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INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS
LAWRENCE J. HANLEY
International President
ROBERT H. BAKER
International Executive Vice President
OSCAR OWENS
International Secretary-Treasurer
INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
RODNEY RICHMOND
New Orleans, LA – [email protected]
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]
CHARLES COOK
Petaluma, CA – [email protected]
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]
NEWSBRIEFS
Winnipeg confronts driver assault.
Winnipeg, MB is the latest city to address
transit driver assault. A recent public works
committee study reported there were 63 assaults against
Local 1505 drivers last year – seven more than 2010, and
double the number in 2006. 23 attacks were reported
from January through March this year, which puts
assaults on pace to surpass last year’s total. Councilor
Brian Mayes has asked city administrators to develop
a strategy to deal with the assaults to ensure drivers’
safety, and prevent violence from discouraging people
from taking the bus.
Moncton threatens lockout in talks with
Codiac Transpo workers. Moncton, NB,
threatened a lockout if Local 1290 members
didn’t accept their latest contract offer to Codiac Transpo
workers by April 17. Codiac employees have worked
without a contract since June 2010, and 94% of members
have voted in favour of a strike. Moreover, the city says
that if the transit employees reject this contract, the next
they propose will offer less.
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]
Twitter: both the good and the bad.
People have been employing social media
for an ever-increasing number of uses, but
not all of them have produced positive results. The
Calgary Herald is praising Calgary (AB) Transit for its
use of Twitter to quickly respond to riders’ comments
and information requests. But the paper also agrees
with Local 583 President Mike Mahar that Twittered
complaints about operators should be handled the oldfashioned way so that “emotions… have a chance to
subside.” Apparently Calgary Transit agrees, saying
that significant concerns raised by customers are
redirected to the proper investigative channel.
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
ANTHONY WITHINGTON
Sebastopol, CA – [email protected]
INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS
DENNIS ANTONELLIS
International President Jim La Sala, ret.
International President Warren George, ret.
CLAUDIA HUDSON
International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret.
International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret.
Spokane, WA – [email protected]
Oakland, CA – [email protected]
STEPHAN MACDOUGALL
Boston, MA – [email protected]
CANADIAN COUNCIL
STAN DERA
Rexdale, ON - [email protected]
International Secretary-Treasurer Ray Wallace, ret.
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International Officers & General Executive Board
NEWS Briefs
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Index Page
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Canadian Agenda: Canadian National Conference
Arms Members for Challenges Ahead
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Toronto Transit in Turmoil
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International President’s Message: Letter from the Road
Our Moment is Near
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International Executive Vice President’s Message:
We Have A Clear Choice - Survival!
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MSNBC’s Ed Schultz: ‘Nothing is Lost Until You Give Up’
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Above & Beyond: ATU Activist in Action
Lisa Pacheco Estrada
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Judge Tosses Parts of Wisconsin Anti-Union Law.
Walker Recall Vote on June 5
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Chicago Local Fights CTA Exploitation of
Part-Time Operators
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Phoenix Local Strikes, Wins Two-Year Battle
with French Multi-national
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International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message:
Will Clever Phrases Obscure the Truth?
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Outrage Erupts Over Lenient Sentence for Driver Attack.
ATU, TWU Working to Combat Assaults
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New Reporting Requirements for Commercial
Drivers Licenses
45th Annual Black Caucus Conference
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Mississauga Driver Suspended 5 Days for Using Washroom
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New Local President, Financial Secretaries Receive Training
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Fall River Transit Fights for “More” Service
Local Unions Celebrate 100th, 75th Anniversaries
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50 Years Ago: 1962: Medicare Gains Support in Canada
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Translations (French & Spanish)
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In Memoriam
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Win an iPad2 or an ATU Jacket!
2012
Vol. 121, No. 2
CANADIAN MEMBERS UNDER SIEGE
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SAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT DAY OF ACTION
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CANADIAN COUNCIL ISSUES PENSION WARNING
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ABOVE & BEYOND
ATU ACTIVIST IN ACTION
If you would like to nominate an ATU
member for “Above & Beyond” contact
your local president.
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canadian
members
under
siege
C
anadian members have long enjoyed labour
protections superior to their American sisters and
brothers. So they can be forgiven for thinking that
provincial laws would keep U.S. labour problems from
spilling over their border. But much has happened
recently to disabuse Canadians of that notion, as the
same political and labour problems which have
bedeviled their southern neighbors, are now challenging
workers in their country.
