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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION|AFL-CIO/CLC
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2015
ATU MAKES
HISTORIC MOVE
A HISTORICAL LOOK AT INTERNATIONAL
HEADQUARTERS SINCE 1893
INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS
LAWRENCE J. HANLEY
International President
JAVIER M. PEREZ, JR.
International Executive Vice President
OSCAR OWENS
International Secretary-Treasurer
INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
LARRY R. KINNEAR
Ashburn, ON – [email protected]
RICHARD M. MURPHY
Newburyport, MA – [email protected]
BOB M. HYKAWAY
Calgary, AB – [email protected]
JANIS M. BORCHARDT
NEWSBRIEFS
ATU Facebook page 15,000 ‘likes’ and growing
ATU has been garnering the power of social media, with members,
riders and transit advocates spreading the word about the ATU
Facebook page. Our page now has more than 15,000 “likes,” and
we have 16,000 in our sights. Help us reach that goal – “like” our
page, invite your “friends” to “like” our page, and share our stories.
And be sure to follow our Twitter handle @ATUComm to stay up to
date on what’s trending in public transit, politics and other issues.
Madison, WI – [email protected]
PAUL BOWEN
Canton, MI – [email protected]
KENNETH R. KIRK
Lancaster, TX – [email protected]
GARY RAUEN
Clayton, NC – [email protected]
MARCELLUS BARNES
Flossmore, IL – [email protected]
RAY RIVERA
Lilburn, GA – [email protected]
YVETTE TRUJILLO
Thornton, CO – [email protected]
GARY JOHNSON, SR.
Cleveland, OH – [email protected]
ROBIN WEST
Halifax, NS – [email protected]
JOHN COSTA
Kenilworth, NJ – [email protected]
CHUCK WATSON
Syracuse, NY – [email protected]
CLAUDIA HUDSON
Oakland, CA – [email protected]
BRUCE HAMILTON
New York, NY – [email protected]
MICHELLE SOMMERS
Brooklyn Park, MN – [email protected]
JIM LINDSAY
Santa Clarita, CA – [email protected]
ATU out in full force for Fight for $15 Day of Action
ATU members across the country joined the “Fight for 15” National
Day of Action. The movement has been spreading rapidly across
the United States. You might not realize that many of our ATU
brothers and sisters are among the millions of workers who
make less than $15 per hour. Privatization has been the engine
driving this trend, and foreign multinational transit providers and
their friends in Congress are working hard to make this the norm
in the transit industry. ATU locals in the Washington, DC area, Milwaukee, WI, and West
Palm Beach, FL, were just a few of the locals to participate in the more than 500 events held
in the nation.
Locals in the holiday spirit of giving back
From Local 508-Halifax, NS, to Local 1177-Norfolk, VA, to Local
883-Everett, WA, to Local 416-Peoria, IL, ATU Locals and their
members were in the giving spirit this holiday season in support of
their communities with “Stuff the Bus” events, food and toy drives,
and other charitable activities.
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
ANTHONY WITHINGTON
Sebastopol, CA – [email protected]
DENNIS ANTONELLIS
INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS EMERITUS
STEPHAN MACDOUGALL
International President Jim La Sala, ret.
International President Warren George, ret.
Spokane, WA – [email protected]
Boston, MA – [email protected]
ANTHONY GARLAND
Washington, DC – [email protected]
ANTONETTE BRYANT
Oakland, CA – [email protected]
SESIL RUBAIN
New Carrollton, MD – [email protected]
EMANUELE SFORZA
Toronto, ON – [email protected]
ATU CANADA
PAUL THORP
Brampton, ON – [email protected]
International Executive Vice President Ellis Franklin, ret.
International Executive Vice President Mike Siano, ret.
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2015
Vol. 124, No. 6
Amalgamated Transit Union
makes historic move into
new headquarters
— Page 10 —
2 International Officers & General Executive Board
News Briefs
3 Index Page
4 When members speak out management panics
9 Rubain, Sforza named international
representatives
21 100 Years - 12 locals reach century
mark in 2016
25 Legal notice
5 International President’s Message:
Grace and compassion
28 Translations (Spanish)
6 International Executive Vice President’s
Message: There is a season for everything...
32 GEB holds first meeting at new
international headquarters
31 In Memoriam
7 International Secretary-Treasurer’s Message:
We need to do more than ever before
to survive
8 Legislative Agenda: New transportation
bill signed into law
9 Jim Lindsay appointed international
vice president
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When members speak out
MANAGEMENT
PANICS
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
– United States Constitution, First Amendment
Since the Bill of Rights was added to the United States
Constitution in 1791, U.S. free speech laws have been
considered among the most liberal in the world. These
protections allowed organized workers to speak truthfully
to each other and the public about the abusive conditions
and wages they suffered.
But like the movements of the last century, courageous
working people continue to fiercely use those rights no
matter how many laws are broken by those who wish to
silence them.
ATU members know firsthand
ATU members know this firsthand. In St. Louis, MO,
Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, and most recently Grand
Rapids, MI, members fighting to defend their union, their
retirement security, and their basic dignity have taken to
break rooms, bus stops, street corners, and the corridors of
power to make their voices heard. In each city, management
panicked and chose to violate the First Amendment to try
to silence them. Every time, members stepped up and
spoke even louder.
As their fight to defend their pension plan continues,
members of Local 836 in Grand Rapids have leafleted
riders, protested at City Commission meetings, and used
Facebook to condemn The Rapid’s policies. Each step of
the way, management has responded with illegal attempts
to quiet members and their allies.
The Rapid threatened off-duty employees with arrest
or termination if they leafleted bus riders at bus stops,
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a policy that in August earned the agency a temporary
restraining and preliminary injunction from a federal
court. Shortly after, management threatened “legal action”
against employees who engaged in peaceful protest on
public streets. That, coupled with subsequent, over-broad
revisions to The Rapid Board’s public comment policy
that could be used to prevent workers and riders from
expressing their concerns, led the union to file a second
motion for another preliminary injunction in October.
The latest chapter unfolded in November, when The Rapid
issued a new social media policy that workers say is meant
to silence dissent online. Legal experts say the policy is so
overbroad and open to interpretation that any complaints
expressed on social media about The Rapid’s employment
practices could be used to punish workers.
Anti-union video
The policy was unveiled just days after members flooded
the City of Grand Rapids’ Facebook page to comment on
an anti-union video released by Grand Rapids Mayor and
Rapid Board Member George Heartwell.
