The IRB is reportedly up to their eyeballs in the mess that's Local 120.
With all the reckless spending, no show employees, Brad Jr. (the real life version of the "Banjo Boy" from the movie 'Deliverance') strangling his secretary, Kris Hakala at the 2010 120 Labor Day picnic in front of dozens of witnesses, it's not surprising.
Makes you wonder what the Hell is mixed in the moonshine these drunken, deranged hillbilly's are drinking. What were they thinking? Did they seriously believe they would get away with all these brazen acts?
Brad Jr. accused me of lying about all this. Well, figures don't lie. All one has to do is look at the LM-2's for Local 120. They paint a pretty wild picture. Ray Charles could see that there is something VERY wrong with that picture.
These clowns turned Local 120 into a personal piggybank to fund their drunken episodes and hillbilly hootenanny's.
It's gonna take more than Martin Costello to save these imbeciles this time.
To paraphrase the noted author Miguel de Cervantes from his classic "Don Quixote" : They got the better of themselves, and that's the best kind of victory one can wish for”.
I hate to gloat, but HA HA HA YOU FRIGGIN' CREEPS. There should be NO PLACE in the Teamsters Union for you.
And soon there won't be! Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys!
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Posted January 10 2012 - 11:08 AM
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
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Posted January 10 2012 - 12:21 PM
The IRB came and went last summer. Brad Sr. was uncontested in our recent election and will be our S/T for another 3 years. The members decided this with a mail-in ballot.
Real Team, are you a Teamster? I read on here that you feel 'like a man without a country' because you are not a Teamster anymore. If that's the case, I'm sorry to hear it.
I take enormous pride in being a Teamster and have reaped many benefits including owning my home, putting my kids in good schools (they are honor students) and getting medical care for my wife after many years of her suffering.
It has not been easy but non-union workers and the unemployed have it much worse.
Real Team, are you a Teamster? I read on here that you feel 'like a man without a country' because you are not a Teamster anymore. If that's the case, I'm sorry to hear it.
I take enormous pride in being a Teamster and have reaped many benefits including owning my home, putting my kids in good schools (they are honor students) and getting medical care for my wife after many years of her suffering.
It has not been easy but non-union workers and the unemployed have it much worse.
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Posted January 13 2012 - 03:19 PM
The IRB took over 600 POUNDS of documents out of Local 120. IRB investigations take months, sometimes years. And the IRB will not comment at all on any ongoing investigations.
Why do you think they requested all those documents? Because they are out of toilet paper in their New York office?
The IRB is currently understaffed. They have less investigators handling cases then in the past.
If you think they came, went, and issued the inbred, drunken, deranged Slawson's a clean bill of health immediately... All I can say is you are sadly mistaken. It will take IRB forensic experts months to go through those documents. Then we'll see what they have to say.
It is pretty much a tip off that they must have found something that peaked their interests for them to subpoena that volume of documents.
As long as you have reckeless idiots like the Slawson's running hillbilly hog wild, it's impossible to expect Jim Hoffa to be able to rid the IBT of the IRB. We could name at least 25 cases in the past couple years that underscore that.
Time will tell. But even sources inside Local 120 are worried, and feel it doesn't look good for them. We'll see.
Personally, since Brad Sr. turned on Jim Hoffa (who appointed him as VP) from Day One, I have no sympathy for the treacherous, traitorous bastard. I hope him and that collection of nitwits he's assembled at Local 120 ALL get their sorry asses bounced from the Union. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of peices of ****.
What they have done to that Local should be a crime!
Why do you think they requested all those documents? Because they are out of toilet paper in their New York office?
The IRB is currently understaffed. They have less investigators handling cases then in the past.
If you think they came, went, and issued the inbred, drunken, deranged Slawson's a clean bill of health immediately... All I can say is you are sadly mistaken. It will take IRB forensic experts months to go through those documents. Then we'll see what they have to say.
It is pretty much a tip off that they must have found something that peaked their interests for them to subpoena that volume of documents.