The first salvo came on March 30, 2011, when the
Toronto City Council applied the essential service
designation to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).
See more on Toronto on page 8.
Intransigence
Just as in the United States, locals are now running
into brick walls at the bargaining table. And, just as in
individual states, conservative politicians have employed
new, insidious tactics to weaken Labour’s clout in the
provinces.
Unproductive negotiations have dragged on endlessly at
some Canadian properties just as they have at privatized
systems in the United States. Transit workers in each of
these cities have different issues with their managements,
but one thing they share in common was exceptional
intransigence in collective bargaining on the part of
their employers.
Essential service = No right to strike
Saint John, NB
While GOP governors and politicians in the U.S. rushed
anti-labor laws through their state legislatures, Tory
premiers and MPs have been advocating and passing
measures designating ATU-operated public transit as
“essential services” whose workers may not strike.
Members of Local 1229-Saint John, NB, have been
locked out by their employer, Acadian Coach Lines,
since December 2, 2011.
A clear sign of what was to come was given on October 26,
2010, when Conservative Rob Ford was elected mayor of
Toronto. As one website put it: “Anti-Bike, Anti-Transit,
Anti-Green Rob Ford Elected Mayor of Toronto.”
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After months of asking for a complete contract, the local
received an offer from Acadian on November 25. The
members overwhelming rejected the contract by 88%.
“It was an insulting offer that was obviously cobbled
together quickly,” said Local President Glen Carr.
“This city has orchestrated, in the last nine months —
and maybe it started before that… orchestrated a labour
dispute,” Turple said.
In early April, 94 % of the membership voted to
authorize a strike. It could happen anytime now, after
the local gives a 24-hour notice.
Halifax, NS
Striking Local 508 members ratified a new contract on
March 13, six weeks after their strike began, and six and
a half weeks after their previous contract expired.
Local 1229 Acadian workers have stayed strong and
united even though they are still locked out as of
this writing.
To put pressure on Acadian to end the labour dispute
ATU initiated a global email campaign targeting Keolis,
the French multinational owner of Acadian, to bring
attention to the corporate greed at Acadian. Almost
7,000 supporters have sent protest emails through the
LabourStart website to Keolis executives.
After only one day of meeting, with no bargaining
taking place the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
team requested a conciliator to oversee the negotiation
process – a very rare bargaining tactic.
Moncton, NB
Local 1290 members are the latest ATU local to come
to an impasse in negotiations with their employer.
The employees of Codiac Transpo have been working
without a contract since June 2010. As of early April,
they were very close to going on strike.
Talks with Codiac broke down on March 12, and
resumed again with a mediator on March 29. Codiac
made a new offer on April 1, which the members
subsequently rejected.
Commenting on the city’s offer, Local 1290 President
George Turple said, “The proposal that they put across
the table shortly after midnight April 1 — and I got to
admit, we thought it was an April Fool’s joke — was just
unacceptable to our membership. Not only in wages,
but a lot of the contract changes.”
Turple says that while the local is looking for parity with
other city workers and similar-sized transit systems in the
region, they are also concerned about overtime, being
paid for pre-trip preparation work, and travel time.
He also believes the dispute could have been avoided.
After a brief and unsuccessful attempt at renegotiating
with the employer, the union was presented with a final
offer on January 12. The local did present a counter
offer hoping that the HRM team would move forward
in bargaining. On January 18, the conciliator filed a
notice of the bargaining coming to an impasse with the
Labour Board.
The members went on strike on February 1, when, in
the words of Local 508 President Ken Wilson, the city
“pulled the plug” on negotiations.
The real sticking point was a management proposal to
switch from the current scheduling system to “rostering”
– a system in which drivers pick schedules by weeks
rather than days.
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Both sides compromised on the negotiated settlement
the members approved March 13, with the local agreeing
to the changeover and the city giving the union some say
about what the system will look like.
York, ON
The earliest and most complex walkout began October
24, 2011.
The strike involved members of Local 1587 who went
on strike against Miller Transit and First Canada, and
members of Local 113 who went on strike against Veolia
Transportation – all part of York Region Transit (YRT).
