Members Rebuilding TWU

will not be SUPPORTING Joe Cambell for President in the 2012 TWU Election.

 

 

From: David Robertson
Sent: 5/17/2012 11:52 AM
To: Mowstructure
Subject: Re: Memorials and the TWU Local 100 Widows & Orphans Fundmoerom

CED led group

Since Nelson Rivera could not win support from his own people, Joe Campbell self nominated to run for the TWU Local 100 president position - Car Equipment Department - CED people supported him to run for the presidency of TWU Local 100.

It is rumored that Joe Campbell has assembled his prospective top four running mates for union wide offices in the following manner: Joe Campbell - president, Charles Ayala - secretary treasurer (it is not clear if he has accepted to join the CED led group), Stephan Thomas - Administrative vice president, and Kendra Hill as recording secretary. Many have observed that this CED led group will not win the presidency however maybe they have the intentions of retiring so they may as well go out on blazing fire.

Recently TWU Local 100 is preparing and training members to struggle against our employer in gaining a new and better contract however CED leadership advised that they are not interested in participating in any struggle until TWU Local 100 gives a union vehicle to their vice president Nelson Rivera. 

It is strange that those division, shop and barn chairs chose to value the automobile for Nelson Rivera above the contract and well being of their membership. It is absolutely wrong of the CED leadership not to learn from their members when they rejected Nelson Rivera by not backing him to run for the presidency of TWU Local 100 but rather Joe Campbell. It is also wrong for Joe Campbell to ignore the contract and well being of the members of his own department for the sake of an automobile for his vice president - it is a wrong move that would yield in failure in his aspiration - one wonders what they are thinking of.

It is obvious their priorities are mixed up, which is important in your view a contract for many or a car for one individual?