Raise

It is rumored that John E Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100 - Take Backward Our Union - TBOU wants a 20% (twenty percent) raise. 

Form LM-2 (Revised 2003)

SCHEDULE 11 - ALL OFFICERS AND DISBURSEMENTS TO OFFICERS

FILE NUMBER: 003-424

(D)  Gross Salary  Disbursements  (before any  deductions)

(E)  Allowances  Disbursed

(F)  Disbursements for Official Business

(G)  Other  Disbursements not reported in  (D) thru (F)

(H)  TOTAL

John     Samuelsen President N

$106,080

$400

$41,992

$2,160

$150,632

As you can notice in the above schedule John E Samuelsen made $41,992 for official business which is about forty percent of his gross salary. One wonders what kind of official business is equal to a TA cleaner yearly pay? It is unexplainable since that is almost half of his salary. It is also troubling that the executive board has failed to discipline him for the financial irregularities. What entitlement of allowance to John E Samuelsen gets $400 - are you aware of any member in the TWU Local 100 who has made a $400 allowance? This one tops the rampant hubris of taking ‘not reported’ $2,160.

Now lets discuss the raise that John E Samuelsen desires - it said that he should earn equal or more than Roger Toussaint who earned $175,000 from the TWU International. Thus he desires $175,000 or $180,000 - in John E Samuelsen’s view the TWU International depends on the monthly dues from the TWU Local 100 since without them there is no TWU International. In addition he works long hours so those are his justification.

We here in why did you join the union would advice John E Samuelsen that if he is interested in a raise there is an open position at the MTA - please do seek the CEO and Chair position which will earn him over $350,000 yearly. However we in the TWU Local 100 cannot afford his lavish life style of rich Americans since we are blue collar workers.