But just like the heroic union and social movement leaders
of the past, Local 836 members aren’t backing down.
While the court case and contract bargaining continue,
they have kept up leafleting of co-workers and riders, run a
practice picket with the famous ATU camel outside of the
main operations center, and even published “A Workers’
Christmas Wish List” that demands retirement security,
safety on the job, and affordable transit for all. v
LARRY HANLEY, INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
Grace and compassion
Today’s union members may wonder what happened in a
world that has turned against them.
No, you say? Well this Union is engaged in fights in places like
Grand Rapids, MI, where the billionaire-run “Duchy” is trying
to pry a meager retirement allowance out of the hands of its
members. So, as a new mayor is sworn in this New Year, our
members will be fighting to simply to hold on to the $1,200
a month pension they were promised after 30 years of service.
All across North America we are a Union in struggle. In
New York, our school bus workers are still not whole after
two years of a new mayor who promises to work to rebuild
workers’ salaries. When they came here, like the Italians, the Jews, the Germans
and many others they faced slurs, attacks, and rejection. At
job sites they were told that “No Irish Need Apply.” Their
churches were burned, here in the land of the free.
Well, here in America today we are not the only ones
who are unpopular. Listening to at least one presidential
candidate, it might look like the clear path to popularity
lies in degrading and attacking the next wave of poor,
hopeless people to arrive here.
Oh, look they have their own religion - that makes it easy, and,
yes, they come from a land like Ireland where people shot
back and have engaged in very inhumane acts of terror. So,
it’s not “politically correct” to throw our arms open to them,
not even to the helpless hungry children among them.
Heartless
We face heartless well off people everywhere. Those of us
who fight for decent wages today are just not popular. Trudeau – a global symbol of
Canada’s compassion
My ancestors were not popular either. They escaped a famine
in Ireland, a country suffering under the oppressive yoke of
British rule. Under British Law (the Sharia Law of the day),
they could not vote, could not serve on a jury, could not speak
their own language in their homes, could not attend college or
marry a Protestant. All because they were Catholics.
But through the noise and smoke comes Canadian Prime
Minister Trudeau embracing the refugees, even as many
around the world turn against them, calling upon his nation
to rise and welcome these victims. He became a global
symbol of Canada’s compassion.
Stubborn to the core, Irish Catholics clung to their faith
at least in part as an expression of the human will to not
be ruled by others and to rebel against mistreatment and
oppression. And, yes, some of them resorted to what today
would be called terrorism.
No fair analysis, however, would conclude that they were
the aggressors. This was all done in Ireland where the British
were, as in so many other countries, foreign invaders.
They shot back
They never shot first. They shot back though, always trying
to drive the invaders out of their land. They were not all
terrorists, but they were all suspects.
I want (and I know this will not be popular) to salute the
Canadians who set aside politics and more importantly, fear
to connect with their humanity.
All across Canada people are making homes for these victims.
Canadian ATU Locals are partnering to provide free transit
while the refugees assimilate. This is exactly what the world
needs – love and compassion – not more hatred and killing.
Many of us will hear that in our churches, mosques
and temples this month. But will we have the grace and
compassion to turn toward those people who so many
around the world have turned against?
If we are true to our values we will. v
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JAVIER PEREZ, JR., INTERNATIONAL EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT
There is a season
for everything…
There is a season for everything, a time for every
occupation and purpose under heaven.
Thursday November 5, 6:20 PM
My office is packed, the furniture labeled, and it’s time to
go. The last phone call of the day is to retired International
President Jim LaSala. Leaving is bittersweet. Some or our
staff have been here over 25 years.
Monday November 9, it’s a little
after noon.
I arrive at the new location. There are boxes to unpack
and furniture to arrange. I find a quiet place by a twostory window, as the sun warms my face I look out over
the campus. Admiring the rolling lawn and the mature
trees, I think back to the many classes held here for ATU;
to earning my college degree here at the Meany Center and
the graduation ceremony in the chapel. Memories…
Thursday November 12, mid afternoon.
President Hanley calls Oscar and me to his office. He shows
us a time capsule found in our now old building. It had to
be pried open. The contents: past newsletters, magazines
and correspondence. Also enclosed was an interesting pin.
The emblem in the middle is cracked and illegible. It will
be cleaned up and we’ll learn more. More memories…
Friday November 13, about 6:30 PM
Those who know me are aware that for the past two and
half years my mother has been suffering with Alzheimer’s
disease. It’s a type of dementia that causes problems with
memory, thinking and behavior.
Alzheimer’s is a disease that interferes with the “memories
of one’s life pressed between the pages of the mind.” The
faded cracked photographs at times are just that for its
victims. I’ve seen my mother go from 125 to 73 pounds
over the last five months she’s been in hospice. Doctors say
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the shadows of death are converging. “No man or woman
born of woman” escapes death.
Family members often discuss current events with
residents and staff. Tonight was different. We all thought
how wonderful it would have been to share dinner with
the residents when they were in their prime. Most family
members recalled the good times and described defined,
purposeful lives lived by their loved ones.
‘Man’s Search for Meaning’
In the book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” author Victor
Frankel, tells the story of a Jewish prisoner in a Nazi
concentration camp. The man survived because no matter
what atrocity he experienced, he endured it so that he
could see his family again. He found his purpose in the
most hopeless of situations and pursued it
ATU
Our predecessors made it their mission to lay a solid
foundation, and build upon it to create the great Union we
are today. They spelled out that mission in the preamble of
our ATU Constitution:
“To secure and defend our rights, advance our interests
as workers, create an authority whose seal shall constitute
a certificate of character, intelligence and skill, build up
an organization where all the working members of our
crafts can participate in the discussion of those practical
problems upon the solution of which depends our welfare
and prosperity”.
This week we opened our new buildings. While honoring
our past and with a steadfast commitment to our purpose
we breathe life into the soul of the brick and mortar we
now call home and are proud to be ATU. v
Please visit www.atu.org for more information and the
latest ATU news.
OSCAR OWENS, INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER
We need to do more than ever
before to survive
Well, things are starting to get back to normal here at the
new international headquarters building at our training
center campus here in Silver Spring, MD. We haven’t
moved far – just nine miles away from where we were on
Wisconsin Avenue, but we’ve traveled light years ahead in
terms of how much we’ll be able to do to serve you and the
wider labor movement.