As long as you have reckeless idiots like the Slawson's running hillbilly hog wild, it's impossible to expect Jim Hoffa to be able to rid the IBT of the IRB. We could name at least 25 cases in the past couple years that underscore that.
Time will tell. But even sources inside Local 120 are worried, and feel it doesn't look good for them. We'll see.
Personally, since Brad Sr. turned on Jim Hoffa (who appointed him as VP) from Day One, I have no sympathy for the treacherous, traitorous bastard. I hope him and that collection of nitwits he's assembled at Local 120 ALL get their sorry asses bounced from the Union. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of peices of ****.
What they have done to that Local should be a crime!
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. 1910.Theodore Roosevelt
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Posted January 13 2012 - 03:55 PM
I uncovered massive fraud and embezzlement (of Member's monies, from the JC 7 Truck Driving School) by two secretaries from OPEIU Local 3 from Teamsters Local 85. The IRB was, and has been, in and out of the Local several times. The DOL and the FBI also have investigations. The IRB cannot act until all current law enforcement investigations are concluded.
Local 85, the oldest Local in the Union, and at one time the largest, was forced to merge with Local 278 becoming Local 2785.
Members dues were also embezzled. Including mine. Causing me (and a dozen or so others) to become in arrears. The S-T of 2785 won't let me pay my back dues and fines and reinstate. I have to pay those before I can become a Member of any other Local.
I spoke with Brother Hoffa personally on this matter, wit Brother Paul Faaola. Brother Hoffa instructed Brother Rome Aloise (head of JC 7 and VP at large) to work with Paul and make an amnesty for all of us affected. Bookter says no, he has a closed Hiring hall and he won't budge.
I'll be pressing charges with the JC, the IBT and the DOL against Bookter in the near future. HE HASN'T HEARD THE END OF THIS YET.
He thinks I'm a **** starter. Not a Member who saved the Union money it was being defrauded. And he's afraid of me. He doesn't want me in his Local.
I look forward to the challenges that lay ahead. I love a good fight. Must be the Teamster in me!
Local 85, the oldest Local in the Union, and at one time the largest, was forced to merge with Local 278 becoming Local 2785.
Members dues were also embezzled. Including mine. Causing me (and a dozen or so others) to become in arrears. The S-T of 2785 won't let me pay my back dues and fines and reinstate. I have to pay those before I can become a Member of any other Local.
I spoke with Brother Hoffa personally on this matter, wit Brother Paul Faaola. Brother Hoffa instructed Brother Rome Aloise (head of JC 7 and VP at large) to work with Paul and make an amnesty for all of us affected. Bookter says no, he has a closed Hiring hall and he won't budge.
I'll be pressing charges with the JC, the IBT and the DOL against Bookter in the near future. HE HASN'T HEARD THE END OF THIS YET.
He thinks I'm a **** starter. Not a Member who saved the Union money it was being defrauded. And he's afraid of me. He doesn't want me in his Local.
I look forward to the challenges that lay ahead. I love a good fight. Must be the Teamster in me!
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. 1910.Theodore Roosevelt
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Posted January 13 2012 - 06:25 PM
Well, Real Team, our steward and BA are heavily involved in our union and they are men of utmost integrity. Our contract is also top-of-the-line. We don't pay for our health coverage, have no co-pays and a $600.00 a year deductible. I make an excellent wage and have tens of thousands in my pension and 401K. I have known the pride of taking care of my family, even when times were toughest. The **** hit the fan in my family. We are still standing and I believe in many ways we are stronger than before, and I know that being a member of my local and my union had everything to do with it. When our contract was attacked we had solidarity and dedication amongst us rank-and-filers. All were involved and ready for a fight, all of us. We've had trouble with management here and there over the years and our leadership has never let us done.
There are a handful amongst our 600+ workforce who ***** about the union, but they also ***** about people-of-color or people who don't speak english. We all know the type. Our trustees also are men of the highest character.
If you love a fight, then fight in your own territory. The west coast is making history right now. Your fight with people who ran against Hoffa will not matter for this next generation (it barely matters now). The fight on the streets in your neighborhood are climatic; I'd even call them epic.