As usual, wages, benefits and lengths of shifts were key
points in the negotiations. But, it wasn’t “just wages and
benefits,” said Local 1587 President Ray Doyle. It was also
about, “working conditions. [Workers] have absolutely
no sick days in some cases. They have no pension plans –
virtually they have no future with these companies.”
The York Region threw a curve ball into the mix, February
16, when it terminated its contract with First Transit.
This left the members of Local 1587 who worked for the
company unemployed, and put pressure on the workers
at the other two properties to settle.
Local 113 President Bob Kinnear called the YRT action
“blackmail.” But, it didn’t work. Local 113 members
working for Veolia rejected a YRT contract offer the
following day, just as the members of Local 1587
working for Miller had on January 6.
A break came, January 24, when a tentative agreement
was reached between Local 113 and Veolia. The deal was
ratified by the local on January 28. Local 1587 members
ratified the same contract two days later.
Alberta
Alberta deregulated the over-the-road bus industry in the
province on October 1, 2011, just as the United States
did during the Reagan administration. Over-the-Road
deregulation in America has resulted in abysmal pay
and working conditions for drivers and other workers,
neglect of basic safety regulations, and an increase in fatal
accidents caused by the fatigue of overworked drivers.
Negative Political Ads
As if all of this isn’t bad enough, Canadians are now
being bombarded by American-style negative political
advertising which they thought would never occur
in their country. But, now, as in the United States,
Canadians are running into these nasty communications
everywhere. And many say there is no end in site for
these Right-Wing attack ad campaigns because of the
Conservative Party’s fat budget. Some good news
There is some good news. Local 1587 was delayed going
into the strike described above when Metrolinx (the
transit umbrella agency) attempted to renege on a clause
in their contract which says that they do not perform
an essential service. The local was blocked from going
on strike until Ontario’s Labour Relations Board ruled
that the local, indeed, does not perform an “essential
service,” as stated in their contract.
And on February 6, Saskatchewan’s essential service
law was ruled unconstitutional because it didn’t give
employees an adequate dispute resolution process in
which unions could challenge the designation of certain
employees or groups as essential workers.
Winnipeg, MB & Hamilton, ON
After rejecting Winnipeg Transit’s contract proposal by
64%, members of Local 1505 authorized the local to
strike, November 1. But with the help of a conciliator
negotiations were more successful and the parties
reached a deal on November 21, 2011.
Similarly, Local 107-Hamilton, ON, reached an agreement,
January 28, barely 48 hours before the local’s strike deadline.
The local had authorized a strike two weeks earlier after over
a year of negotiations without a settlement.
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Fighting back
Just as in the United States, Canadian workers have
been fighting back on the streets, in the courts and in
their legislatures to return to the level playing field in
negotiations that has done so much to lift the standard
of living of working families and ensure labour peace.
Now that anti-union interests have revealed their latest
strategy we will be better armed to defend ourselves.
Canadian Agenda
Canadian National Conference arms
members for challenges ahead
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acebook? Twitter? YouTube? Flickr? What are these
websites all about, what do you have to do to use
them, and what do they have to do with unions? These
questions and more were answered at the Canadian
National Conference in Toronto, ON, January 29 –
February 1, where representatives from locals all over
Canada converged to be trained in the latest techniques
in communicating with their members and the public.
The conference is the latest in a series for ATU officers
instigated by International President Larry Hanley in
response to the unprecedented challenges confronting
Labour today.
Tools and Confidence
There was a time, the international president told the
conference, when focusing most of our resources on
organizing and member services was all a union needed
to do. But the recent rightward shift in the political
climate, he said, demands that we take a more proactive
roll in the public arena.
Gone are the days when messages posted on bulletin
boards would suffice to inform members of contract
negotiations or a coming event. Gone also are the days
when local officers could think that the best relationship
they could have with the press was no relationship at all.
One workshop emphasized the importance of
developing a relationship with local news reporters, and
gave practical advice about how to effectively broadcast
the union’s message out over the barrage of anti-union
propaganda sent out by management public relations
departments.
Another workshop taught attendees how to use member
emails and increase their local’s presence on social media
(facebook, twitter, etc). The workshop also provided
participants with an overview of the new ATU website
(atu.org), TransitWeb – a free affiliate website program
- as well as the Union’s new facebook and twitter pages.
