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16stew57, on May 04 2011 - 09:08 AM, said:

Its funny the letter from Hoffa doesn't address the charges brought by Hoffa. Nothing said about the racketeering in the convention industry by Whiner and company. Nothing done about the retaliation against Members and Abuse toward Members. Slap on the wrist and don't do it again. Not good enough. Wasn't this why Burke was removed because he knew and didn't do enough? I do agree with Brother Hoffa the Members need to decide who runs their Local but you cannot excuse what these people have done in the last two plus years. A violation of the bylaws and constitution is just that a violation and needs to be dealt with.

631teamo, on May 02 2011 - 11:52 AM, said:

It just gets better and better. And the IBT & JC42 sit there and watch it and nothing gets done.

The following letter was written by one of the sisters of this Local that is a real Teamster God bless here for her Tenacity.

My name is Shirayne Waite, I have been a construction Teamster at Local 631 for 21 years. I am very proud of that and the fact that I come from a Teamster family. I am very sure that everyone reading this knows I am not happy with the ongoing developments at our Local 631. I have spoken with a great deal of construction Teamsters about how they feel about what has been and is currently happening in our trade, I have not found anyone that is even remotely OK with what has transpired since this administration has taken office. I have sent out a few letters of my dismay since this administration, and of course I find myself at it again. This letter I will e-mail to all Teamster address’ I have in my address book, along with JC42, Mr. McElmuray, and a hard copy will go out via certified mail to Mr. J.P.Hoffa. I feel the need to shout out as loud as I can to anyone that will listen; this administration is trying to destroy the construction craft from within by allowing the ready mix craft to take our work. To explain myself I will start from the beginning.

It began in the first two months of this administration taking office. Aggregate Industries presented them with a letter written on A.I. letter head that pretty much stated that the past administration gave them the right to take all of their construction Teamsters and send them to ready mix contract which meant close to a $13.00 an hour cut from their pay package. Without so much as picking up the phone to call the past administration and find out what really happened, this administration allowed it to go through, This letter that A.I. presented only had one signature-----Theirs---- needless to say almost two years later, hearings on this matter, A.I. was found in the wrong. What is very upsetting is present date we are having hearings to figure out a settlement for our Teamster brothers and sisters who lost TONS of money and this administration is not demanding back-pay for the money lost PER-HOUR of work! EVERYONE involved in this deal knew it was wrong when they first let it happen, why should we pay for their greed, and this administrations hatred for the past administration!

Then came July 2010, our construction contract opened and we had everything from backdoor negotiations, separate contracts, to our B.A. saying if we just ignore this we will get the year freeze we are looking for. At present our negotiations are robbing us of every decent piece of language that has been written in our contract. This is what our B.A. and John Phillipenaus told us at the most recent craft meeting; they have given the contractors our double time, 2 hours and time worked, all our zone pay, shift differential pay, make up day on Saturday, language on Davis Bacon, and they are trying to come up with language to change article 4 which I will have provided to you in an attachment. Article 4 is the backbone of our contract!!!!!!!! I can’t stress this enough. I have a perfect example of what it will do to our trade if they are allowed to change one letter in it. I work for a company that has a sub-contracted position on a huge freeway job, we have the road grade and pave portion of it. For the Last 4 months our brother and sister ready mix drivers have been doing our work, 7 to 8 loads a day dumped in the grade. Our B.A. seems to think because of a job over a year ago near searchlight had a similar problem and was grieved, and ruled on using term the one drop. Our B.A again did not put up a fight and allowed it. One drop is not even remotely in our contract, even if it was does 7 To 8 loads a day in the grade constitute one drop! After I and others had enough we made this administration actually read article 4, I realize this sounds a little out there that a B.A. would not have read this article but it’s true. We now have a grievance on this which I have sent to you, but that’s about as far as the B.A. went with it, last I heard the attorneys have it, while all of the construction guys have sat home, that’s if they haven’t lost their home! We have had several from our barn leave and seek employment outside of the Union because they are being held away from their jobs by our current administration. SAD VERY SAD Back to the contract the contractors not only want all that I have said they also want us to give up 9.55 per hour from our total package. I guess I am writing this as I always do to beg for some relief, help, brotherhood, SOMETHING! Construction is my LIFE as it is for my other brothers and sisters we don’t need our Secretary Treasurer showing up at the most recent craft meeting doing his bidding to get re-elected by telling the members about insurance, that where there find out the status of their contract, about how he intends to change the banked hours on our insurance to provide them more personal gain of their monies, and how as soon as the fund is at the right amount he will give back our Dental and Vision, which if I had to lay odds on it that would be just before voting in November in hopes of garnering more votes. We need the man at the top to give us hope, to prove to us he cares about our situation, and he has a real plan to get us where we need to be to live our lives and support our families; he has proven once again it’s his way or the highway! Sad to say most people in this trade may literally have to hit the highway.

Well I am very sure as soon as I send this I will have more to say! I want to thank all for their time and ask again to believe me when I say this is not an exaggeration this is just the very little that I am privy to.



HELP & THANK-YOU



Shirayne Waite

Hey PENIS or is it DORK? How are you going to get out of paying the Restore The Pride Slate their lost time wages and their per diem for the International Convention. Remember what you told everyone. They will never get another dollar out of this Local Union. Well guess what Penis you will pay them. Have a great day you piece of shit. You have raped this Membership at every turn and your reign is coming to an end sooner than you think. I know a lot of people that would like to be there to see you have to sign those checks.

sadjjjjer, on April 19 2011 - 09:50 PM, said:

The Members are figuring it out. Penis and his band of losers lost the delegates election with Penis tying for last place with Sherain. When the coin toss was made Tails won and Penis lost. Now the election officer ruled that there will only be 7 delegates not eight as Penis thought. To bad for Penis he is out all together. The Empowerment Slate is dying. HEY PENIS TAILS WINS YOU LOOSE. For the first time in history the Principal Officer of Local 631 wont be going to the convention as a delegate. Penis has exhausted all his frivolous appeals and lost every one of them. No more smoke screens for the DORK.