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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1013492" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p>Well like you say we will have to see.&nbsp; But what I can say is that the old way of kissing Jimmy&#039;s <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> and Redmond actually on the Intl Negotiating Committee got us NOTHING!!&nbsp; All those close connections to Hoffa , all those donations to his campaign got us the last two contracts.&nbsp; In reality it got Row A unelected!!&nbsp; Remember Tim and his guys not only took on Redmond but they took on Hoffa in 2007 when they started their campaign to turn down the contract. I think that is why so many people admired Tim at the time.&nbsp; He and Jim and Pete and Neil and Liam all stood up, THEY STOOD UP, and spoke for all of us by saying we were not accepting the givebacks!!&nbsp; Now they have real power to warn Hoffa (like Howie should have done) that if he sends us another sellout contract, the entire E/B will not endorse it and they will fight with the rank and file to reject it!!&nbsp; That is leadership.&nbsp; I might be a bit premature here but I hope Im right.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1013492, member: 29553"] Well like you say we will have to see. But what I can say is that the old way of kissing Jimmy's [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] and Redmond actually on the Intl Negotiating Committee got us NOTHING!! All those close connections to Hoffa , all those donations to his campaign got us the last two contracts. In reality it got Row A unelected!! Remember Tim and his guys not only took on Redmond but they took on Hoffa in 2007 when they started their campaign to turn down the contract. I think that is why so many people admired Tim at the time. He and Jim and Pete and Neil and Liam all stood up, THEY STOOD UP, and spoke for all of us by saying we were not accepting the givebacks!! Now they have real power to warn Hoffa (like Howie should have done) that if he sends us another sellout contract, the entire E/B will not endorse it and they will fight with the rank and file to reject it!! That is leadership. I might be a bit premature here but I hope Im right. [/QUOTE]

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