The TWU Local 100 - LM2 of 2010 (as part of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, unions are required to provide financial information to the Department of Labor on an annual basis. The form the unions use is called an LM-2 (and LM-3 for smaller unions) and is public information available from the Labor Management Services Administration) gives a window into pay scales of the employees.
What we found is troubling for example Roxanne Rotger made 99K and is an executive assistant - if you compare the salaries of the executive assistants across the USA you find their pay scale is $46,205. Then there is Angel Giboyeaux who made $112,123 and is a vice president (unclear if he has ever been a steward). If you compare his salary to that of the New York State Senator who earns $79,500 per annum you realize something is wrong (he is known as a lap dog of a recording secretary). Steve Downs made $91,065 and is a division chair (fancy name for steward) if you compare the salaries across USA - for Registered Nurse (RN) which is noble job you find their pay scale is $55,308.
There are many examples that we can point to however that is not our interest. You can review LM2 at your own leisure however it portrays TWU Local 100 is a troubled cancer ridden organization with varying disjointed pay scales that raises a huge red flag of nepotism and cronyism. There is no reasonable or coherent explanation as to why Kevin Harrington deserves $101,780 yearly salary the pay scale for New York State Assemblyman is $79,500 annually. Harrington is just a simple steward with an inflated ego and self importance who believes the world revolves around him - we do not believe that he is capable to work full time and then some or even that he can scratch 60 or 70 hours per week. If that is true that Kevin Harrington can put in such an extraordinary amount of time then he works a demanding schedule. We find it impossible that he can find the time to make that exorbitant amount of money - and what exactly did he do to ‘earn’ such a significant sum? Don't bother speculating, we are going to tell you this situation stinks to high heaven! It reeks of corruption.
The pay scale clearly reveals our union bosses at TWU Local 100 are just enriching themselves at the expense of the membership which is not acceptable. In simplistic term that is corruption.
The pay scale of all the TWU Local 100 whether employees or union bosses should reflect the pay scales of that for the office of personnel management of the federal government. Not to Samuelsen’s whims and desires clearly he is unable - we are able to lead a blue ribbon compensation committee to correct this unacceptable intolerable circus as soon as possible. It is obvious the executive board members who are buddies of John Samuelsen see no wrong since they are apart of the problem. We for one can hardly wait until New York District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr starts to clean up this dysfunctional, corrupt TWU Local 100. TWU Local 100 needs clean hands.
when you compare salaries it is like comparing apples to oranges.
ReplyDeleteremember ARod makes $25 million to play baseball and Barack Obama makes far less to be the leader of the free world.
comparing salaries can only be seen as an attempt to muddy the waters from the real issue: the next contract.