HEADLINE NEWS JULY 20, 2010
“THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING, WHEN BAD MEN COMBINE, THE GOOD MUST ASSOCIATE; ELSE THEY WILL FALL ONE BY ONE, AN UNPITIED SACRIFICE IN A CONTEMPTIBLE STRUGGLE.”--- EDMOUND BURKE
REMEMBER THIS DATE, REMEMBER THE TEAM, REMEMBER THIS QOUTE!
Brothers & Sisters of the KC District Council;
For 18 years now Cabinetmakers Local Union #1635 has been fighting for not only our survival & equal rights but, also for the rights of EVERY working or retired UBC member within this great union! We have been slandered, threatened, and vilified by not only the TEAM and their local supporters but, through the inaction at the highest level of the UBC too! The seizure of your rights to VOTE DIRECTLY (PRE-DAVIS & CO), the systematic stripping of your local union’s POWER to directly control district council’s and indeed the UBC itself was NOT done by just one EST, it was the work of TEAM MCCARRON!
REMEMBER those that should be held responsible because it is not just TD & Son they were EMPOWERED by their supporter’s blind loyalty and selfishness to better themselves over those whom they swore to protect and represent! The TEAM was appointed but, the district council E-Board was elected, the council delegates were elected, your UBC Convention delegates were elected, and your local union officers were elected!
I realize the frustration at the membership level of feeling powerless to make change against those in powerful positions. That is why many do not attend their local meetings. I know that standing up to them might cost you your job, your good name, your local, its trades, and your family’s income first hand but, to sit and do NOTHING is not an answer it plays into their plan.
LOOK at what is happening to our country, in Congress, our union, and to every American citizen since WE decided to just sit on our asses, bitch about it at lunch break, and wait for a savior to make things right! Ultimately the buck falls into our own laps because FREEDOM is never free, rights have to be protected, and the PEOPLE MUST be willing to STAND & FIGHT to defend them against the corrupt! The founders of this Country just like the founders of the UBC expected the PEOPLE to fight on long after their deaths to protect what was given to each of us Americans! By doing nothing you receive nothing in return!
The NYC District Council has been placed under UBC supervision for corruption and their membership has lost both pension & annuity monies through both graft and the council investing with a guy named Bernie Maddoff.
This is the SECOND time under UBC McCarron’s watch, he has fired his appointed NYC EST and a lot of his staffers, are going to jail. What investments were made by our TEAM here? OUR problem still remains at the very TOP of the UBC! It is time that THESE people too need to held ACCOUNTIBLE for their own UNDEMOCRATIC RULE, lust for absolute power, greed and the desecration of OUR UNION! EVERY ELECTED DELEGATE from this council MUST VOTE for change, not TEAM MCCARRON! It is time for EVERY UBC member to go to their next local meeting and demand by motion made and seconded that our delegates represent the will of the majority and boot out those responsible for this mess!
I have read the newspaper statements, it is not just local people, there has been news media coverage in St. Louis and across the nation and I urge everyone to seek them out on the web and read them ALL! I DO have a problem with the UBC stated reason that they are CONSOLIDATING our District Council to save costs and to provide better service to our membership line. OUR membership did NOTHING WRONG! The most recent article stating that Terry’s REMOVAL had nothing to do with his great leadership is COMPLETE BULLSHIT!
Read the comments on the Kansas City Star’s website (www.kansascity.com). While I have no problem with the St. Louis District Council E-Board or their membership because they are here at the DIRECTION of UBC McCarron and following HIS instructions.
I DO however do have a problem with OUR DISTRICT COUNCIL and its jurisdiction being taken away from our MEMBERSHIP & DIRECT CONTROL for the sins of two ASS WIPES and TEAM!
St. Louis is only the tool chosen by McCarron so do not blame them. BLAME the UBC President for trying to destroy our council, our right to self-govern, and freedom before WE even know the FACTS!
This looks like a POWER-GRAB by McCarron to ensure control over the already ELECTED Convention Delegates here for his own TEAM’S RE-ELECTION! A majority of TD’s TEAM are also convention delegates who need to be directly informed by their local members that they WILL be held accountable for their VOTES this time while on OUR dime, unlike in years past. I URGE EVERYONE to attend their next local meeting IN MASS!
YOU HAVE REAL POWER NOW for the first time in 18 YEARS! WE have the numbers NOW to make some REAL CHANGES HERE and it is time for ALL of us to UNITE TOGETHER!
I will remind EVERYONE this is OUR UNION, not McCarron’s. This is Kansas City, not St. Louis, OUR union, OUR jobs, OUR LOCALS, OUR money, and OUR future that’s at stake! WE need to take back OUR DIRECT CONTROL over it!