Yet another focused on how to use computer software to
create professional looking newsletters, fact sheets and
flyers, and what can be done to make those pieces eyecatching and readable.
Presentations
The event could not be complete, however, without the
conference-goers hearing what should be communicated
and why – particularly on the national and international
level.
Canadian author Linda McQuaig, helped achieve that
goal with her keynote address on The Political Economy
& Labour in Canada. The Toronto Star columnist showed
how the ultra-rich are reaping all the benefits from the
increased worker productivity achieved over the last 40
years. McQuaig’s discourse was based principally on
material in her recently published book, The Trouble
with Billionaires: Why Too Much Money at the Top is Bad
for Everyone.
First ever Canadian
Telephone Town Hall
One of the highlights of the event was the first-ever
Canadian Telephone Town Hall, a massive ATU
conference call in which members from all over the
nation had the opportunity to ask questions of
International President Hanley and Canadian
international and local officers.
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Toronto transit in
TURMOIL
I
t seemed like only yesterday that transit tranquility
reigned in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The
municipality worked hard to come up with a plan
called “Transit City” that would provide much-needed
extensions of Toronto’s transit system with light rail
streetcars.
Enter new Mayor Rob Ford who threw the whole Transit
City plan into a cocked hat. Ford wants to replace the
streetcar plan with a much more expensive subway plan
because he doesn’t want to inhibit car traffic in the city
– which, of course, was one of the goals of Transit City.
But not everyone agreed with the mayor.
Toronto Council Member and TTC Chair Karen Stintz
convinced the City Council to reinstate much of the
Transit City plan. But, despite the clear message sent by
the Council, Ford refused to acknowledge that his idea
was dead, noting it was now up to the province to make
the ultimate decision.
“The premier, I’m very confident, is going to build
subways,” Ford told reporters after the vote. “Technically
speaking that whole meeting was irrelevant because it is
a provincial project.”
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But Ford’s confidence turned out to be misplaced because
the next day Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty told
the media that he needed the approval of the council to
proceed with the mayor’s revised transit plans. “Should
he receive that, great, we’re off to the races,” McGuinty
said. “Should he not receive that and council decides
they want to pursue another decision, that is something
I feel obligated to consider.”
Commission overhaul
The mayor received another setback after Stinz
spearheaded a successful drive to reorganize the
Toronto Transit Commission, itself, throwing out
Ford sympathizers in the process.
In March, the city councillors voted 24-19 in favour
of a motion to build light-rail transit to the east end
along Sheppard Avenue instead of the subway Ford
is still pushing for. The mayor vows to make this an
issue in the next election.
50 YEARS AGO IN IN TRANSIT
1962: Medicare gains support in Canada
From In Transit, November 1962, and Wikipedia:
M
edicare continued to be a top issue in Canadian affairs with strong indications of growing support for the
general principle in 1962. The first medical care insurance program operated by a government took place in
the Province of Saskatchewan.
It was not until 1946 that the first Canadian province introduced near universal health coverage. Saskatchewan had
long suffered a shortage of doctors, leading to the creation of municipal doctor programs in the early twentieth century
in which a town would subsidize a doctor to practice there.
Soon after, groups of communities joined to open union hospitals under a similar model. There had thus been a long
history of government involvement in Saskatchewan health care, and a significant section of it was already controlled
and paid for by the government.
In 1946, Tommy Douglas’ Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government in Saskatchewan passed the
Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act, which guaranteed free hospital care for much of the population. Douglas had hoped
to provide universal health care, but the province did not have the money.
The introduction of the plan was followed by a bitter 23-day strike by a number of doctors. When the doctors’ strike
ended one doctor commented, “We have won a battle and lost the war.”
Bandwagon
In Ontario all political parties seemed to be trying to climb aboard the Medicare bandwagon. The New Democratic
Party announced that Medicare would have top priority in its Ontario platform.
It appeared that almost all parties were in favor of some sort of plan. The position of the Canadian labour movement
was such that a plan should be introduced as quickly as possible and should cover everyone on equal conditions.
Medicare system
Four years later, Lester B. Pearson’s Liberal government introduced the Medical Care Act that extended cost sharing
to allow each province to establish a universal health care plan – an initiative supported by the New Democratic
Party (NDP). It also set up the Medicare system.