T-Net is too often a soap opera. We have real battles in the real world that are being waged.
Half of what you said feeds into the hands of union busters and will never be swallowed by our members. We know who to fight and its not Teamsters on the West Coast.
There are a handful amongst our 600+ workforce who ***** about the union, but they also ***** about people-of-color or people who don't speak english. We all know the type. Our trustees also are men of the highest character.
If you love a fight, then fight in your own territory. The west coast is making history right now. Your fight with people who ran against Hoffa will not matter for this next generation (it barely matters now). The fight on the streets in your neighborhood are climatic; I'd even call them epic.
T-Net is too often a soap opera. We have real battles in the real world that are being waged.
Half of what you said feeds into the hands of union busters and will never be swallowed by our members. We know who to fight and its not Teamsters on the West Coast.
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Posted January 14 2012 - 08:23 PM
Half of what you said feeds into the hands of union busters and will never be swallowed by our members. We know who to fight and its not Teamsters on the West Coast.
Slawson turned against Jim Hoffa from Day One when Brother Hoffa appointed him, He and that inbred son of his aren't Teamsters. They are self serving opportunists, willing to stab anyone in the back to adavance their own positions.
Much of what you enjoy today is the result of Brother Tom Keegel's efforts, They sure showed their gratitude to him, At the end of his 50 year Teamster career they stabbed him in the back, wrought havoc in his Local, and fired his daughter, Nice guys. Don't put so much stock in the inbred hillbilly drunks, Their days in this Union are numbered, Local 120 will be much better off without them.
C'mon man, Brad Jr, STRANGLED HIS SECRETARY at the 120 Labor Day picnic. What kind of man, what kind of TEAMSTER would resort to some twisted, weak crap like that, Don't take my word for it, Ask around. It's common knowledge in the IBT and your Local.
Look at your LM-2's, see for yourself where the money is going. I am the one who firts discovered the rampant, reckless
excessive expenditures in the Local, The bulk of your dues monies isn't going toward the Members of your Local.
The LOcal is not being run for the benefit of the Members of 120, It's being run for the benefits of the Slawson's and their relatives (like Brad Sr.'s granddaughters father with the no show job making 65,000 a year for NOT showing up at the Teamster bar in Fargo.
Do some homework. Look at the facts, Then let's talk about these nimrods.
My fight is against anyone who loses sight of where they came from, and has no respect for the rank and file Members who make up this Union, Wherever they may be. If that makes me unpopular, blackballed and labelled a **** starter-- I can live with that. I have a clear conscience, I can look myself in the mirror with pride, and I sleep very well at night.
The Teamsters should bring out the best in us, not the worst,
Slawson turned against Jim Hoffa from Day One when Brother Hoffa appointed him, He and that inbred son of his aren't Teamsters. They are self serving opportunists, willing to stab anyone in the back to adavance their own positions.
Much of what you enjoy today is the result of Brother Tom Keegel's efforts, They sure showed their gratitude to him, At the end of his 50 year Teamster career they stabbed him in the back, wrought havoc in his Local, and fired his daughter, Nice guys. Don't put so much stock in the inbred hillbilly drunks, Their days in this Union are numbered, Local 120 will be much better off without them.
C'mon man, Brad Jr, STRANGLED HIS SECRETARY at the 120 Labor Day picnic. What kind of man, what kind of TEAMSTER would resort to some twisted, weak crap like that, Don't take my word for it, Ask around. It's common knowledge in the IBT and your Local.
Look at your LM-2's, see for yourself where the money is going. I am the one who firts discovered the rampant, reckless
excessive expenditures in the Local, The bulk of your dues monies isn't going toward the Members of your Local.
The LOcal is not being run for the benefit of the Members of 120, It's being run for the benefits of the Slawson's and their relatives (like Brad Sr.'s granddaughters father with the no show job making 65,000 a year for NOT showing up at the Teamster bar in Fargo.