Do not accept the UBC line of WE OWN you, WE have AUTHORITY, and WE will tell YOU how it will be! The UBC is paid to REPRESENT our wishes, NOT the other way around as has been the case here. Working members formed this union here and WE will DECIDE what will be, NOT McCarron & TEAM!
Prior to DAVIS & TEAM this District Council did truly represent the will of the majority through its local unions and represented us well. There is NO need for McCarron to throw the baby out with the bath water, ESPECIALLY since HE SUPPORTED TERRY & TEAM throughout his terms as UBC President. To this day he has refused to live up to local 1635’s 1997 Federal Court Settlement that he and Terry signed. He has also rfused to act upon YEARS of official complaints from my local union about abuse of power by this council, UBC constitutional violations, charges of discrimination, and POLITICAL RETRIBUTION! He did not even INVESTIGATE the allegations. He has not INFORMED or ASKED the members affected by his sweeping action prior to just CARVING up our territories and MERGING OUR District Council out of existence.
The FACT that this was done 5 days PRIOR TO the District Council E-Board NOMINATIONS, cancelled by ST. Louis by his order looks highly SUSPICIOUS to me how about you? These were CANCELLED to PREVENT the membership from nominating and the next month ELECTING non-TEAM members to office to maintain his total control instead of a free & fair process. He could have placed this council under limited UBC supervision or trusteeship and let the election process proceed under his watch; but NO he took our RIGHT to do so away, WHY?
If it acts like a DICTATOR, chances are that HE is, just like the one he just FIRED! The way it was done, the speed in which it was put into place without even notifying the entire membership should send up a BIG RED FLAG to everyone including the FEDS! WAKE UP PEOPLE question authority, DEMAND REAL answers, and THINK! Do not just accept this standard UBC line of CRAP, how we are just here to HELP! WHERE were they for the last 18 years of abuse and written complaint?
Under McCarron’s “REORGANIZING PROGRAM,” the real power & RIGHTS of self-government was taken away from the membership & YOUR local unions and ALL POWER was given over to the District Councils and HIMSELF! By APPOINTING BA’s & staff loyal ONLY to their EST’s for their own employment he reversed the intent of the Carpenters Union founders. They PURPOSELY placed all REAL POWER in the hands of the membership DIRECTLY through the local union to prevent the few the means of taking it away from the many, US!
I encourage ALL MEMBERS here to seek out information concerning the real reasons for Terry’s REMOVAL because there are rumors of monies missing, was he arrested and charged? Is there an investigation taking place and by whom? What about the Council E-Board officers, BA’s, staff, and delegates who were charged to OVERSEE Davis? Will ALL funds be audited and how can the UBC do it after scattering all of our territories now? What about Terry’s & TEAMS “double-dip” UBC Pension monies? Will they be taken away, or will he get to laugh all the way to the bank and be retired?
I for one think that this entire “Golden-Parachute” EXTRA pension plan should be closed down ASAP at convention and ALL monies returned to the membership! This breeds CORRUPTION at the membership’s expense (18% of their monthly gross income paid by us), while WE STARVE at 1.25%! WE DESERVE REAL answers, NOT lip service from those in charge because it is ALL OUR MONEY and OUR UNION!
Call the media, get on the net for information posted by other UBC members, call the Feds, and contact Congress if you doubt the answers from the UBC! We are in a position of POWER now do NOT let this opportunity slip through OUR hands; it took 18 years of pure hell to get. If we find that the UBC is not forthcoming with direct answers to direct questions, has presented half truths to the media, or refuses to include the entire membership’s will of the majority in this MERGED out of existence Council area, WE MUST FIGHT to regain our right to govern ourselves and run our own UNION!
I will post information as it becomes available if I can confirm the sources as real. Again we do not know the ALL the facts yet and have no answers to these questions, so I ask for calm and respect be given to our Brothers from St. Louis, until we have official word.
WE should listen to what they say, hear their answers to our questions and judge them by their ACTIONS first. WE HAVE A RIGHT to ALL of the information and the RIGHT to make our OWN decisions concerning OUR UNION! Thank-you for all of the support I am hearing from the membership, you can post your comments at www.reclaimourrights.com or www.dougcornett.com.
A leader who rules through fear leads NO one but himself astray in his own delusion that he is all-powerful! Real power lies within only the AMERICAN people’s willingness to unite together and stand together against tyrants! Unions were formed to serve & benefit the many by direct majority rule, NOT for the few in power.
Douglas M. Cornett