Change
I cannot help but reflect on how much has changed since
the Union was founded 123 years ago, and how much has
stayed the same.
Today, persons-of-color and women hold positions of
responsibility in this office and throughout our Union that
wouldn’t have been considered in 1892. And, yes, there is
progress still to be made, but let’s not ignore how much has
been accomplished through the blood, sweat and tears of
those who came before us.
Over the last century the legal right to organize unions
was recognized by the federal government, and the eighthour day, 40-hour week became the norm. Health care,
vacations, sick leave, workers compensation, health and
safety laws, pensions, and more became a part of everyday
employment.
rhetoric employed by the combines of the 19th and early
20th Centuries have been dusted off and used to great
effect in the 21st.
On average, middle class workers today are worse off
than they were 35 years ago. Workers can no longer rely
on any of the benefits listed above. More and more
middle class employees are slipping into the ranks of the
working poor. No one can be sure that the good job they
have today will be there tomorrow.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Koch brothers and
their corporate and political allies are pouring millions into
an all-out campaign to destroy us. And, if those transit
workers who founded our Union could speak to us today
they’d tell us that it would be a terrible mistake to think
that we are somehow immune from their efforts.
Frankly, we need to do more than we’ve ever done before
if ATU and the labor movement are to survive. And that’s
why we’re here, at this new venue, responding, as ATU has
always, to the challenges of our time. v
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latest ATU news.
The small, but determined group that met in Indianapolis
in 1892, might be amazed to see all the progress that
has been made, as well as the size and influence of the
International Union they founded. They certainly would
be astounded to see this new ATU campus.
They wouldn’t be surprised
But, sadly, they wouldn’t be at all surprised at the antiunion campaign being waged against us today by corporate
America. All of the vicious, anti-worker tactics and
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LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
New transportation bill signed into law
On December 4, President Obama signed a new longterm surface transportation bill, which provides increased
funding for public transportation programs. The Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act includes several
provisions that are important to ATU members.
Progress on assaults, bathroom breaks
The U.S. Department of Transportation will be required to
take steps to stop bus operator assaults and review transit
systems’ restroom break policies. Blind spots on buses will
be examined. Paratransit workers will see more money
available for wages and benefits, and new frontline worker
training programs will be created. ATU strongly supported
the final compromise pieced together by House and Senate
negotiators.
The bill provides an 89% increase for bus capital, which
should immediately help transit systems replace their old
vehicles. ATU’s nationwide postcard campaign played a
large role in elevating this issue on Capitol Hill.
Rare bipartisan agreement produces
best bill in years
The U.S. Congress has been paralyzed in recent years
by partisan politics, and few major bills have been
passed as a result. The transportation bill is therefore a
welcome change from business as usual in Washington,
DC. Democrats and Republicans actually worked
together to craft a bill, which most interest groups agree
is the best federal transportation package in at least
seventeen years.
1-year term reduction yields 18%
funding increase
Although Members of Congress once again failed to
come up with new revenue sources (like a gas tax) to
fund highway and transit programs at the levels that are
needed to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure, they
managed to cobble together enough money to provide
an 18% increase for transit by reducing the length of the
bill from six years to five. In today’s political environment,
this is considered to be significant progress.
The next edition of In Transit will feature much more
information on the details of the bill and how it will
have a positive impact on ATU members.
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Jim Lindsay appointed international
vice president
Local President Jim Lindsay, 1277Los Angeles, CA, has been appointed
international vice president.
“Jim brings a wealth of experience,
commitment,
leadership
and
service to the International,” says
International President Larry Hanley.
“We welcome him to the General Executive Board and we
look forward to his service as international vice president.”
Lindsay began his work in the transit industry as an
employee of the Southern California Rapid Transit District
and a member of Local 1277 in June 1990. He was
elected shop steward of Local 1277 in 1994, treasurer in
1998, and financial secretary and assistant business agent
in 2004, at which time he was also elected vice president
of the AFL-CIO Los Angeles County Federation of
Labor. Lindsay was elected local president and business
agent of Local 1277 in 2012.
Lindsay has worked on several Los Angeles mayoral
campaigns, organizing the efforts of Local 1277, and the
County Federation. He also worked on the “Measure R”
Los Angeles County transit tax campaign that passed with
67% of the vote.
Lindsay is a 1987 graduate of Burbank High School, who
holds an AA Degree in Automotive Technologies from
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Rubain, Sforza named international
representatives
International
President
Larry
Hanley has appointed former Local
Financial Secretary Sesil Rubain,
1700-Greyhound National, and
Local Executive Vice President
Manny Sforza, 113-Toronto, ON, as
international representatives.
During the 1990 Greyhound strike Rubain was a captain on
the picket line for the duration of the three-year ordeal. In
2005 he was appointed as a shop steward for Local 1700 and
a year later was elected financial secretary. He is married and
the proud father of six children and has two grand children.
“Sesil and Manny bring great
skills, experience and knowledge to their new roles
as international representatives. They are known as
tireless fighters for their members at their locals and they
will bring that same vigor, commitment and dedication
to the international level,” says International President
Larry Hanley.
Sforza has 28 years experience in
Local 113-Toronto, ON, since
starting as a divisional clerk for the
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
in 1987. In that role he has had a wide
variety of duties including scheduling
and other tasks. He was elected
as a delegate to the International
Convention in 2004 and 2007.
An ATU member for more than 40 years, Rubain began
his career as a Local 268 bus operator for the Greater
Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. In 1972 he began
driving for intercity bus operator Goldline and served as a
shop steward. Then in 1987 Rubain moved to Greyhound
and became a member of ATU.
In 2010 he was elected vice president of Local 113
where he has played a key role in maintaining the Local’s
pension fund and has been involved in the placement
of members with medical issues and workers’ compensation
claims. A native of Toronto, Manny is married with two
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Amalgamated Transit Union
makes historic move into
new headquarters
ATU is making the second major move in its 123-year
history, and like the move to Washington, DC, in 1957,
the new site will improve the Union’s ability to respond to
the challenges it faces now and in the future.
“It’s clear that ATU will have to be even more proactive
than it has been in the past in both the U.S. and Canada
if it is to withstand the corporate onslaught of groups like
the Koch-brothers-funded American Legislative Exchange
Council (ALEC) and their political allies that seek to
eliminate unions,” says International President Larry
Hanley. “The new international headquarters and training
facility site will allow us to do just that.”