Do some homework. Look at the facts, Then let's talk about these nimrods.
My fight is against anyone who loses sight of where they came from, and has no respect for the rank and file Members who make up this Union, Wherever they may be. If that makes me unpopular, blackballed and labelled a **** starter-- I can live with that. I have a clear conscience, I can look myself in the mirror with pride, and I sleep very well at night.
The Teamsters should bring out the best in us, not the worst,
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
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Posted January 14 2012 - 10:55 PM
What we have won is the result of many things (the members, our history, our leaders and politicians). I wouldn't give Slawson/Keegel/Hoffa complete credit for the accomplishments of the local, hence the word TEAMster, a.k.a. UNION.
You know, I gotta tell you, I didn't hear anything about this strangle rumor until I came on T-Net. Not one time. Ask around? Yeah right. I don't talk about the crap I read on T-Net while at work. I got bigger fish to fry and so does everybody else on the crew.
I am sure (like the game of telephone) there is a lot of confusion and gossip when it comes to this story, which has been repeated over and over and over and over and over on T-Net. I am also sure this rumor has more to do with elections, and the mudslinging involved with dirty politics, than anything else.
I am not sure why you think you need to be the voice for everybody here in Minnesota. Again, you are just repeating yourself.
We've all moved on from the election. It's over, man. Gotta move on and forward.
You know, I gotta tell you, I didn't hear anything about this strangle rumor until I came on T-Net. Not one time. Ask around? Yeah right. I don't talk about the crap I read on T-Net while at work. I got bigger fish to fry and so does everybody else on the crew.
I am sure (like the game of telephone) there is a lot of confusion and gossip when it comes to this story, which has been repeated over and over and over and over and over on T-Net. I am also sure this rumor has more to do with elections, and the mudslinging involved with dirty politics, than anything else.
I am not sure why you think you need to be the voice for everybody here in Minnesota. Again, you are just repeating yourself.
We've all moved on from the election. It's over, man. Gotta move on and forward.
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Posted January 15 2012 - 02:02 PM
"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" (2 Timothy 4:7).
"You ought to know if you have fought a good fight at the level you are right now. Remember that this fight is not a fight against the devil, but a fight of faith. Have you fought a good fight in your school? Have you fight a good fight at that new job? Has your faith triumphed against every negative situation that you are facing now? If you are not sure, it is never too late to start - unleash your faith and when you are through with that level, you too will say, "I have fought a good fight!" (ibid)
No brag, just fact. I have been with Brother Jim Hoffa BEFORE the beginning, When I joined the Hoffa Campaign in '92, 95% of the officials in this Union were hiding in the bushes, terrorfied to death of Ron Carey, Billy Hogan came up with the brilliant strategy, Since Carey keeps taking out Officers who diasgree with him, or challenge him, let's put some rank and file Members up front because he can't do squat to them. This empowered several of us, We met sympatheic Teamsters across the country. We read our contracts. We read the IBT Constitution. We read the Election Rules, We read the Consent Decree. And when we were unsure of something we had great Teamster minds to consult (Brother George Geller comes to mind here more than anyone). Knowledge IS power. And we turned a grassroots movement of a handful of Teamsters into a friggin' insurgency, that ultimately took back our Union from Carey, TDU, and the Mineworkers. I'm very am militantly and defiantly proud of this. I have kept the faith. I'm extremely proud of Jim Hoffa, and am fortunate and blessed to be able to be led, and inspired by him. I live a Spartan lifestyle, Brother. I make less in the craft then the poverty level. But I am rich in experiences, pride, self-respect, dignity, and a rewarding sense of REALLY having accomplished something (with a handful of others).
If I died today, I would have no reluctance in meeting my maker. I have kept my integrity, While a gang of others have SOLD OUT throughout the years.
What kind of Teamsters are leading our Union today? THey are afraid or rank and file Members like me in their Local. Why? I mean if you are embezzling my dues, hell yeah I'm gonna speak up, What kind of stand up Teamster WOULDN'T? But if you are doing what you are supposed to be doing, I'm the kind of guy you WANT in your Local. I was in Local 492 in NM for a number of years. I went above and beyond the call of duty supporting the E board, the BA's, and my fellow Teamsters.
