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THE FUTURE - CORRUPTION or CHANGE
The Teamster International election is in full swing with ballots already in your mailbox by now.
This is the first election since 1996 where Hoffa himself will not be running a slate of candidates. But, rest assured, the Varma-Herrera slate is comprised of nothing but Hoffa's cronies and members of the old boys club.
CHANGE or CORRUPTION. You decide. Your vote is your voice. If you want to change and a chance at membership representation, vote for the O'Brien-Zuckerman slate,
ROME ALOISE FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
POSTED ON OCTOBER 08, 2021
Rome Aloise, the self-described “creator of the Vairma slate” was found guilty on all three counts against him today by Judge Barbara Jones, the Independent Review Officer (IRO) of the Teamsters Union.
The Judge has set a hearing for November 12 to decide the penalty. For now, Aloise will continue to draw multiple salaries totaling over $300,000 a year and to direct the propaganda from the Vairma-Herrera slate.
The guilty verdict comes after an extensive trial conducted by Judge Jones in April, where Aloise was defended by Vairma Slate attorney Patrick Szymanski and by multiple "character witnesses" from the Vairma Slate.
That trial was held after Hoffa, Vairma, Herrera and their supporters on the General Executive Board voted by 12-11 to try to cut a deal with Aloise for a 30-day suspension. They bragged about the Vairma-Herrera Slate "...proudly standing with Rome." Judge Jones immediately vetoed that sweetheart deal and then held her own hearing.
The judge found Aloise guilty of secretly running Local 853 and Joint Council 7 while he was suspended from union office for taking gifts from employers, negotiating a sham contract, and illegally using union resources to rig a local union election.
One decision he attempted to direct was to have the Teamsters to set up a company-funded fake union for Uber and Lyft drivers that would funnel money to the Teamsters Union. He promised to “meet with Hoffa to get him on board” with this plan.
Aloise was also found guilty of threatening and retaliating against members. He even “threatened and coerced a charitable organization dedicated to protecting workers’ rights in an effort to exact retribution and cause harm to a fellow Teamster.”
The Future: Corruption or Change?
Aloise is expected to be out of the Teamsters before the end of the year, perhaps working as a management consultant.
His supporters are calling for a vote for the Vairma-Herrera Slate as their last stand to rally around the disgraced official.
Teamster members who want a different future for our union can do more than hope. We can act.
Vote OZ-Teamsters United for new leadership and a new direction and stand with Teamsters for a Democratic Union to have an ongoing, independent organization of Teamsters who hold all union leaders accountable to the membership.
Email From: Teamsters for a Democratic Union <tdu@tdu.org>
Date: 2021-10-15 4:19 p.m. (GMT-07:00
Subject: 5 Things You Can Do To Get Out the Vote for OZ-Teamsters United
The ballots are out and we’re on the verge of making history. As of Friday, 51,300 ballots are in. That means the vast majority of members who will vote in the election have not voted yet.
Here are five things you can do right now to get out the vote.
Print up sample ballot leaflets and get them into the hands of your co-workers and other Teamsters.
You can pass out leaflets before work or after work in the parking lot or in any non-work area (break room, locker room) at any nonwork time (when you’re off the clock and the Teamster you’re giving the leaflet to is off the clock also).
Text and send Whatsapp messages to the Teamsters you work with. Send them a graphic reminding them to vote or a photo of you mailing your ballot in.
Volunteers will call thousands of Teamsters this Sunday to remind them to vote.
The OZ-Teamsters United campaign has an auto-dialer that makes calling members easy. You can do it from home. All you need is a cell phone and a computer, laptop or ipad/tablet. Click here to volunteer for a shift this Sunday.
If you run into a member that doesn’t have their ballot, tell them to call 844-428-8683 to have a ballot mailed to them.
You can reach hundreds of voters in a day. We can help. Call the NY TDU office at 718-287-3283 if you need info on the priority worksites to reach out to in your area.
Teamsters for a Democratic Union · United States
YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE
362 Members First
Fighting today for a better tomorrow