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CWA  LOCAL 1033 MEMBERS FOR CHANGE
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                                                                     The Problem






                                          
                         
                              Power Corrupts

Policies and Laws are put in place to maintain order and accountability. To Stop Corruption. Local 1033 must
abide by the CWA Union Constitution and the Local 1033 Bylaws. It does not! See Know The Issues.  

Roeder's lust for power and maintaining this power is out of control. How? Because members have conceded
full control to Roeder and the National Union simply refuse to enforce the CWA Constitution. Why? Because
there a only a few dissidents outweighed by the apathy of the majority of the  membership permitting
taxation/dues without representation by the Queen.

As you can see in Know the Issues, nothing about this Local and National Union remotely resemble a Labor
Union.

Only a few have spoken out, demanding representation.  David vs. Goliath. The Boston Tea Party. The few
believing that the work of a Labor Union must goes on. That  the cause endures. That hope still lives that the
little guys and their future generations get to sat at the table and get their piece of the american pie to live the
american dream.

If our Union continues on it's present course, the light on the little guy's future and future generations gets
dimmer and dimmer and we will be left behind.
                                             

A glimpse of some of Roeder's more egregious in your face tactics:

Employs a corrupt former state employee and don't care who knows it, because she's the Queen.  Sandy Coia
entered a guilty plea to a third degree crime of  Pattern of Official Misconduct for stealing $21,230. from the
Department of Education.  The Queen uses our taxes/dues to pay Coia $70,000.00 per year in salary and
excessive overtime. To do what? Coia can't represent members because of her guilty plea. Many a state
worker has been jailed for lesser crimes. Why is  Coia rewarded with members dues for her crime?  
http://www.state.nj.us/oag/newsreleases05/pr20050823b.html
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/dcj/releases/2005/attachments/Coia_Forfeiture_Order_082305.pdf  

Some believe this issue is not relevant. I beg to differ, because we are talking here of representing the little guy.
Ironically, if your salary qualifies for affordable housing, the Queen doesn’t want you living in her Neighborhood.
At one point the Queen wore two hats and didn't have a problem making promises to both members of this
local and the citizens of West Windsor.

When in Trenton as the Local 1033 President she talks passionately about equality. But as a West Windsor
Councilwoman she doesn't want you living in her backyard in affordable housing.  

The Township of West Windsor was sued by Toll Brothers charging them with violating their fair share quota of
permitting affordable housing for years.  Roeder was the loudest and most vocal against building these homes,
while at the same time duping these same individuals as President of this Local.

A Township resident said:


In Roeder’s own ever changing words:

  • We need to send out a clear message," Councilwoman Rae Roeder said Monday. ‘We have been in
    court for the past 10 years fighting (with developer Toll Brothers) to keep 1,100 residents from moving into
    the west side. Why would we all of a sudden turn around and say we want more? This resolution puts an
    end to that. It shows there are not enough votes on the council to consider rezoning."
  • “West Windsor council blasts task force's town center plan” Princeton Packet,
    December 14, 2001 http://www.princetonol.com/groups/millstone/land2001.html

  • We were in compliance with the law," Ms. Roeder said. "The original zoning ordinances   allowed for
    affordable housing and we built affordable housing under those ordinances, and we were not a
    recalcitrant town."
http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/news/6-01-01/toll-side.html

The Supreme Court of the State of NJ disagreed with Roeder and the Township, deciding  August 1, 2002 that
the township  failed to provide a realistic opportunity to have affordable homes built because of the adoption of
zoning laws set up to block construction.
http://lawlibrary.rutgers.edu/courts/supreme/a-103-00.opn.html

Roeder is never in compliance with the law either in West Windsor or Local 1033. If she doesn’t care whether
you have an affordable roof over your head, do you really believe she cares about your concerns as
employees?  No! Roeder doesn’t care, as evidenced by the fact that there is no union to represent the
members of this Local.


                                                .THE SECOND PROBLEM

The Executive Board Members. Do you know who is your Board Representative? Do you know what they do?
Well, they should be governing this Local Union, keeping the Queen in check.

The short version of what they actually do is get  a free meal every second Tuesday of each month; they burp,  
go to the bathroom and make this ungodly sound and then they govern by voting in agreement if Roeder said
the sky was purple.