hedgehog21

I am holding my breath! can you say no expierence no unity. Gary and his Committee is weak!!. But I am still holding my breath, forever an optimist.

Wow what did I get started with this thread?. If the constitution and the Local By-Lays prevent Jon Snyder and Dave Perez from running they will except it, both are true unionist and activist in the Union cause. I dont know the Politics at Saline but I know that Jon will have enfluence on all that come from AAI, he also has ties with people from other plants that will be comming to Saline, not to mention the people who come to Saline in 2000 from AAI, Dave also has alot of pull from the people from AAI and people working at Saline. Like I said I dont know your poiltics but If I were running I would want to get to know these guys.

To Saline workers with all of the people comming into your plant you have got some real Unionist's and former union officials from many local plants , I reccomend that you look at them closley I hear your elections are soon comming up. I wish Jon Snyder was in office now the committee needs his expierence to help the membership through these tough times, from what I hear he is working on thr Mustang IP line I always voted for him he was a very good for the membership, he has alot of fight for what is right and alot of expierence and knowledge. The other person to look at is Dave Perez He has been a district rep he was on the execuetive board at Local 3000 and has a good union heart I hear he works somewhere in the Mustang door panel line. This is just a suggestion go talk with them get to know them they will be there if you need them just my two cents.

Captain 723 my bad the re-call question was regarding our local contract not national contract, she still didnt answer our question not a gen or standards rep area of enforcement this lies with the Bargaining Committee. As for you pumpmaster if you are so involved with the union, like you accuse of others not being, step up and Identify yourself, I do attend the meetings and speak on a regular basis figure me out. Maybe you and Capt 723 should hang out together, I would put money on it, you two are one of the Local Chairman or the Bargaining Comittees lackeys.

Like the topic said NO ACCOUNTABILITY. last week I talked with a bargaining rep. Cindy in the body shop I asked about the recalls back to home units, she tip toed around an answer like a ballerina a big one at that ( sorry about the visual) she blamed it on Gary, I am not a gary fan either, she also blamed it on the district rep also. Well Cindy you did get elected as a bargainer you should know what is going on here, you dont, you have not changed abit your still blaming everything on other reps to cover up for your incompetence, same as when you were a district rep all mouth no action, but you can blame it on everyone else real good, you are a magna cun loude graduate from the Lynette Tyner school of blamimg other people for what happens, to cover your inability to do your job. I did not vote for you or any other rep on the bargaining committee, to date all of you have failed the membership at AAI .

AAI reps have went to the school of cut throat politics, they are not smart enough to take classes to better there self and the union representation at AAI, those pirhanas woud probably eat the teacher anyway. Cindy, Steve, Kevin probably no classes, to better represent the membership at all or they were asleep in class. Gary according to his flyers and his buzz slogan " Credentials alone" AAI should elect him, you can go to calss and learn and put it to work, or you can be an educated idiot, no common sense but Gary and the Committee does give everything up to the company with nothing in return for the membership. Gary Quit whinning you lined up with Pork,Steve,Cindy,Marcy ect. that says alot for your ability to make sound decisions oh yea dont forget all of the wisdom you got from Deboodt. Scares me.

Eagle he fooled you just like he did the membership at AAI, he has given away or not enforced good language that our union and membership fought hard for over the years. He sucked you in too, he can talk a good game but no action, like the rest of our Bargaining Committee and District Reps .

Rider were f@#!*%. The King of consessions Ron Gettlefinger and his band of concessioneers one being Gary Sommerville have give up the farm, but that should not surprise anyone at AAI we know that Gary and the RAG TAG comittee have been rippng pages out of the contract and giving more to the company than any other Union Committee in the history of AAI, since thay have been elected. STEP DOWN LOSERS YOU HAVE F@&%^ the membership beyond what you inexpierenced AS@ HO#!@ can fix. :happy feet:

What have u done! Gary you and the Bargaining Committee have basically gave up the farm at AAI and Gary I guess that hasn't changed since you have been in CONCESSION NEGOTIATIONS with Ford cant wait to se how much we have lost, I guess there is a silver lining for you, you probably will be offered an International Appointment, that's what you are looking for anyway, AAI MEMBERSHIP LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. I was at the union meeting last Sunday Cindy Maynard run the meeting, she butchered the meeting, I don't know answers, working on it answers its shameful we are truly in a sad state of affairs in our Union. Dont know who runs a worse meeting Cindy or Tom well I guess we should expect it they were both on the same political with ticket Gary, all are sad. Steve and Kevin you two also sold the membership a bill of goods, you have not produced as promised. Wake up amd smell the coffee AAI and see what you have done, be prepared to bend over and take it, you did it.

So AAI Union why no information about Saline?, and buy the way why didnt PDC get posted at AAI those are good jobs for seniority workers, care to comment, probably not!. I would have gone to Saline but couldn't get enough information to make an informed decision, I got more info from the Saline Union and workers than I did my own, I wonder why that is, I remember when AAI went to one shift the Union had meetings with the people, had description of work, phone numbers to plants and Unions needing people and some seniority in other plants they would try, to get you an answer to your question, or at least steer you in the right direction and call you back, now you wont even get a call back , why is that.

Level Pebble, you hit the nail on the head,with that one, people at AAI should look at who they vote in and also look at who they are supporting. Last election two of our district reps supported the current Union Bargaining Committee only turn on each other after the election was over. Some of our reps think only political and practice, save your ass tactics, and will never come together as one. thats why we are WEAK,WEAK,WEAK. We know who you are.

Your Right Re-Dem axle probably will not come back to AAI, what puzzles me is our UNION has no fight they are giving up the farm, the cattle and the chickens everything, the word on the floor the membership is MAD at the UNION in our plant, the company is running wild over them. If you call them, you will be lucky to get a call back or an answer, they will just blame it on someone else. It has never been this bad here, hate to say it Mary Olsen had more fight than Gary Sommerville has, the rest of the reps are just feeding on each other.

NO! I have been around along time, Cindy is all MOUTH will cuss you out good but nothing ever gets done, she always has an excuse why someone else did it not her. If my memory serves me right she never signed the job security agreement support letter either, all other union reps did why not her?? she is no different than lynette all mouth and no results. She is only trying to stay off line, before Cindy got elected I worked with her in PDI unit 24 she was on medical 6 months every year, ur right if she ever looses she will go out on medical. :happy feet:

I'm glad to have a job too, been on one shift not good, I'm not confidant our Union knows what to do, follow me? :stats:

What a JOKE people were reduced out of units, within the plant before the line balance was complete, they want us to pick jobs,without seeing the job just a piece of paper,how can we make an informed decision on what job to pick,WE CAN'T and you know some jobs will change. 11:00 am strart for B-shift I feel for your loss of family time not to say your whole day is shot thanks Gary, Cindy, Steve, Kevin for that one. Next one, the contract has specific language on job change procedure, Did the Bargaining Committee forget the language and how it is to be used, Cindy& Steve you used to fight the company as district reps to do it right so why no fight NOW!! you two should know better Gary and Kevin are clueless. Its apparent that not one of you have a clue on what to do but I bet if you get called out on the floor you will blame it on someone, the membership is tired of the secrets, and the vague and clueless Chairmans reports that don't address the issues in the plant. Oh by the way BC'S how is your grievance hearings going? and Steve where is the dockett of grievances that you promised in your campaign flyers you put out during the election. Thats all for now, I am ashamed of our UNION Leadership we used to take the company on but I guess not anymore.