Monday, March 18, 2013

Don't Be Fooled by Imposters Ignite Change! VOTE!


Pseudo Incumbent "Reformists"


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Ms. Black continues to insult the intelligence of the flight attendants based in SFO by claiming she and her running mates are "REFORM" candidates, meanwhile rejecting ALL attempts at reform at this year’s Board of Directors meeting. The bald faced lies and hypocrisy of “leadership” such as this is made all the more reprehensible by the utter contempt for the membership shown by the current SFO LECP Chris Black!


Not only are new hires too stupid to vote, in Ms. Black’s opinion, SFO flight attendants are too stupid to see through such pathetic theatrics. Don’t prove her right, cast your ballot for reform!

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What should not be lost on SFO flight attendants in particular is that without Ms. Black’s consent, charges against the United 3 would NOT have been possible, and without DCA president Andreas Curlee’s failed, misguided, and personal vendetta against the FACC, charges would NOT have been filed in the first place. The sad and pathetic waste of time and money that would have been better spent on continued efforts at securing a joint contract sometime before the last s-United flight attendant is laid off was a direct result of LOCAL officers trying to show off before their peers at the MEC and international levels, and trying to impress a dwindling number of severely deluded supporters in their bases.


Charges were DISMISSED, as a result of clear headed thinking and negotiations between the parties involved, outside the purview of the AFA legal department and its misguided council who should never have advised bringing these charges forward in the first place. American citizens’ rights of "free speech" and "freedom of association" will always trump the AFA Constitution and Bylaws of a labor organization trying to intimidate their rank and file members into silence. Should expulsion have resulted from this kangaroo court, the REAL legal system would have remedied that and flight attendants’ dues money could have gone towards reimbursing the United 3 not only for lost wages but punitive damages as well.

True Reform has been vindicated, and it is just the beginning!

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Case No. 12-01: THE UNITED 3


The Flight Attendant Coalition For Change applauds the decision reached in discussions outside of the Hearing Board on March 5, 2013, to DISMISS the charges against the UNITED 3.

READ THE "SETTLEMENT OF CHARGES" HERE:
http://freepdfhosting.com/9cee73efd3.pdf

This courageous decision by all party's involved goes a long way toward restoring faith in the ability of our Union leaders to recognize the strength and determination of the membership of this Union to affect democratic change from within the parameters of the Constitution and Bylaws of the AFA.

WE, the rank and file flight attendants of the CWA-AFA, WILL continue to press for REFORM and DEMOCRACY in our Union through the Local Council elections process. We urge all flight attendants, at all CWA-AFA represented airlines, to seek out and elect the candidates who believe in the empowerment of "US", the members, the working flight attendants of the AFA! 

THE POWER OF A UNION LIES WITH ITS MEMBERSHIP AND TOGETHER WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND ACCOMPLISH A JOINT NEGOTIATED CONTRACT AT THE "NEW" UNITED AIRLINES!


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Friday, March 8, 2013

SFO AFA BALLOT MANIPULATION

IN SAN FRANCISCO NOMINATION BALLOTING OFFICIAL RESULTS WERE POSTED FEBRUARY 20, 2013 AND STEVEN MURZI, WHO CAMPAIGNED HARD FOR RE-ELECTION AS SECRETARY TREASURER, RECEIVED 131 VOTES AND INCUMBENT LECVP SHARON CALDWELL RECEIVED 124 VOTES FOR VICE PRESIDENT. NEITHER CANDIDATE RECEIVED ANY VOTES FOR THE OTHERS CURRENTLY HELD ELECTED OFFICE.

End of story, right? WRONG! "Official" results were changed and posted AGAIN on February 21st. This time Steven Murzi mysteriously has 7 votes for VP as well as 131 for Secretary Treasurer and Sharon Caldwell's votes remain the same, 124 votes for VP and ZERO votes for Secretary Treasurer.

Enough changes already, right? WRONG! On February 22nd the results were changed again! This time Sharon Caldwell mysteriously picks up 3 votes for the Secretary Treasurer position but still has the 124 votes for VP! Sooooo, "who's" on first and "I don't know" is on second?

But wait, one more deception is perpetrated on the SFO membership....the "final" ballot will show the current Secretary Treasurer, Steven Murzi, now running for Vice President and the current Vice President, Sharon Caldwell, now running for Secretary Treasurer!!

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN ALL THIS MR. MURZI AND MS. CALDWELL?!? TIRED OF WORKING YOUR OWN ELECTED POSITIONS SO YOU JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO TRY AND SWAP??

THIS IS BLATANT ELECTION MANIPULATION AND SMACKS OF
VOTER SUPPRESSION!

This was not a paper ballot, "dangling chad" issue, this was an electronic balloting process that was changed not once but 3 times after polling officially closed. So whats the AFA's explanation?? Ask your current LEC and MEC officers and see what kind of song and dance response you get!

An organization that grants voting RIGHTS to their membership as a whole for officers at ALL levels of an organization is an organization that has earned the PRIVILEGE of representing our work force! A labor group that restricts its membership from voting because they may not like the results and indeed manipulates those results, has NO business claiming they represent ANYONE but themselves.

THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE, DO YOU WANT THE STATUS QUO WITH YOUR INCUMBENT OFFICERS OR DO YOU WANT REAL CHANGE AND DEMOCRACY?!?
VOTE REFORM CANDIDATES:
 
JOHN "MICHAEL" BRYANT For President
KATHY KENNEDY FOR Vice President
HARRY HAPIN FOR Secretary Treasurer
HELEN ALBERADO, ROCHELLE JELF AND
RICHARD SOARES For Council Reps.
 
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR AT UAMEC HEADQUARTERS; WE DON'T WANT THE STATUS QUO!
 
 
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