The new ATU international headquarters’ location on the
former campus of the National Labor College in Silver
Spring, MD, will greatly increase the Union’s educational
capabilities, while retaining its proximity to AFL-CIO’s
national office and the U.S. government.
ATU has also established a new international conference
center on the campus that will provide labor and progressive
movement activists with the instruction they need to bring
about change in their communities. The International
will, itself, be able to reduce expenses by bringing many
of the training programs it has sponsored for members
throughout the U.S. and Canada in-house, into its own
state-of-the-art facility.
For 123 years the movement of the Union’s international
offices has been a story of accepting an ever-larger role in
promoting the rights of its members and working families
in general.
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ATU’s move to Washington 58 years ago allowed it to
be much more effective in representing the interests of
our members to the U.S. government. The new move
will provide the Union with greater opportunity to train
a new generation of labor and progressive activists who
will go back and do that same advocacy in their states
and communities.
It all started 123 years ago, in September 1892.
DETROIT
The headquarters of the Amalgamated Transit Union was
moved even before the founding Convention adjourned
in September 1892. The delegates to the founding
Convention initially chose Indianapolis – the city where
they were meeting – as their national headquarters.
Three men ran for national president at that Convention –
J.W. Newhouse of Indianapolis, J.E. Husted of Toledo, and
William J. Law of Detroit.
Law, who had been very vocal at the beginning of the
Convention, probably lost votes because he was inexplicably
absent during the balloting. Husted won by just 10 votes.
Law was elected chair of a group of three trustees for the
Union, and a committee was formed to go find him.
Thinking their work was done, some delegates returned
home early. But there were many among those who
remained who were unhappy with the results of the
election.
Law reappeared during the final evening session and made
a motion to reconsider the election of officers. That motion
carried with a margin of just 46 votes.
Disappointed with Law’s lack of leadership, the
Convention elected the young man from Columbus, OH
– W.D. Mahon – to replace Law. As a Canadian division
had been added to the Union during the previous year,
W.D. Mahon became the Amalgamated’s first elected
international president.
Horse-drawn and electric streetcars ply the streets of Detroit at
Fort St. and Woodward in Detroit between 1893 and 1895.
– Schramm Collection Photo
It then occurred to the delegates that they had no
money to open an office in Indianapolis. No problem,
said Law, who offered his division’s (Division 3) office
in Detroit as national headquarters. And if he were
elected president, he said, he’d work for free until the Union
got on its feet, and he’d convert his division’s monthly
publication into a national journal for the organization.
Well, after that Husted’s support dwindled to two
delegates, and a young man from Columbus, OH, stepped
up to nominate Law president of the Amalgamated – that
man was William D. Mahon.
True to his word, Law opened up the national office in
Detroit, and established the Union’s official publication –
the Street Railway Employes Gazette (the predecessor of the
Motorman & Conductor, and In Transit).
And that’s how Detroit became the city in which ATU’s
headquarters was located for the next 65 years.
Unfortunately, Law soon abandoned his responsibilities
to the national union when he became embroiled in a
controversy between Catholics and Protestants within
his division. The split within the local absorbed most of
Law’s time and attention.
Next, the Great Panic of 1893 hit the country, and by
the time the Second Convention convened on October
9, in Cleveland, many divisions had collapsed; the
Amalgamated was barely functioning. Only 19 delegates
were in attendance.
Handbill announcing the meeting of Detroit’s Division 3
with International President W.D. Mahon on October 14, 1893.
– Detroit Historical Society
After the Convention Mahon and his newly elected
secretary-treasurer, Samuel M. Massey, rushed to Detroit
to resolve the rift in Division 3. There they found that
Law had absconded with the Division’s treasury of $1,600,
and created a new independent union – seven months
before the Second Convention!
Mahon immediately revoked Division 3’s charter, dealt
with the internal dispute, and established a new local –
Division 26 – in Detroit.
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The December 1922 Motorman and Conductor described the building used as the Amalgamated’s international
headquarters from 1915-1944.
Law was formally “expelled” from the Union in 1894, “as
a traitor and an imposter,” and “debarred from becoming
a member or affiliating with the [Union] for a period
of 99 years.” As one might expect, the first and only
national president of ATU was not around to rejoin the
Union in 1993.
The international headquarters’ first home was at 14
Kanter Building in Detroit. We don’t know much about
the Kanter Building, but according to Poor’s Manual
of Street Surface Railways of 1895, the office was right
next door to the offices of the Fort Wayne and Belle
Isle Railway. The railway was the first Detroit streetcar
company to switch to 100% electric operation.
The Griswold Building in Detroit - home of the international
headquarters from 1944-1957.
The Hodges Building in Detroit – home of the international
headquarters from 1901 – 1915.
headquarters to Washington, DC to be close to where labor
law and regulations are made.
International headquarters soon outgrew its space at the
Kantor Building and in 1901, moved to 601-603 Hodges
Building in Detroit.
ATU soon decided it would make that move too. But the
Union would not rent space in the AFL-CIO building, or
any other building in the nation’s capital. It was decided
that it would build its own international headquarters
building in Northwest Washington, DC.
In 1915 it was time to move again. This time, to a brand new
building at 104 High Street in Detroit.
The M&C reported on the building’s progress in 1956
(pages 16-18).
The Amalgamated stayed in one place, but its address
changed twice, reflecting the burgeoning growth of Motor
City. In 1920, the address changed to 260 East High Street,
and and changed again to 260 Vernor Highway E., in 1927.
International headquarters remained there until 1944.
In 1978, due to the headquarters building’s deteriorating
condition and the Union’s need for greater space, the
General Executive Board, at International President John
Maroney’s urging, approved a proposal for a new five-floor
office building with underground parking on the former
building site.
A lot of memories were made in the Vernor Highway
headquarters. The 1944 move described in the M&C
(pages 14-15) represented more than a simple change of
location. The founders of the union were retiring. A new,
younger generation was taking over. They were taking the
Amalgamated “downtown.”
Construction was delayed by a zoning ruling which
forced the building to be changed to a mixed commercial
and residential property. Despite these obstacles,
the structure was finally completed at a total cost of
approximately $9 million.
But, ATU couldn’t be held in any location for very long
– particularly when many unions were moving their
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The November 1944 Motorman and Conductor described the move from the Vernor Highway
headquarters to the Griswold Building in 1944.