In 1984, the Canada Health Act was passed, which prohibited user fees and extra billing by doctors. In 1999, the
prime minister and most premiers reaffirmed in the Social Union Framework Agreement that they are committed to
health care that has “comprehensiveness, universality, portability, public administration and accessibility.”
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A
s the representative of thousands of municipal
employees, the Amalgamated Transit Union is very
concerned about the health of public sector pensions,
such as the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement
System (OMERS).
In a time of rapidly growing inequality in this country,
pensions are one of the best ways to ensure a decent
living to retirees who, in the current economic climate,
might otherwise struggle financially. While the removal
of indexing may not seem drastic in this time of
relatively low inflation, an increase in the inflation rate
could quickly push many pensioners below the poverty
line. Pensioners hardly receive a fortune to begin with,
and the potential erosion of their living standard is
simply unacceptable in a society, which values the
dignity of its members.
Pensioners made sacrifices
for security
These pensions, half of which are paid for by the
workers, represent a source of security for these
workers after they retire. They are benefits for which
workers have made concessions at the bargaining table.
Employer contributions are not gifts made out of some
sense of altruism; they represent the employer’s half of
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a negotiated deal for which the employer has gotten
something in exchange.
We fully accept that pension plans have to operate
within their budgets, but stripping retirees of benefits –
which employers are contractually obligated to provide
anyway – is not the only means of relieving the pressure.
Rather, at a time when corporate tax rates are at their
lowest in decades and corporate profits are at a record
high, steps could easily be taken to increase the funds
available to government generally, which in turn would
support pension plans like OMERS.
Lastly, it is equally unacceptable that many private
sector workers have been stripped of a pension. This
should not be allowed to spread into the public sector.
Those interested in driving down wages to the bare
minimum would like nothing better than to have
the private sector argue “I don’t have one so neither
should you” – which seems to be the underlying criticism
of pensions. A united condemnation of such attacks
upon Canadian workers’ rights, both public and private,
will lead to a healthier and more evenly prosperous
society.
Lettre de la route
Notre moment est venu
J’écris cette colonne sur la route. Je suis en Californie,
où j’ai été assisté à des réunions syndicales et à des
rencontres avec les dirigeants syndicaux locaux. Quand
je regarde dans les yeux de nos membres et que jݎcoute,
j›entends histoire après histoire un reflet de l›état actuel
du mouvement des travailleurs.
Gary Maurer, un organisateur de l’ATU depuis
longtemps et mon mentor, expliquait à des groupes de
travailleurs qu›il organisait que les gens riches planifient
leur vie en termes d›années et de décennies. Les gens
pauvres planifient en termes de semaines et de chèque de
paie. (La semaine prochaine, nous allons payer la facture
d›électricité; la semaine après la prochaine, l›hypothèque)
Chaque semaine, il devient plus difficile pour les
membres de l›ATU à passer au-delà de leurs factures.
C›est la même chose pour 99 % de la population.
Est-ce que nos enfants auront une vie
aussi bien que celle que nous avons eue ?
Cela résume l’état réel ​​de l›union. Nos membres planifient
leurs vies à court terme — incertains en ce qui concerne
le logement et lݎducation de leurs enfants. Comment
vivront-ils quand ils prendront leur retraite ?
Une des raisons pour lesquelles je suis sur la route, c›est
pour entendre et apprendre de nos membres. Mais je suis
aussi ici pour diriger nos membres dans une campagne
qui se déroulera sur une année pour répondre à leurs
questions vraiment pressantes : comment pouvons-nous
inverser cela ? Peut-on toujours avoir une classe moyenne
? Est-ce que nos enfants auront une vie aussi bien que
celle que nous avons eue ?
Est-ce que les travailleurs de transit qui nourrissent leur
corps à l›usure et à la déchirure en raison de leurs travaux
quotidiens sur les autobus et les trains s›attendent à être
traités avec équité et dignité ?
À Riverside, en Californie, un agent local m›a dit que
de nombreux membres se sentent désespérés. Ils croient
qu›ils ne peuvent pas gagner, ou même avoir une
influence sur le résultat.
Est-ce que Rosa Parks était certaine
qu’elle allait changer quelque chose ?
