As a result of Rae Roeder’s refusal to allow the Election Appeal to be heard at the March 26 General Membership Meeting, both the Election Appeal and Collateral Complaints will now go to the Office of the Vice President, Christopher Shelton, for review and resolution.
To help with the investigation and resolution of these matters and to provide relief for members who are aggrieved by Roeder, the Members For Change ask that you do the following:
1. Election experiences: if, when, where and how you were contacted about voting; 2. Whether you have been threatened, denied representation, had your employer called or experienced any other form of reprisal or retaliation by Rae Roeder or her staff.
These instances should be immediately reported without fear of reprisal to:
Chris Shelton, Vice-President CWA District 1: http://district1.cwa-union.org/contact.html or Phone: 212-344-2515; or
Hetty Rosenstein, CWA NJ Area Director: http://www.cwanj.org/contact-us.html
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CLICK HERE TO SEE ROEDER ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS
CLICK THE LINKS BELOW FOR APPEAL AND COMPLAINTS
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Election Committee Appeal
Members are asked to review election violations and to determine whether the recent election should be overturned and rerun with safeguards in place. Safeguards will ensure a transparent and fair election, with no question about the results. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Complaint 2 Coia and Caffey
This complaint references the excessive salaries paid these two individuals and the Roeder Administration's refusal to clarify their titles, duties and specific wages including overtime.
Members are asked to vote to direct the Roeder Administration to justify and make known the duties reveal and justify the duties and salaries of these individuals and further, to dismiss Coia from employment with this Local because of a legal conflict and basic appearance of the inappropriateness of the arrangement. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Complaint 4 - An Interactive Website
This complaint references the failure of this administration to bring this Local into the 21st century. Use of the Employer's e-mail was negotiated in the contract, Side Letter of Agreement #29. According to Anthony Miskowski, Secretary of Local 1033, it is "the philosophy and the directives of the Local President prohibiting the practice of transacting business via the Internet."
Members are asked to vote to overrule the Roeder Administration and direct installation of an interactive web presence to bring this Local into the 21st century. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Complaint 6 - Election Appeal to the Membership
Members are asked to review and vote on whether the election process should be taken out of the hands of the Roeder Administration and instead have a third party company conduct a transparent and fair election, so there are no questions about the result. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Complaint 3 Disclosure of Expenditures This complaint references the right and privilege of members to know how their dues money are being spent.
The Roeder Administration has refused to provide the membership with specific salaries and expenditures of this Local beyond the generic monthly and annual financial statements and audits.
All Locals produce financial statements and audits. However, Locals under the federal law must also complete a detailed LM-2 form that accounts for all expenditures. (Click on LM-2 link and type any other Local 1034, 1040, etc. and review their reporting requirements).
The Membership are asked to vote to overrule the Roeder Administration and to appoint our own members with accounting backgrounds to review the Local's books and report back to the membership.
The members for change team nominates Joseph Golowski to lead and put together an auditing team.
In the event the Roeder team fails to cooperate or interferes with the investigation, the member auditing team should be empowered to call for an emergency membership for issuance of an order for their immediate suspension from office, pending completion of the financial review. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Complaint 1 Local Standing Committees
This complaint references the Roeder Administration's failure to comply with the CWA Constitution and Local By-Laws to install Standing Committees. These committees maintain the democratic process and provide the membership with real opportunities to participate in the governance of this of this Local. Members are asked to vote to overrule and direct the Roeder Administration to install Standing Committees. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Complaint 5 - Status of the VP
This complaint references the absence of the elected Vice-President, Diane Spence-Brown from the full time position of representing the members of this local. Members are asked to vote to suspend the VP, since she is not functioning in her elected capacity, pending the conclusion of the review of the Local's financial records. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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