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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1208439" data-attributes="member: 29553">For those of you who are not part of Local 804, we had our General Membership Meeting today.&nbsp; It was reported that our pension fund has $911,000,000 in it.&nbsp; When our current board took over in Jan 2010, there was about $650,000,000.&nbsp; It was also reported that 3000 members voted on this latest supplement...the most ever.&nbsp; There was also talk of diverting some of our raises into increasing our pensions even more.&nbsp; The board has to run the numbers past the actuaries to see what is doable and if it is even wise.&nbsp; Plus a run down on different things going on in the buildings.&nbsp; President Sylvester&#039;s basic message was: the supplement has passed...we no longer have a funds problem...we have a shorter docket problem (less arbitrations)...no contract negotiations ...no elections for a few years...time for solidarity and getting &quot;back to basics&quot; .&nbsp; He wants us all to work together and stand together against management and stop making side deals that undermines our power.&nbsp; Our E/B has plans on doing individual building training seminar to educate the membership on their rights and how to enforce the contract on the front lines.&nbsp; Especially since we now have lots of part timers who learned that by taking the time to vote, they can certainly MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD and MAKE A DIFFERENCE.&nbsp; I saw a lot more part timers at this meeting.&nbsp; Way more than usual.&nbsp; What I didnt see was &quot;tomdelay,&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;bigD&quot;, &quot;had enough&quot;, or &quot;member6045&quot; have the stones to come to the mic and say the outrageous things they say on this forum.&nbsp; That is because they are not leaders.&nbsp; They are not even well minded activists.&nbsp; They are only old guard sore losers whose time has come and gone!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1208439, member: 29553"] For those of you who are not part of Local 804, we had our General Membership Meeting today. It was reported that our pension fund has $911,000,000 in it. When our current board took over in Jan 2010, there was about $650,000,000. It was also reported that 3000 members voted on this latest supplement...the most ever. There was also talk of diverting some of our raises into increasing our pensions even more. The board has to run the numbers past the actuaries to see what is doable and if it is even wise. Plus a run down on different things going on in the buildings. President Sylvester's basic message was: the supplement has passed...we no longer have a funds problem...we have a shorter docket problem (less arbitrations)...no contract negotiations ...no elections for a few years...time for solidarity and getting "back to basics" . He wants us all to work together and stand together against management and stop making side deals that undermines our power. Our E/B has plans on doing individual building training seminar to educate the membership on their rights and how to enforce the contract on the front lines. Especially since we now have lots of part timers who learned that by taking the time to vote, they can certainly MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD and MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I saw a lot more part timers at this meeting. Way more than usual. What I didnt see was "tomdelay," "bigD", "had enough", or "member6045" have the stones to come to the mic and say the outrageous things they say on this forum. That is because they are not leaders. They are not even well minded activists. They are only old guard sore losers whose time has come and gone!! [/QUOTE]

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