
ROBERT J BYRON
ROBERT J DELVECCHIO
LARRY E JOHNSON
MILTON V MENARD
EDWARD F RODGERS JR
627- CINCINNATI, OH
GEORGE H LANG
689- WASHINGTON, DC
CLYDE W COLLEY
PO KUN KIM
HOWARD PERRY
RONALD L SIMONS
MARSHALL SUMMERS JR
RAYMOND WOODS
694- SAN ANTONIO, TX
ALFRED D RAMON JR
704- LITTLE ROCK, AR
JEFF HUNTER JR
726- STATEN ISLAND, NY
WILLIAM C O’BRIEN
732- ATLANTA, GA
ANTHONY BENTON
JAMES ORVILLE MOSES
WILLIAM ROGERS
741- LONDON, ON
WAYNE H SERSHALL
ROSS ELLIOTT TOPHAM
752- BLOOMINGTON, IL
EMETTE F RAYBURN
758- TACOMA, WA
TIMOTHY CRONK
JAMES W NORTON
JACK M SPRINGFIELD
788- ST. LOUIS, MO
PERRY COLEMAN
MELVIN E CONAWAY
FOREST GAY
PATRICK J HIGGINS
819- NEWARK, NJ
JOHN GARDNER
824- NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
EDWARD LOWNEY
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880- CAMDEN, NJ
HENRY PURSGLOVE
CHARLES S ROWAN
FRANK STEWART
ROBERT VAN HORN
956- ALLENTOWN, PA
MILLARD K CHRISTMAN
987- LETHBRIDGE, AB
DAVID L PALMER
998- MILWAUKEE, WI
COURVOISIA L FOSSETT
STEVEN M HOPPE
EDWARD R ROETS
1001- DENVER, CO
DAVID G BILLINGS
STEPHEN P MURDOCH
JAMES WARREN SMITH
DUANE S STRACHOU
1005- MINNEAPOLIS &
ST. PAUL, MN
ROBERT M MERCIER
RICHARD G RYAN
1056- FLUSHING, NY
GEORGE W HICKS
ALVIN C KLOEPFER
LEITH A LAYNE
EDGAR LINK
HUGH MC GRANAGHAN
JOHN A MORRIS
STEPHEN C REDDY
MARIO RUOCCO
JAMES E WATKINS
1279- JOHNSTOWN, PA
ROBERT M WALTER
1287- KANSAS CITY, MO
DAVID A MOREY
RAY A SMITH
JACK D WILSON
1300- BALTIMORE, MD
WAYNE B KRAMER
LELAND O MILLS
1321- ALBANY & TROY, NY
JOHN T HUMPHREY
1338- DALLAS, TX
CURLEE BRADLEY
JAMES KELSEY JR
LLOYD J STEWART
JOHNNY M WILLIAMS
1342- BUFFALO, NY
JAMES BERRY JR
MALCOLM G CLOUSTON
EDWARD G GOSTOMSKI
ROBERT L JOHNSON
PAUL A LUSS
GEORGE SARNEY
1345- READING, PA
KENNETH HARTMAN
1374- CALGARY, AB
MILTON D ANDERSON
CHARLES A M FLEMING
LARRY K MAC DONALD
FRANCIS D PALOSKY
ANDREW M TOMS
1177- NORFOLK, VA
BEVIE BOYD
CLAUDE EVERETT PURSER
1385- DAYTON, OH
JAMES E MOODY
HERBERT WALKER
1179- NEW YORK, NY
FREDERICK LEICH
1395- PENSACOLA, FL
GEORGE W STALLWORTH
1181- NEW YORK, NY
GRACE BRUNO
CHRISTINE CABRAL
JUNE P CURRAN
WILLIAM DANIELS
JOANN FUSCO
FRANK KIRCHEIM
DAISY M LIGHTBODY
LEO MYRICK JR
WANDA A PAGE
MARIA PROBST
JOSEPH RICCIARDI
ANTHONY SCARANO JR
1415- TORONTO, ON
MOSTAFA SADIGHI
1197- JACKSONVILLE, FL
WILLIAM S CREWS JR
1225- SAN FRANCISCO, CA
BOB E COMPTON
CARLTON T HESTER
LLOYD L PORTER
JACK C SHEARER
SERGIO L VILLAREAL
1277- LOS ANGELES, CA
FELIX L BRADLEY
EDDIE O FENTROY
1436- HARRISBURG, PA
JAN R GARVER
JAMES E KENT
1462- ST. JOHN’S, NL
GERALD MILLER
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August 25-30, 2013
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