Time will tell

We here in why did you join the union do not agree with John E Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100 - Take Backward Our Union - TBOU position of supporting the Communication Workers of America CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW in their struggle against Verizon. 

First CWA and IBEW did not adhere to the principle of no contract no work. When CWA, IBEW reached an agreement on bargaining with Verizon which is not a contract they ordered their members who walked out on August 7th, 2011 to return to work on Tuesday, August 23 2011. Therefore that translates that the members are working without a contract. We here in why did you join the union believe that was a bad decision from Larry Cohen president of CWA. We remember when John E Samuelsen went around claiming that Roger Toussaint was wrong for not holding out all the way during the strike when he ordered TWU Local 100 membership back to work. Now in the contract of 2012 the only way to know how great John E Samuelsen president of TWU Local 100 - Take Backward Our Union - TBOU is, is if the proof is in the pudding.

Second we also remember when Larry Hanley the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union ATU got his cronies to appoint John E Samuelsen as a co chair of useless MTA Labor Coalition. ATU Local 726 (Angelo Tanzi) with Local 1056 (I Danek Miller) could not get a contract for their members thus leaving their members to diminish their earnings. As long as their membership are paying their dues Tanzi and Miller are happy by fattening their wallets with six figure pay checks.

Smart money in Vegas would bet that John E Samuelsen’s record of supporting phony union leaders who fold like cheap cameras in the heat of the battle does not inspire confidence. Thus the smart money believe that John E Samuelsen would not go against the grain but rather John E Samuelsen in the contract of 2012 would fold just like those phony union leaders he befriended. Those phony union leaders could not stand on the sidewalk to motivate their own members - who were brave and who took financial burden. Thus those phony union leaders resorted to return to work without a contract which is a shame. As the old idiom says tell me who are his friends and I will tell you who he is. If John E Samuelsen’s friends are phony union leaders then what would the smart money in Vegas say? Will John E Samuelsen allow TWU Local 100 membership to work without a contract on January 16, 2012 just like his buddies did (Cohen, Tanzi and Miller). What is your guess?