Defeat after defeat in court cases, losing arbitration after another and now the membership are openly questioning the authority or the so called leadership of John E Samuelsen president of the TWU Local 100 Take Backward Our Union TBOU. Does John E Samuelsen agree that these are signs that his leadership has put TWU Local 100 in terminal decline? If Samuelsen got out and met the membership he’d realize his leadership is the issue.
All the promises before election have been abandoned, now his leadership is the same as the previous administration which he decried. His failure to deal with the layoff of 2010, and his failure to refund the solidarity monies which he promised in the mass membership of 2010 was that a deception one wonders. Then there is his leadership team failure and the union credit cards irregularities. The blunder of the year was the purchase of the property. Then there are failures of his TBOU team.
He has got nothing to say for the issues that face the membership, he has nothing to say about the write ups against the membership - all the promises that he would support the membership through their tough times within a few days he has abandoned them with his U turn.
Often Samuelsen will announce a plan after a plan and he would launch documents with colossal ideas that are received by the membership with incredulity at best and hostility at worst. What ever the problems the membership are faced with the answer is not more documents, surveys, vestibule take over, rat campaign and TV speeches - John E Samuelsen’s leadership cannot go on like this.
It is difficult times - big speeches are not the answer. Samuelsen simply is not up to the task. Lets look at the strings of misjudgments we have seen he has made infinite U turns in the hyped hurricane Irene, snow blizzard (2010), indirectly acquiescing in lowering of health coverage, lock box bill - why does he think he got so many judgments so wrong? Now he has no one to blame for expenses gone wild - if he is so confident of his arguments or if he is so confident of his judgement or if he thinks he is on the right side of these arguments why doesn't he listen to the membership? It is obvious he is in the dark ages and he has to think again, he wasted the first year with an utterly busted leadership. Now this is his second year isn't it clear he is not up to the job - the membership knows it, the TBOU know it, and the MTA knows it. Why not do the last bold thing - resign.
This one is certainly out of left field. The accusations made are lacking proof.
ReplyDeleteIt is one thing to say he did not fight lay-offs: the proof says otherwise.
Those laid-off in TA surface are all back, those in MABSTOA are all back too, and in the division hardest hit stations, they are coming back in record numbers and continue to come back to this very date.
To say he does not fight for members in discipline cases:
Just point to the Bus drivers in PBL who were fired for 19A inspections: All back to work.
Not to mention employment by the TWU while they were HOS.
I that is not fighting for members then what is your defibition?
Standing up to Walder and his use of layoffs against our 3% raise?
JS won on both battles: members back to work AND we got our richly deserved raises.
Refund of solidarity money? Again the FACTS are NOT on your side. Those monies cannot be refunded until after the current year as ordered by the Executive board and voted on by the members.
BTW let's not forget that you were one who would leave our laid-off members with no healthcare in their hour of greatest need. But that is another story.
Our President's days are filled with shop gates at locations all over the system, in fact you go to a bunch of them.
Right now the focus of these shop gates are our next contract as they should be.
So in summing up your post is not only inaccurate but patently false.
Let's just hope it is not on purpose.