It really should be like the mantra Jim Hoffa repeatedly recites "It's all about the Members", not all about overpaid, doughnut chasing, do nothing, dishonest leaders. They need to go. Wherever they may be.
"You ought to know if you have fought a good fight at the level you are right now. Remember that this fight is not a fight against the devil, but a fight of faith. Have you fought a good fight in your school? Have you fight a good fight at that new job? Has your faith triumphed against every negative situation that you are facing now? If you are not sure, it is never too late to start - unleash your faith and when you are through with that level, you too will say, "I have fought a good fight!" (ibid)
No brag, just fact. I have been with Brother Jim Hoffa BEFORE the beginning, When I joined the Hoffa Campaign in '92, 95% of the officials in this Union were hiding in the bushes, terrorfied to death of Ron Carey, Billy Hogan came up with the brilliant strategy, Since Carey keeps taking out Officers who diasgree with him, or challenge him, let's put some rank and file Members up front because he can't do squat to them. This empowered several of us, We met sympatheic Teamsters across the country. We read our contracts. We read the IBT Constitution. We read the Election Rules, We read the Consent Decree. And when we were unsure of something we had great Teamster minds to consult (Brother George Geller comes to mind here more than anyone). Knowledge IS power. And we turned a grassroots movement of a handful of Teamsters into a friggin' insurgency, that ultimately took back our Union from Carey, TDU, and the Mineworkers. I'm very am militantly and defiantly proud of this. I have kept the faith. I'm extremely proud of Jim Hoffa, and am fortunate and blessed to be able to be led, and inspired by him. I live a Spartan lifestyle, Brother. I make less in the craft then the poverty level. But I am rich in experiences, pride, self-respect, dignity, and a rewarding sense of REALLY having accomplished something (with a handful of others).
If I died today, I would have no reluctance in meeting my maker. I have kept my integrity, While a gang of others have SOLD OUT throughout the years.
What kind of Teamsters are leading our Union today? THey are afraid or rank and file Members like me in their Local. Why? I mean if you are embezzling my dues, hell yeah I'm gonna speak up, What kind of stand up Teamster WOULDN'T? But if you are doing what you are supposed to be doing, I'm the kind of guy you WANT in your Local. I was in Local 492 in NM for a number of years. I went above and beyond the call of duty supporting the E board, the BA's, and my fellow Teamsters.
It really should be like the mantra Jim Hoffa repeatedly recites "It's all about the Members", not all about overpaid, doughnut chasing, do nothing, dishonest leaders. They need to go. Wherever they may be.
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris. 1910.Theodore Roosevelt
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REAL ,
It's pretty clear you're a Hoffa guy. What isn't so clear is these questions of integrity. Why were you so quiet when these traitors as you now call them were stepping outside the lines when they were with Hoffa. You made no mention of Gegares actions when he was a Hoffa guy. You slam Slawson for running L120 for the benefit of his relatives but ignore the nepotism in L714 under the Hogan dynasty. So indiscretions are OK if the guys are on your side? Incidently Hoffa wasn't so friendly when Bill Hogan Jr got his ass in a jam. The election is over Real. How does bringing any of this up now move the Teamsters forward? Put it away or at least don't preach integrity.
It's pretty clear you're a Hoffa guy. What isn't so clear is these questions of integrity. Why were you so quiet when these traitors as you now call them were stepping outside the lines when they were with Hoffa. You made no mention of Gegares actions when he was a Hoffa guy. You slam Slawson for running L120 for the benefit of his relatives but ignore the nepotism in L714 under the Hogan dynasty. So indiscretions are OK if the guys are on your side? Incidently Hoffa wasn't so friendly when Bill Hogan Jr got his ass in a jam. The election is over Real. How does bringing any of this up now move the Teamsters forward? Put it away or at least don't preach integrity.