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The September 1956 Motorman and Conductor described the progress made preparing for the move to Washington, DC.
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The March 1957 Motorman and Conductor described the move to the new building in Washington, DC.
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The March 1957 In Transit described the international headquarters move to Washington, DC.
And the report may sound familiar to those working hard to complete our 2015 move.
Pictures of the Dedication of the new building and the delegates to the International Convention of 1957,
were included in the October-November issue of In Transit.
ATU’s international headquarters building from 1982-2015
was built on the site of the former headquarters building in
Washington, DC.
Arial view of the new ATU international headquarters and
training center campus
The international executive officers and staff first moved
into the new building in March 1982.
campus, providing ATU with an opportunity to acquire
the property and offer a much more expanded training
program for its members as well as other union and
activist organizations.
Thirty-three years later, with challenges not seen since
the early 1900s, ATU decided that it had to find a way
to re-energize its political activism. In 2014, the AFLCIO decided to sell its National Labor College and
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In November 2015, ATU moved to the new campus
inaugurating a new era of ATU advocacy. v
1 2 L O C A L S R E AC H C E N T U RY M A R K I N 2 0 1 6
The following locals will celebrate their 100th anniversaries in 2016. What follows is a brief account of their organization:
LOCAL 689-WASHINGTON, DC
LOCAL 690-FITCHBURG, MA
Division 689 was chartered on January 19, 1916, but the
Division’s* location was kept secret. The charter city was
revealed as Washington, DC, sometime before March,
when International Vice President Rezin Orr and Division
representatives attempted to start negotiations with the
Washington Railway and Electric Company.
Local 690-Fitchburg, MA, was organized by GEB Chair
John H. Reardon and chartered on January 20, 1916.
Unlike other divisions, the organization of Local 690 seems
to have gone smoothly. In July 1917, the members told the
Union, “Div. No. 690, now organized six months, wishes
to say that we are proceeding successfully. We obtain new
applications every meeting and every member is, working
faithfully to swell the membership roll.
On March 5, a Washington Times headline screamed,
“STREET CAR MEN STRIKE.” The Motorman &
Conductor (M&C), predecessor to In Transit, reported Orr
“was unable to obtain conferences with the companies…
The members of the newly organized local suspended work
in recognition of a lockout….”
The company settled with Division 689 two days later,
granting increases “from 2 to 4 ½ cents per hour.”
In July, the new DC members reported, “Division 689
is making rapid strides, and to date has a 90%
organization. By January 1, 1917, it is to be hoped that
we will be 100% organized. The union gave an excursion
to Chesapeake Beach, Md., June 26th and 27th, and
3,000 took part each day… July 4th the street car men
were excellently represented in the parade that preceded
the dedication of the new A. F. of L. office building. All
along the line of march they received much applause…
Our boys are solid and determined to make the union a
permanent success.”
“At our recent election of officers we elected and installed
officers for one year as follows: President, W. C. White;
vice-president, L. F. Harris; financial secretary, J. E.
Fitzpatrick: treasurer, H. T. Brown; recording secretary,
W. L. Newell; warden, J. F. Sanderson; conductor, J. A.
Allen; correspondent, J. W. Gainey; executive board, W. C.
White, H. F. Dugan, L. O. Geoffrion, Charles Revar, W. L.
Newell and W. E. Goddard.
“Our executive board recently, for consultation, visited
President Rooney of Div. No. 22, Worcester.
“Brother Morgan, in his talks at our meetings, shows the
making of a good lawyer. Brother Dickie St. Cyr thinks
he is a pretty good man on the flyer. Brother Piadek is
mentalizing on matrimony.
“Our meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at
9 A. M. and 8 P. M.”
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“We are now wearing a union button and are pleased with
the results…
LOCAL 691-SPRINGFIELD, MO
The July 1916 M&C reported that “G. E. B. Member
J. C. Colgan in February assisted in organizing Div. No.
691, Springfield, Mo.” which was chartered on January 27,
1916. He “was returned to Springfield, where the newly
instituted local had entered strike in protest of refusal
of the company to recognize the Association. The strike
occurred Feb. 20 and was amicably settled Feb. 23. Board
Member Colgan was assisted in the work in Springfield by
President R. T. Wood of the Missouri State F. of L. and the
Springfield Central Labor Union…”
The Division went back on strike on October 5, however,
after “the secretary of the local was dismissed from the
service… upon petty charges” in violation of the contract’s
arbitration provision.
The December 2016 M&C reported, “that all efforts to
effect an honorable adjustment have proved futile. The
Commissioner of Public Utilities of Missouri prepared an
agreement for arbitration of the dispute, which was accepted
by the local, but rejected by the company. This was the last
effort reported in the interest of a settlement, and it appears
that the strike will become an endurance contest.”
That contest came to an end on June 15, 1917, when a new
agreement was signed with a new arbitration clause.
LOCAL 694-SAN ANTONIO, TX
Division 694-San Antonio, TX, was organized by
International Vice President Ben Commons, and chartered
on February 28, 1916, with little to no turmoil.
The members reported in the September 1916 M&C:
“Div. No. 694 is pleased to report that she made a good
showing on Labor Day. About 140 of our members
were in line of parade… In the center of our line we
had an old-time mule car, nicely decorated and loaded
with children… We got the first prize, which was $50
cash. There were forty unions in the parade and we
were among the latest organized. We were not awarded
the first prize so much from our numbers or showy
display as for our neat and business like appearance and
our presentation was much to the credit of our
arrangements committee…
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“Div. No. 694 is getting along fine. There is but one man
among us not yet in. Newcomers lose no time in joining
us. Our meetings are well attended. Unionism has taken
hold of us, not only in name but in spirit, and we are sure
to have a local second to none.”
LOCAL 697-TOLEDO, OH
Division 697-Toledo, OH, was organized by International
President W. D. Mahon, GEB Member Edward McMorrow,
and Toledo Central Labor Union Business Agent John
J. Quinlivan, and chartered by the Amalgamated on March
14, 1916.
The April 1916 M&C reported, “Div. No. 697, Toledo,
Ohio, was locked out March 28, the management
refusing to permit employes to work who should identify
themselves as members of the Association by wearing the
union emblem button.”
“As you are well aware,” the Division told the Union in the
September 1916 M&C, “this company for a number of
years was very hostile to our organization. Following the
organization of the men, the company refused to recognize
or treat with the organization.
