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Nominations completed at the end of May, and all candidates running have accepted their nominations. What we need now is for members to start telling their co-workers why they're voting differently in this election. A very small percentage of our members even cast their vote in the elections and many aren't familiar with the different candidates running. This isn't because our members don't care! It's because our Local has made it impossible to campaign like they do. 'Team Gallagher' is able to:
- Campaign on company time : Any employee of our Union may be called on to hand out flyers and talk to members in favour of Team Gallagher. The opposition has no voice on company time.
- Campaign on the Union Web Site : Team Gallagher uses our Union web site as a campaign tool, making endless references to members of the Executive Board, MPP Kevin Flynn, and accomplishments of Team Gallagher (such as the Bulldozer, on the front page of our site)
- Publish Campaign Materials With Our Dollars : Making Tracks was introduced to the members as a biography-magazine, showing off our members in the field and talking about their work. As one member pointed out, "Making Tracks now shows nothing but Mike Gallagher and our Executive Board shaking hands in the Oakville Office Lobby". That same member pointed out an article, exclusively on Mike Gallagher and his accomplishments within our Union - stating, "Don't tell me this is NOT campaign material". The local wants to argue that they aren't campaigning through Making Tracks and The Local Site - but why has a vote passed to ban the publication of Making Tracks? Another vote passed to remove all material from the Local 793 web site written by candidates in the upcoming elections or have it password protected. You won't see either happening any time soon, even though the members have demanded it.
- Speak at ALL Union Meetings : Union meetings are structured so that it is impossible for an individual to attend all meetings in one month. For example Hamilton, Ottawa and North Bay meetings all occur on the same night. An individual couldn't hope to reach all of the membership through the meetings- our Business Agents, on the other hand are given materials to read out from Team Gallagher. The ludicrous charges against Monti Rose and Doug Styles Jr. are still being announced at all Union Meetings even though they have not proceeded with the charges and time is running out. A three page response to the charges against Doug Styles Jr. has been filed, containing a request that the response be read at EVERY MEETING where charges are announced. It has never been read or even passed out at a Meeting.
- Pay For Publicity With Our Money : Recently Team Gallagher organized a "Safety" Seminar where tonnes of Union Sweaters, Hats, and Pens were distributed to attendees. The Union won't even allow mailing-out of campaign materials to their membership list if the person mailing pays ALL postage costs! Meanwhile we receive cards and flyers telling us how to vote, distributed by our agents on company time.
All of these reasons are reason enough to ask for your help in getting the message out there, we need to vote for Change - we need your help to make this Union strong and Member Oriented again.