Bad standing IV

The bad standing issue has given evidence within the membership that tells a consistent story on their poor morale, and declining participation in the union activities and events. However John E Sameulsen president of TWU Local 100 Take Backward Our Union TBOU cronies will jump to his defense by claiming that he is the best president ever in the history of TWU Local 100.

Those cronies will never answer the question of why John E Sameulsen is still embracing the current officers who were in bad standing? Those cronies will tell you that there are real improvements. It is their hallmark of denying the existence of any problems. Thus they will never admit or solve the bad standing issue which everyone knows is seriously wrong.

As long as John E Sameuslsen remains in office TWU Local 100 is facing crisis after crisis. He will not admit that he is more concerned with his politics than the reality of improving the membership’s prospects in the reality that it exists. His politics are of convenience not of convictions. We hope he has the vestige of authority and courage left to stand up and say now that the current officers who were in bad standing will be banned from holding office. It is strange that he would not obey the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 LMRDA, TWU Constitution TWUC, and TWU Local 100 By-Laws. Maybe Sameulsen’s weakness in dealing with the bad standing issue is the reason his administration is the incompetent mess it is.

Samuelsen should not avoid the difficult issue of bad standing. It is strange that he is not pushing to get those ‘forty one (41)’ current officers out of office, that does not bode well with the membership nor does it instill confidence in his administration. Maybe Sameulsen’s administration not doing anything in this delicate matter is unhealthy for TWU Local 100. He should send a clear signal that TWU Local 100 is a clean organization and that there will be a comprehensive plan to move TWU Local 100 away from corruption to the rule of law and democracy - the United States District Court - Southern District of New York will inform him to respect the law and democracy.

We need TWU Local 100 to be a strong, stable and clean organization and the membership would be better off not otherwise. Maybe Sameulsen does not seem to understand that the membership is contempt and unhappy with those officers who were in bad standing, maybe he is living in another planet.