“The men, however, were determined to fully establish their
organization and decided to put on the monthly button. As
soon as the men put on the button the company retaliated
by locking them all out.
“The result was that the lines of this system were tied
up completely from March 28 to April 9, 1916, when
a settlement was secured and a contract made fully
recognizing the organization and establishing improved
working conditions in the way of wages, hours of labor and
general working conditions.”
LOCAL 704-TOLEDO, OH
Division 704-Little Rock, AR, was organized by
International Vice President Ben Commons, and chartered
on May 20, 1916. In July 2016, the Division reported in
the M&C, “The company learned of the new organization
and immediately discharged 7 of our men… Bro.
Commons, accompanied by a committee from the Central
Trades and Labor Council, called on our general manager
and requested reinstatement of the discharged men and
recognition of the organization.
“This was refused. A strike was called for the following
Saturday. In the meantime the boys joined the organization
rapidly. Forty joined in a body.
“On the evening that the strike was to take place the mayor
of Little Rock asked for a postponement of the strike until
the following Monday. This request was granted and in the
meantime the union was recognized and the discharged
men reinstated.
“We are now full-fledged union men, working under
a signed agreement in which the company agrees to
recognize and treat with the duly authorized and accredited
representatives or committees of the Association in the
adjustment of all questions and differences that may arise
in the future. This agreement is for two years dating from
May 22. 1916.”
LOCAL 713-MEMPHIS, TN
The September 1916 M&C, reported, that “Div. No.
713, Memphis, Tenn., was organized by Vice-President
Ben Commons after a vicious campaign on the part of the
company to prevent the men from organizing… no sooner
had [Commons] arrived than the company set upon him
with their thugs and gunmen. Brother Commons was
assaulted twice, but he continued in the work among the
men... [and] succeeded in establishing Div. No. 713. The
company’s thugs continued their work of intimidation,
but the results did not stop the men from organizing - if
anything, it encouraged them.” Division 713 was chartered
July 10, 1916.
“The company discharged the men as soon as they became
members of the union and then began to assault the
members, which resulted in one of the members being
killed; following which the men suspended work July 22
completely tying up the lines. The strike lasted 24 hours, a
settlement being reached the following day, July 23. Under
the settlement all discharged men were reinstated with pay
and later an agreement was entered into with the company,
fully recognizing the union and providing for increased wages
and improved conditions for the period of three years.”
LOCAL 714-PORTLAND, ME
International President Mahon reported in the August
1916 M&C that, “Div. No. 714 of Portland, Maine, was
organized by Charles Roux, business agent of the Carpenters’
Association in that city. As soon as the company learned that
the men were organizing they discharged some eighteen
members… The result was that a strike was called July 12,
1916…” The Division was chartered on July 13, 1916.
“I went to Portland in person, accompanied by VicePresident O’Brien and Brother Reardon… Upon reaching
Portland we were called upon by a committee representing
the Chamber of Commerce. Through this committee
negotiations were continued during Saturday night,
Sunday and Sunday night… A settlement was reached
Monday morning, July 17, 1916. This settlement provided
for the reinstatement of all the men who had been on strike
and who had been suspended for joining the union, with
full pay for all the time that they were out. It also provided
that a contract should be made, fully recognizing Div. No.
714 of our Association…
“The contract was drafted and agreed to between our
organization and the company on the afternoon of the 17th
—the men all returning to work on the morning of the 17th.”
LOCAL 717-MANCHESTER, NH
Division 717-Manchester, NH, was organized by GEB
Member John H. Reardon, and chartered on July 31,
1916. Manchester seems to be another one of those lucky
locals that were organized without significant trouble.
Its members reported in the October 1916 M&C:
“As a newly-organized local, we of Div. No. 717, are
most agreeably satisfied. We are pleased with the change
from non-unionism to unionism. We find a new spirit
pervading our ranks. The organization of our local has
inspired an interest in the employment beyond any
conception that we had. It seems to afford a sort of
relax— a breathing spell in a man’s life to be one of
those effecting such a change in employment and
passing from the one state—non-unionism—to the other,
that of unionism.
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the Brockton local, we have been successful in negotiating
an agreement with our company, which is highly
appreciated…
“Right here our boys wish, through the columns of the
M. and C., to extend thanks to Brother P. F. Sheehan and
all others who took part in assisting us in effecting our
organization and assisting in bringing about our agreement.”
LOCAL 725-BIRMINGHAM, AL
Division 725-Birmingham, AL, was organized by
International Vice President Ben Commons, and chartered
on August 10, 1916. The members reported in the
October 1916 M&C, that “Brother Commons came
here about August 10th and things immediately began to
move. In less than ten days of diligent work on his part,
a fine organization of nearly 700 members, motormen,
conductors, shop and repair men were banded together
as strong as steel and firm as adamant… Our boys went
through two previous unsuccessful attempts, one in 1907,
another in 1913. However… [w]e are now with you, sister
locals of the Amalgamated, and we intend to remain and
assist in the work of up-building our social, political and
financial standing in our respective communities.
“We of Div. No. 725 now wish to extend the right hand of
fellowship to our brother workers in other Divisions and
assure them that we feel proud of the fact that we can stand
up and look the world in the face as having proclaimed and
established our independence as a working organization.
We trust the day will never dawn when you may regret our
advent into your midst.”
LOCAL 726-STATEN ISLAND, NY
Division 726-Staten Island, NY, was organized by C.
Howard Severs, a conductor and president of Division
540-Trenton, NJ, and chartered on August 11, 1916.
Later, International Vice President George Keenan
reported, “this Division was getting along nicely and
indications were that the men and the Company would
work in harmony in the future.”
That situation stood in high contrast to that of transit
workers in the other boroughs of New York City who
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thought they had just concluded a highly contentious strike.
The nonunion Staten Island street car men went on
strike with Amalgamated’s organized New York transit
workers in 1916, but, unlike them, their goal was
organization, and they achieved their goal with the
Richmond Light and Rail Company.
The Staten Island Division was chartered just after the
New York Divisions appeared to have an agreement with
the New York Railways Company. The New York City
locals soon discovered that they had been had, as the
company was forcing its workers to sign a “master and
servant” agreement.
But the members of the newly organized Local 726
worked for Richmond Light and Rail, not the New York
Railways Company, and kept working. They are still at it
100 years later.
