So everyone’s upset because our “duly elected leaders” have been fired by the President of the organization. How callous! How heavy-handed! Things will be much better with the Teamsters, right? They wouldn’t do such a thing, would they? Well, yes they would, and they do. A great site called Teamsters For a Democratic Union candidly bears all in a effort to expose goings-on in the Teamsters executive ranks. Here you can find all kinds of information regarding Finances, and who’s “in” and who’s “out”. The site features one article on Hoffa’s childhood friend and long time supporter, who was fired to the surprise of insiders. According to the site, Hoffa has fired another, supposedly for retaliation because he ran as an independent candidate for Eastern Vice President. Recently, two “top associates of James Hoffa” were charged with criminal contempt. So think again if you think joining the Teamsters will protect you from corruption and cronyism. Out of the frying pan and into the fire! Happy surfing.
The TCRC have their own axes to grind. After the former president fell out of favour, he is targeted as being responsible for the VIA fiasco. Charges stem from “improper collaboration with the employer”. The Cult accuses (unsubstantiated) that our President is in bed with the employer, and the TCRC does the same thing with theirs, in writing, in a document that runs thirty four pages. Changing to the TCRC doesn’t sound like much of an upgrade to me.
Speaking of firing, did you know that our “duly elected leaders” fired our VP? How can that happen? Not sure, but it did. VP John was summarily removed from the CROA and DR committee by the GCs, thank you very much. Interesting, considering VP John was the President’s appointee and the International pays the bill for CROA.
So is the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Maybe it looks greener, but I bet the water bill is higher!