Where are the members rights?
In Atlanta. Ive been in the industry the better part of two decade and tried to steer clear of union politics the whole time. I vote with my gut. I attend meetings when I can to stay informed. I don’t care to hear talk about “the old guard” vs the newbies or whatever we call them. Now my union is in trouble and there are no answers. I want to know exactly why this happened and why we’re here. These are my main complaints.
- Why does the IA think they can withhold info from the members? I was told all docs from the hearing would be on the web and they aren’t. I had to go into the office to read our BAs reasons on why she changed her salary or stole and read that our president or former President Benedict Waddle cost the members 20k when his gossipy deluded ass wouldn’t leave the tech guy alone.
- The IA cleaned house by getting rid of the Eboard but kept one person on as trustee. I’m not seeing this being addressed like they’re avoiding the whole issue. Isn’t it a conflict of interest? Amick was there for years when all of this sh!t was being voted in and did nothing. If you clean house you get rid of everyone.
- I’m told the new field rep Jaime hired was let go. I’m fine with it as we don’t have enough work to support that many staff but why when she helped organize that show in South Carolina? I went to Mike for years about Pat Redding not doing sh!t. I was on the Pickup two years ago and called her to tell her there were safety concerns. I left messages and never got a call back. Then a few of my friends were maimed. They tried to sue the local because Pat didn’t visit at all. Bob Giolito got it thrown out of court. In my eyes, Pat as the field rep was liable. No one at the local wanted to talk about this. I tried to talk to Paige and she said she had no knowledge. I went to Mike again and again about Pat never visiting shows that I was on. She always seemed to be my field rep. She never visits just always on her ass sitting at the hall.
- Some guy named Terry was hired as a field rep by jaime right before she was fired and he’s still there. We don’t need this many field reps. We got rid of Keith finally but who is this guy Terry and why wasn’t he listed in the last email from the IA trustees. They listed Amick as being field rep on two shows but what experience does he have? Including Amick and Terry we have 5 field reps. That’s too many for the amount of work we have. I been on Talbot Pines and Pat only came with Jaime once and Pat didn’t know no one there. Seriously she makes 6 figures why is she still around?
- Why does it take every field rep and a slew of volunteers to restock the food pantry at the hall? Everyone gets fed lunch for that what budget does that come out of? We all know you can make an online order at Kroger. Why are all these resources being used for something that can be simplified?
- The DEI committee held an event at Pat Reddings church. I was told she made the office staff set up and take down everything during a week day. Their numbers of people they reported helping were 35 479 families and 41 of the church families. Why are 479 resources going to help her church? And she’s getting a kickback for her event planning business on top of it?
- They got rid of the secretary for whatever reason. Someone said she was helping Keith campaign for Jaime on the clock. Now our benefits coordinator is working the desk along with another woman instead of doing their jobs. I already can’t get the benefits coordinator to call me back and here she is answer the front desk phone.
EDIT cuz I forgot to mention why the fuck we have 4 people in education “department?” Blue and Felicia aren’t union members. Both are rude to EVERYONE. Felicia gets a huge salary and blue now has 75k a year. Blue won’t hire members to cater but buys Panda Express lunch for every week and keeps half to take home to her family. Now she’s out of the country again on a DESTINATION VACATION when the membership is suffering. Why do we have Kevin Amick, Felicia, Nikki, and Blue in education? We don’t need that many people. Blue makes 75k a year to answer phones some emails and order food. Must be nice! Who the hell voted yes on this? You can bet your ass Amick our overlord trustee did.
I want a full accounting of every hall staff members time and justification for their pay. I want it going back since the shutdown. Ain’t no one should be making 6 figures. If you’re gonna cut the corruption, cut it all. Seems like they just drained it part way and they prolly won’t even let us talk at this town hall on Saturday.