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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1151567" data-attributes="member: 29553">Actually Local 804 was on life support 3 1/2 years ago.&nbsp; Redmond and his wrecking crew allowed the Health and Welfare Funds to shrink to almost nothing.&nbsp; Years of neglect and incompetence as well as diverting money from it to secretly &quot;help&quot; the pension fund created a desparate situation when the new board took over.&nbsp; The trustees stated in feb 2010 that if nothing was done to the H/W fund, it would be in the red by June 2011!!&nbsp; Our new board made tough decisions and showed real leadership by making the changes they did.&nbsp; IT SAVED OUR FUNDS. Yes copays went up.&nbsp; And retirees monthly bill went up but in truth they should have gone up years ago slowly over time.&nbsp; Instead the old crew ignored the problems and concentrated on getting re-electedFor your information, our medical is STILL run by both the union and the company. If a few members are &quot;in collection&quot;, then they probably didnt stay in the plan or they need to resubmit it to their BA.&nbsp; You constantly speak about these un named &quot;1000 members walked off&quot; but that is a lie.&nbsp; Members have continued to be fired like they were under redmond&nbsp; and his crew but not even close to 1000 members.&nbsp; Dont forget now EVERY building has telematics, etc.&nbsp; LM2s can be deceiving.&nbsp; They dont take under consideration the fact that UPS did not hire any FTers for the several years, the constant revolving door of PTers, the members who are not on the payrole yet not counted by the union due to miscommunication between management and the hall (hence they do not pay dues either), etc. Finally, tim and jim did not vote for hoffa&#039;s national contract nor did they have anything to do with negotiating it.&nbsp; Tim and co&nbsp; had NOTHING to do with the part timers having to change their medical plans or their raises.&nbsp; A matter of fact more part timers will become FULL TIME under this new local supplement due to tim and his crew.&nbsp; So stop the historical revisionism!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1151567, member: 29553"] Actually Local 804 was on life support 3 1/2 years ago. Redmond and his wrecking crew allowed the Health and Welfare Funds to shrink to almost nothing. Years of neglect and incompetence as well as diverting money from it to secretly "help" the pension fund created a desparate situation when the new board took over. The trustees stated in feb 2010 that if nothing was done to the H/W fund, it would be in the red by June 2011!! Our new board made tough decisions and showed real leadership by making the changes they did. IT SAVED OUR FUNDS. Yes copays went up. And retirees monthly bill went up but in truth they should have gone up years ago slowly over time. Instead the old crew ignored the problems and concentrated on getting re-elected For your information, our medical is STILL run by both the union and the company. If a few members are "in collection", then they probably didnt stay in the plan or they need to resubmit it to their BA. You constantly speak about these un named "1000 members walked off" but that is a lie. Members have continued to be fired like they were under redmond and his crew but not even close to 1000 members. Dont forget now EVERY building has telematics, etc. LM2s can be deceiving. They dont take under consideration the fact that UPS did not hire any FTers for the several years, the constant revolving door of PTers, the members who are not on the payrole yet not counted by the union due to miscommunication between management and the hall (hence they do not pay dues either), etc. Finally, tim and jim did not vote for hoffa's national contract nor did they have anything to do with negotiating it. Tim and co had NOTHING to do with the part timers having to change their medical plans or their raises. A matter of fact more part timers will become FULL TIME under this new local supplement due to tim and his crew. So stop the historical revisionism!! [/QUOTE]

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