J’ai demandé à nos membres lors de la réunion ce
qu’ils pensaient que c’était d’être comme Rosa Parks en
montant sur l’autobus ? Le moment avant qu’elle ait
refusé de céder sa place, comment s’est-elle sentie ? Étaitelle sûre qu›elle allait changer quoi que ce soit d›autre que
son casier judiciaire ?
Rosa Parks savait qu›elle risquait beaucoup, peut-être
même sa vie, à dire « non », à se lever pour l›équité et la
dignité dans un monde injuste. Elle savait que ses amis
et sa famille remettraient en question son jugement, ou
sa santé mentale quand elle a montré un courage hors du
commun.
Sa vie serait plus facile si elle était allée avec le programme
et s’était assise à l’arrière de l’autobus. Mais elle ne s’est
pas fait arrêter pour faire valoir son point de vue, elle l›a
fait pour changer le système. Et son acte de défiance à
l›encontre de la loi, le système et la ségrégation a été un
moment déterminant dans l›ensemble du mouvement
des droits civiques pendant le siècle dernier. Les bénévoles créeront le changement
Nous avons besoin que nos membres et nos dirigeants
pensent à Rosa Parks, à son exemple et à son courage.
Pensez à vos héros. L’avenir de ce mouvement
syndical, et l›avenir de nos enfants sera déterminé
par les membres qui peuvent trouver en eux-mêmes
le courage de prendre le risque que chaque chef
doit prendre pour forcer un changement. Comme
je visite les réunions syndicales dans l›ATU, je peux
sentir que notre moment est venu, et nos membres
se préparent à se battre pour le changement. Ce changement sera généré par les membres qui
donnent leur temps à des travaux de réalisation d’un
syndicat plus fort dans leurs communautés. Je suis
en tête et à l›écoute lorsque je voyage la route de
l’ATU, bâtissant un syndicat combattant. Je dois vous quitter pour le moment... en route pour
Bay Area!
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Nous Avons un Choix Clair —
SURVIVRE !
L’ATU a approuvé la réélection du président Obama. Cela
ne devrait pas surprendre quiconque qui est familier avec
ce que ce syndicat représente. On doit vous rappeler que
nous insistons pour que nos membres votent en faveur de
candidats qui soutiennent le travail et le transit.
Nous savons que certains de nos membres n’aiment pas
qu’il leur soit demandé de voter d’une certaine façon et
nous comprenons bien cela. Je suis sûr que vous avez
entendu beaucoup de gens dire cela vous-même.
Mais les enjeux de cette élection sont si élevés que nous
devons parler des sujets qui nous intéressent à voix haute
et fort et nous devons utiliser notre arme la plus puissante
— la boîte de scrutin.
Il n’est pas nécessaire de chercher bien
loin
Mitt Romney et le Tea Party ont approuvé les mesures
antisyndicales introduites dans plusieurs États. Donc,
nous n’avons pas à chercher bien loin pour déterminer
qui sont nos ennemis mortels cette fois-ci.
Les différences entre les candidats en ce qui concerne les
enjeux en termes de travail et de transit sont claires. Alors,
laissez-moi être le premier à vous dire que vous devez voter
et amener tous les gens que vous connaissez à voter pour
sauver les familles travailleuses aux États-Unis.
Les services essentiels — les grèves
forcées — et le droit de travailler?
V-r-a-i-m-e-n-t au Canada !
Au Canada les ultras conservateurs ciblent les familles
travaillantes sur t​​ ous les fronts. Ils essaient d’étiqueter notre
travail comme étant un « service essentiel » à plusieurs
endroits afin que nos membres ne soient plus autorisés à
faire la grève. Dans d’autres endroits, leur idée de mener
une négociation collective est de faire des demandes non
négociables, refusant de négocier et ensuite d›essayer de
faire attendre nos sections locales en ce qui concerne les
grèves ultérieures que, eux, ils provoquent.
Stan Dera, le directeur du Conseil canadien de l’ATU,
vient récemment de nous aviser que le Conseil de travail
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canadien en Alberta est en train de livrer la bataille de
sa vie afin d’essayer de vaincre les ultraconservateurs de
Rosedale qui ont promis de faire passer la loi du droit au
travail dans la province s’ils sont élus. Chaque jour, ils nous
approchent avec quelque chose de nouveau, mais ils ont
toujours blâmé les travailleurs pour tous les problèmes
qui surviennent.