LOCAL 732-ATLANTA, GA
Division 732-Atlanta, GA, was organized by Business
Agent William Pollard of the Electrical Workers and
President H. O. Teat of the Brotherhood of Firemen and
Enginemen, and chartered on September 23, 1916.
The November 1916 M&C reported, “…As soon as the
company became aware of the movement they discharged
such of the employes as they suspicioned to be responsible
for encouragement of the organization and declared a
policy not to tolerate in employment members of the
Amalgamated Association.”
It was not until 1918, that Local 732 would be recognized
by the company, as reported by the July 1918 M&C:
“A settlement was affected July 19th by which an agreement
was signed recognizing the organization and all matters
in dispute referred to the Federal War Labor Board for
decision… All discharged members were reinstated.” The
following month the M&C reported:
“At last Div. No. 732 has got on the map. We of the 1916
brothers have been working, waiting and hoping to see
the men get together. Our history of two years ago is
quite well known and it is unnecessary here to repeat from
that. The time came and our efforts of two years have
been rewarded. We are now twelve hundred strong and
extending…” v
* ATU local unions were originally called local “divisions."
LEGAL NOTICE
TO: Employees Represented by ATU Locals in U.S. Bargaining Units Who Are Subject to Union Security Arrangements
Employees working under collective bargaining agreements which contain a union
security clause are required, as a condition of their employment, to pay monthly dues
or fees to the union. Formal union membership, however, is not mandated. Those
who are members of the ATU pay monthly union dues. Nonmembers, or “agency
feepayers,” meet their obligation through the payment of an equivalent “agency fee.”
Nonmembers subject to a union security clause have the additional legal right to
file objections to their funding of expenditures which are “unrelated to collective
bargaining, contract administration, or grievance adjustment” and/or are otherwise
“nongermane to the collective bargaining process.”
Union security clauses are negotiated and ratified by your coworkers based upon the
principle that everyone who benefits from the collective bargaining process should
share in its costs. The wellbeing of all bargaining unit employees is improved immeasurably when the union obtains higher wages, better health care and retirement
benefits, fairness in the discipline system, and the many other improvements realized
in contract negotiations. But it would be difficult to provide such effective representation at the bargaining table without the influence earned through the “nongermane”
political activities of the trade union movement.
There are considerable benefits of being a member of the ATU. Only members have
the right to attend and participate in union meetings; the right to run in local union
elections and to otherwise nominate and vote for any candidates for union office; the
The following ATU Statement of Law and Procedures
concerning union security objections applies only to the
International per capita tax charged to objectors as part of
local union fees (unless a local union exercises the option of
presuming that the International percentage of chargeable
activities applies to the local union with regard to
employees working for private-sector employers).
1. Any ATU-represented nonmember employed in the
United States who is subject to a union security clause
conditioning continued employment on the payment
of dues or fees has the right to become an objector
to expenditures not related to collective bargaining,
contract administration, grievance adjustment, or
other chargeable expenditures. A current ATU member
who chooses not to tender the full periodic dues and
assessments paid by members of the union, but who
instead opts to become an objector, must assume
nonmember status prior to filing an objection through
these procedures. An objector shall pay reduced fees
calculated in accordance with Section 5.
2. To become an objector, an ATU-represented
nonmember employee shall notify the International
Secretary-Treasurer in writing of the objection within
thirty (30) days of receiving this notice via the November/
December issue of In Transit, within thirty (30) days of
resigning from membership, or within thirty (30) days
after first becoming subject to union security obligations
and receiving notice of these procedures. The objection
shall be signed and shall specify the objector’s current
home mailing address, name the objector’s employer
with which the applicable union security arrangements
have been entered into, and identify the ATU local
union number, if known. All objections should be
mailed to the International Secretary-Treasurer, 10000
New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903
or transmitted by facsimile to (301) 431-7116 with a
separate cover page directing such to the attention of
the International Secretary-Treasurer and specifying
the subject thereof to be the “Election of Fee Objector
Status.”
3. The following categories of expenditure are chargeable
to the extent permitted by law:
right to participate in the formation of ATU bargaining demands; the right to vote
on contract ratification questions; and the right to enjoy the many benefits of the
Union Plus Benefits Program, which offers low-interest credit cards, legal and travel
services, prescription drug cards, and life insurance.
The Notice of Statement of Law and Procedures applies to the International Union
expenditures and to the per capita tax portion of local union dues. Because the portion of local union expenditures which are spent on “chargeable” activities is at least
as great as that of the International Union, with regard to employees working for
private-sector employers, local unions may exercise the option of presuming that the
International Union’s percentage of chargeable activities applies to the local union.
It remains our opinion that all of our organizing and all the legislative, litigation, and
similar activities undertaken by the ATU – some of which tribunals have indicated
may in part be nonchargeable – are essential to improving the working conditions of
all the employees we represent.
Lawrence J. Hanley
International President
a.All expenses concerning the negotiation
agreements, practices and working conditions;
of
b.All expenses concerning the administration of
agreements, practices and working conditions,
including grievance handling, all activities related
to arbitration, and discussion with employees in the
bargaining unit or employer representatives regarding
working conditions, benefits and contract rights;
c.Convention expenses and other normal union
internal governance and management expenses;
d. Union business meeting expenses;
e. Publication expenses to the extent coverage is related
to otherwise chargeable activities;
f.
Expenses of litigation before the courts
and administrative agencies related to contract
administration, collective bargaining rights and
internal governance;
g.Expenses for legislative, executive branch and
administrative agency representation on legislative
and regulatory matters closely related to contract
ratification or the implementation of contracts;
h.All expenses for the education and training of
members, officers, and staff intended to prepare the
participants to better perform chargeable activities;
i. All strike fund expenditures and costs of group
cohesion and economic action, e.g., general strike
activity, informational picketing, etc.;
j. All funeral or dismemberment benefits; and
k.
A proportional share
administrative expenses.
of
all
overhead
and
4. Each December, the International Union shall publish
these policies and procedures in In Transit to provide
to ATU-represented employees notice of their right to
object and of the procedures for objecting.
