Management has started taking the payroll deductions for the Solidarity Fund. The deductions will be seen in checks issued September 15 at OA, September 16 at TA, and September 22 at MTA Bus. These deductions will be $5 per week for 26 weeks. Most members will see this as $10 deductions from their bi-weekly checks.
The Solidarity Fund was established following a membership vote to help laid-off members maintain medical coverage for themselves and their families. Management laid off these members when we refused to give up our third-year raise. During the next six months, that raise will yield members who remain on the job five times what the Solidarity Fund is costing us.
Probably now in addition to the above you have received the communiqué dated September 14, 2010 in the mail with mischaracterizations such as those in accordance with the Constitution and By-Laws of TWU Local 100. The executive board and its membership have approved an additional dues assessment of $10 biweekly.
It was forced upon us without discussion and input from the membership. Samuelsen will be heading to P.J. Clarkes & Peter Luger Steakhouse for prime Kobe steak. Just imagine what Samuelsen and his chums would talk about while they gnaw the fine kobe beef steak. They will definitely enjoy the long wooden bar, and the dining rooms with exposed wooden beams, burnished oak wainscoting, brass chandeliers and weathered beer-hall tables. The Brooklyn location now boasts a coveted Michelin star rating which Samuelsen considers that apple of his eyes.
Remember that while you work under petty abusive supervisors that you must not despair because the future is ours and remember to vote them out send them back to work. Remember Samuelsen has been extending his fat sticky fingers into your paycheck, first with $10 for Haiti Earthquake Relief Funds, now with $5 for the solidarity fund. Did Samuelsen provide Enron accounting for Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund? You can answer that.
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