Arrêtez, regardez, écoutez !
Ici, à l’International, nous travaillons activement pour
soutenir nos membres. Au moment où j’écris, nos agents
internationaux et locaux ainsi que notre département de
la mobilisation sur terrain sont en train de mobiliser nos
amis et les organismes communautaires pour se battre.
Et nous voyons des victoires impressionnantes. Nous
avons révoqué la loi antisyndicaliste du public en Ohio.
Nous avons présenté deux fois le nombre de signatures de
pétition nécessaires afin d’obliger une élection de rappel
du gouverneur Walker au Wisconsin. Malgré quelques heurts vraiment difficiles, la solidarité
de nos membres canadiens est plus forte que jamais. Les
prochaines élections aux États-Unis et au Canada ne seront
pas gagnées facilement et le choix sera certainement clair.
Avec l’aide de nos membres, de nos familles, et de nos
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En toute solidarité,
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Est-ce que des phrases
intelligentes obscurciront
la vérité ?
Avez-vous suivi les nouvelles en provenance des primaires
des républicaines et des parlementaires ? Elles étaient
étonnantes, n›est-ce pas ? Je ne sais pas comment les
candidats peuvent dire ces choses qu›ils font avec un
visage impassible.
Par exemple, après sa défaite dans les primaires de la
Caroline du Sud, Mitt Romney a accusé ses rivaux
républicains d›avoir utilisé de « la politique de l›envie »
démocratique contre lui. Plus tard, après que le
discours sur l’état de l’Union, le porte-parole John
Boehner a caractérisé le discours du président de la
même manière.
C›est une phrase intelligente. Il doit avoir obtenu une
bonne réaction des groupes de discussion républicains.
Mais, comme autant de clichés politiques, il réussit
parce qu›il exploite les préjugés des gens quelle que soit
la vérité.
Sifflets de chiens
Un autre exemple peut être trouvé dans la tentative de
Newt Gingrich pour définir le président Obama comme
le « président des coupons alimentaires ». La phrase
rappelle aux électeurs des plaintes de Ronald Reagan des
« saintes » au sujet de « des reines de l’aide sociale » dans
les années 1980. Et, comme un « sifflet pour chien », les
racistes entendent l›ancien porte-parole étant d›accord
avec eux, sans qu›il ait à le dire avec autant de mots.
À l’heure actuelle, les républicains travaillons dur pour
insérer des épithètes pas si subtiles dans notre lexique
national qu’ils espèrent créer un état d’esprit
​​
dans lequel
les électeurs interprètent négativement tout ce que le
président dit.
Exaspérant
C’est exaspérant que tant de gens acceptent cette torsion
de la vérité (généralement exprimée dans un format facile
à mémoriser avec des phrases de deux ou trois mots) et
deviennent des adversaires passionnés de politiciens
basés sur des présentations erronées de leurs objectifs
et de leurs intentions. Si ces slogans sont répétés assez
souvent, ils deviennent la « vérité » pour beaucoup de
gens. C’est pourquoi vous allez entendre de phrases
comme « la politique de l’envie », « le président des
coupons alimentaires », et le « gouvernement centré sur
l›économie », encore et encore.
Bien sûr, nous connaissons la vérité. Les gens qui
travaillent ne perdent pas du temps à être jaloux de la
richesse des autres. Mais ils croient en une Amérique où
tout le monde a une chance égale de réussir. Et, c›est ce
qui manque aujourd›hui.
La déclaration que « la politique de l›envie » pourrait
bien fonctionner parmi les élites républicaines ou « l›un
pour-cent », mais je pense que ça va se retourner contre
l’élection générale. Leurs propres mots en disent long sur
la façon dont ils sont loin de l’expérience réelle vécue par
la grande majorité du peuple américain.
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JOHN D LOVE
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DANIEL J MITCHELL
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26- DETROIT, MI
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85- PITTSBURGH, PA
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103- WHEELING, WV
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107- HAMILTON, ON
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164- WILKES-BARRE, PA
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192- OAKLAND, CA
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241- CHICAGO, IL
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281- NEW HAVEN, CT
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282- ROCHESTER, NY
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425- HARTFORD, CT
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569- EDMONTON, AB
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583- CALGARY, AB
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587- SEATTLE, WA
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589- BOSTON, MA
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