I wanted to thank all the Tennessee brothers who voted down this proposition and apoligize for not being at the meeting to do the same on our behalf. The...
When the union wants something pushed through, they make voting as restrictive as possible. When they don't care one way or the other, we get to vote by mail....
i voted absentee for the last contract!! where have you been??...
hdfathead88@...
Feb 4, 2006 3:14 am
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I know you can vote absentee. I propose that ALL voting be done by mail. The participation would likely increase because those who are unable to vote in person...
the only one's who will vote is the one's who are the have not's!! the one's who never miss a lick of time and have never seen bad times are the ones with...
hdfathead88@...
Feb 6, 2006 3:52 am
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... the one's ... the ones ... the whole ... Actually I think the problem is more whatever our area votes against the men have no faith in the results. We...
Note: Certain people may construe this news as "anti-union." Please be advised that this involves actual court cases, federal enforcement actions and real...
what do ya say about the good unions do and the help they provide to the membership. i am recently retired after 35 yrs in the trade and i can tell you without...
I noticed in our recent newsletter that the Western Regional Rep. stated that today is 9 Dec. 2005. The newsletter arrived here in the first week of Feb. 2006....
this is a great letter. i hope other members feel the same. if you don,t support your own members, you are no better than the rats. sounds like we have some...
Our man Brad, will not align himself with Tommy Pruett, not now or in the future. I hope all of you REALLY SEE, that the only future Brad is concerned about is...
The newsletter could easily be available online, at a significant cost savings to the membership. Concerns about non-members reading the newsletter could be...
Poll Shows Residential Sprinklers Valued by Homeowners According to RISMedia, a national poll conducted in December 2005 shows that 45 percent of U.S....
brother you are exactly correct. in order for tommy preuett to get the support he deserves from this local we as members need to contact our individual agents...
Isn't Brad on Hite's campaign? therefore there cannot be support for Tommy. Also, at least one steamfitter local business manager and officers seem to be...
if this is the case it needs to be straightened out. let the steamfitters know that this is bullshit and keep on spreading the word. sprinks have been the...
yes i'm 669 and one who lost $67,000 in my sis fund after pruett sold our local out and we lost all but >$.25 an hour of our sis while he was our b.a. and the...
hdfathead88@...
Feb 9, 2006 6:28 pm
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how about the crap that peruett was the reason we lost hawaii, not true. apparently made up to make peruett look bad. i am sorry your sis money did not do as...
Let us all not forget why the UA took over our local: They were asked to by some members. Also, our own sec-treasurer was traveling around the country...
AMEN BRO.!! GRINNELL LOST MONEY ON EVERY JOB, BUT THEY ARE STILL INSTALLING SPR. HE MIGHT HAVE LOST ON PAPER ... From: Gary S. James To:...
Dick Fischer
alphiedog@...
Feb 9, 2006 11:01 pm
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all i know is that when tommy was our bm he sold local 669 out to boede and we got put into trusteeship with the ua!! i'm from dist 10 and at the time our sis...
hdfathead88@...
Feb 10, 2006 3:46 am
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The link for The Watchdog article which goes into some detail about what was happening (negotiations, trusteeship, etc). is as follows: ...
I believe I've found the answer to our rising NASI health care costs, and the solution has been around for decades. In fact, the solution is now more than 90...
that's a nice little start!! workout everyday myself and at 56 i'm still gonna retire...this business has become to cut throat for me!!! i'd rather sell pizza...
hdfathead88@...
Feb 10, 2006 4:56 am
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Tommy was the first "elected" Business Agent for District #9 and that was in 1977. In 1978, Michael P. Eads resigned as our President and Tommy was appointed...
if our leaders of local 669 do not wish to support tommy peruett it is up to us as members to change that. thanks for the info and please keep passing the true...
In a message dated 2/10/2006 3:36:04 AM Mountain Standard Time, licatsplit669@... writes: Roy W. Pantall resigned as our Business Manager for personal...
I can't say one way or the other Danny, as I don't have the facts on the particulars of Pantall's resignation. Sounds like you may know more than I do on the...
Thanks for your support brother. ... From: "Randy Fullerton" <licatsplit669@...> To: <thedoghouseof669@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006...
