I voted also, but it's hard to vote for a president when they don't make the rounds on all three shifts to explain their views. Yes, I know that campaigning is discouraged. How does one vote for people they've never heard of except by reading the cards floating around, or leaving their work area to find the candidates?
There are several versions of the deal you speak of with Sam. It not by chance or just good old fashioned skill and qualifications that he was the only one of us to get a job that stuck. Debbie did receive her transfer into ac cleaner about 6 weeks ago. Now we will see if they really report to their awarded shops or if some sort of other arrangements are worked out. You mentioned all of fleet was happy when he was elected. More like stunned. There were only about 100 or so of us at the base. Maybe 1/3 of that amount even voted. We couldn't believe amt's would elect a fsc to run the largest maintenance local. That sent a loud and clear message to everyone of the deep divide that exists at the tulsa base. Hopefully the new president can pull your group together and help repair the image and distrust of the local.
Yes, got emailed this link; http://www.lombardoteam.org/
Honestly I did not know a lot of the candidates and depended on the opinions of others who's judgment I trust. I didn't vote for all positions of E board because I did not like enough of the candidates. In some cases it was the lesser of two evils. Much like many national elections I'm sorry to say. My biggest dilemma was that I honestly thought James Booker was the best choice. I also knew he did not campaign a whole lot and being on midnights was not seen by the majority of people. I did not want to vote for him and take a vote away from Danker and have Hewett sneak into the position. I finally decided to vote for Danker and it turned out to be the right decision. I thank God that Hewett didn't get elected as I can only imagine what a man who would sacrifice anything and everything for the promise of saving jobs would do to our profession and our careers. Time will tell how good a job Danker does. The good thing is if he is not what we need there will be another election before our next contract. That is if the TWU is still around and I am hoping they are not.
Running against this speech shouldn't be hard. :blink: http://blip.tv/twu/james-little-acceptance-speech-2653681
I voted for Danker also, mainly because he's the only one that put out a flyer that looked promising. I also only voted for e board members that I knew and thought they would do a good job. Like you said time will tell...
When people vote for someone because of the "flyer" they put out, what difference does it make? Why not have debates or open forums so we can meet and ask questions of candidates? Rediculous to vote on a business card or flyer. We are our own worst enemy.
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