NEWELL THROWS AWAY CHANCE TO SHOW MEMBERS VICTORY IS POSSIBLE IF YOU FIGHT FOR YOURSELF
BLACLOCK AND SOWALSKI WIN REINSTATEMENT,BACK PAY AND A PORMISE OF JOHNS JOB FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.NEWELL WALKS
john newell was LAID OFF and discriminated AGAINST due to
his age by a globalfoundries contractor. he was told BY HIS
SUPERVISIOR."he was being laid off due to his age and being replaced by
younger workers". AFTER TAKING THE ADVICE OF SOMEONE MUCH SMARTER THAN
HE JOHN FILED AN AGE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR AND
CONTACTED THE COMPANY OWNER DIRECTLY TO MAKE HIM AWARE OF THE ACTIONS OF
HIS LOCAL SUPERVISIOR. HE SOUGHT THE AID OF HIS LOCAL BUSINESS REPS.AND
GOT IT.
mARK sOWALSKI AND dOUG bLACKLOCK DID THIER JOB AS
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES AND FOUGHT FOR JOHN NEWELL TO BE REINSTATED
WITH BACK PAY.LET US ALSO REMEMBER BY NOW EVERYONE WAS QUITE AWARE OF
THE AGE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT. AFTER A WEEK OF GOING TO BAT FOR
NEWELL THE LOCAL 370 OFFICERS WON NEWELLS REINSTATEMENT AND BACK PAY.
SINCE JOHN IS NOT ONE OF THE CHOSEN FEW AND FOR BLACKLOCK TO FIGHT FOR A
MEMBERS RIGHTS IS UNHEARD OF THIS WAS A FAIRLY BIG DEAL.THE ONLY OTHER
TIME i HAVE HEARD OF A LOCAL 370 OFFICER FIGHTING FOR A MEMBER WAS THE
RECENT JOE LYNCH CASE AT EMPIRE GENERATING WHERE THEY HAD NO CASE AND
TRIED TO STRONG ARM A COMPANY INTO KEEPING LYNCH.
AT A TIME WHEN MANY MEMBERS ARE DISILLUSIONED AND SUFFER FROM A BAD CASE OF DEFEATISM THIS WAS TO BE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF FIGHTING FOR YOURSELF AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THIS WAS ALSO A FINE EXAMPLE OF HOW A UNION IS TO BE RUN WHEN THE LOCAL OFFICERS FIGHT FOR THE MEN.THIS WAS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE LOCAL 370 OFFICERS ACTUALLY FIGHTING FOR THE MEMBERS.A WIN FOR EVRYBODY.THIS WAS A FINE TIME FOR JOHN NEWELL TO BE A LEADER AND AN EXAMPLE TO THE MEMBERS.ALAS IT WAS NOT TO BE. INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD AND CLAIMING HIS VICTORY FOR US ALL JOHN NEWELL TOOK A POWDER.JOHN NEWELL NEVER SHOWED UP FOR THE JOB. jOHN NEWELL CHOSE not to be AN EXAMPLE FOR THE MEMBERS.JOHN NEWELL HAD THE BUSINESS REPRESENTIAIVES FIGHT FOR NOTHING OTHER THAN NEWELLS OVERLY ECCENTRIC EGO. WE CAN SEE JOHN DID NOT FIGHT FOR THE VICTORY.HE DID NOT FIGHT TO GET HIS JOB BACK.HE DID NOT FIGHT FOR BACK PAY.HE DID NOT FIGHT FOR RIGHT AND WRONG.HE DID NOT FIGHT FOR DISCRIMINATION.WHY DID HE RUN THIS SHAM YOU SAY. BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME
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