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Originally Posted by Sparks
I'm an average joe, utunorth. No years of experience writing and spinning things.
But I think I'm more honest than you.
I think the negotiaters appointed by the International did a poor job.
I think it was a sad tactical error by the International to end the strike.
And the arbiter ruled that the president you endorse, swore an oath to was wrong and disobeyed the law he was subject to.
Perhaps his advisors didn't know what they were doing. Right?
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The President didn't end the strike - the government did. It was the former GCs that advised our members to go back to work, while we were still on strike! AND, they weren't even members of the union anymore!
It seems you have several decisions mixed up - there was no arbitrator involved in the resolution of the strike and Sims merely dealt with the collective agreement.
An arbitrator did however, rule on whether the GC could appoint a non-member to a committee provided for under the collective agreement (because the current GC doesn't know what he's doing). His decision was based on the language of the collective agreement, not the union constitution.
The very challenge by R. Thompson of the President's decision (which should have been handled pursuant to the constitution by appealing to the Board of Directors) was just another slap in the face to the Intr'l by someone who has been supporting a raid by the Teamsters although he doesn't mind draining the UTU GCA account to pay his salary. It was also another violation of the constitution (art 28).
The continued manner of ignoring the very document that gives life to the position you hold and which provides for your pay check is merely a testament to the quality of the individual - one who has no moral compass.