5. The International retains an independent auditor who
submits an annual report for the purpose of verifying the
percentage of expenditures that fall within the categories
specified in Section 3. Similarly, if the local union has
adopted these procedures, the local union will arrange for
the audit of the records, enabling the local union to verify
annually the percentage of its total expenditures other
than the International per capita tax that is chargeable
to objectors. If a local union has objectors employed by a
private-sector employer (but has no objectors employed
by public-sector employers), it may exercise the option of
presuming that the International Union’s percentage of
chargeable activities applies to the local union and forego
arranging an audit. The amount of the International
and local union expenditures falling within Section 3
made during that fiscal year which ended in the previous
calendar year shall be the basis for calculating the reduced
fees that must be paid by the objector for the current
calendar year. For each objector, an amount equal to the
reduced fees paid by the objector shall be placed in an
interest-bearing escrow account.
6. The report(s) of the independent auditor(s) shall be
completed prior to the publication of these policies and
procedures in December. The report(s) shall include
verification of the major categories of union expenses
attributable to chargeable and nonchargeable activities.
Local unions which have not exercised the option of
presuming that the International Union’s percentage of
chargeable activities applies to the local union shall provide
a copy of their independent auditor’s report to each
nonmember employee represented by the local union.
7. In the absence of an exclusive statutory review
procedure, each objector may challenge the legal and
arithmetical bases of the calculations contained in the
independent auditor report(s) by filing an appeal with the
International Secretary-Treasurer. Any such appeal must
be made by sending a signed letter to the International
Secretary-Treasurer postmarked or transmitted via
facsimile no later than thirty (30) days after the
International Secretary-Treasurer has sent a letter to the
objector acknowledging receipt of the objection, or thirty
(30) days after the International Union has sent a copy of
the policies and procedures to the objector.
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8. Except where state law provides an exclusive statutory
review procedure as discussed in Note 3 below, all such
appeals received by the union within the time limits
specified above shall be determined by expeditious referral
to an impartial arbitrator appointed by the American
Arbitration Association (AAA) under its rules for impartial
determination of union fees and these procedures.
a.
All appeals shall be consolidated for submission to the
arbitrator. The presentation of evidence and argument
to the arbitrator shall be either in writing or at a
hearing, as determined by the arbitrator. The
arbitrator shall receive and consider the evidence of
witnesses by affidavit, giving it such weight as seems
proper after consideration of any objection made
to its admission. If a hearing is held, it shall be
scheduled as soon as the arbitrator can schedule
the hearing, and shall be at a location selected by the
arbitrator to be the most convenient for those
involved in the proceeding.
b. Each party to the arbitration shall bear its own costs.
The challengers shall have the option of paying a
pro-rata portion of the arbitrator’s fees and expenses.
The union shall pay the balance of such fees
and expenses.
c. Challengers may, at their expense, be represented by
counsel or other representative of choice. Challengers
need not appear at any hearing and shall be permitted
to instead file written statements with the arbitrator
no later than the beginning of the arbitration hearing.
Post-hearing statements may be filed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 8(g). If a hearing is
not held, the arbitrator will set the dates by which
all written submissions will be received and will
decide the case based on the evidence and arguments
submitted.
d.If a hearing is held, fourteen (14) days prior to the
start of the hearing, challengers shall be provided
with copies of all exhibits or a list of all such
exhibits intended to be introduced at the arbitration
by the union and a list of all witnesses the union
intends to call, except for exhibits and witnesses
the union may introduce for rebuttal. Where a list
of exhibits has been provided, challengers shall
have a right to receive copies of such exhibits by
making a written request for them to the International
Secretary-Treasurer. Additionally, copies of all
exhibits shall be available for inspection and copying
at the hearing.
h.The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and
binding on all findings of fact supported by
substantial evidence on the record considered as
a whole and on other findings legally permitted to be
binding on all parties.
i. Upon receipt of the arbitrator’s award, any adjustment
in favor of the challenger will be made from the
escrow account.
9. Under Section 18.1 of the ATU Constitution and
General Laws, each local union will be responsible for
collecting and transmitting to the International Union
each month from those who have made an objection the
amount of the per capita tax certified as due under these
procedures. In addition, each local will be responsible
for developing a system covering local union fees that
will meet the legal requirements relative to the objectors
in the local. If the local union adopts the International
procedures concerning fee objections on an integrated
basis, no multiple notice (other than providing its
independent auditor’s report to nonmember employees
represented by the local union if the local union has not
exercised the option of presuming that the International
Union’s percentage of chargeable activities applies to the
local union), objection, challenge or appeal procedures
will be necessary. If, however, the local union adopts an
independent system covering local union expenditures
other than per capita tax, such arrangements must, by
law, be included in the local’s procedures.
10. The provisions of this procedure shall be considered
legally separable. Should any provision or portion hereof
be held contrary to law by a court, administrative agency
or arbitrator, the remaining provisions or portions
thereof shall continue to be legally effective and binding.
NOTES
1. ATU-represented public employees in Illinois,
Minnesota, Montana, or Oregon who are not members
The arbitrator shall have control over all procedural
matters affecting the arbitration in order to fulfill
the dual needs of an informed and an expeditious
arbitration. The arbitrator shall set forth in the
decision the legal and arithmetic bases for the decision,
giving full consideration to the legal requirements
limiting the amount objectors may be charged.
g.If a hearing is held, the parties to the arbitration
shall have the right to file a post-hearing statement
within thirty (30) days after both parties have
completed submission of their cases at the hearing.
Such statements may not introduce new evidence
nor discuss evidence not introduced in the arbitration.
The arbitrator shall issue a decision within forty-five
(45) days after the final date for submission of post hearing statements or within such other reasonable
period as is consistent with the applicable AAA rules
and the requirements of law.
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2. In accordance with applicable state laws, the reduced
per capita tax owed by nonmember public employee
objectors in Minnesota and New Jersey (except those
working for New Jersey Transit or NJT-Mercer) shall be
computed utilizing either the percentage of chargeable
expenditures as verified by the report of the independent
auditor retained by the International or eighty-five
(85%) percent, whichever is lesser.
3. State statutes covering public employees in Minnesota
and New Jersey (again, other than those workers
employed by New Jersey Transit or NJT-Mercer) require
that any person wishing to challenge the fees file an action
with the state public employment board (Minnesota) or
with a three-member board appointed by the governor
specifically to hear fair share challenges (New Jersey).
Where these statutes are applicable, any local union
procedure must provide that the binding expeditious
review be through the applicable state process.
Amalgamated Transit Union Analysis of Objectors’ Expenses (Modified Cash Basis) - Year Ended June 30, 2015
e.A court reporter shall make a transcript of all
proceedings before the arbitrator. This transcript shall
be the only official record of the proceedings and may
be purchased by the challengers. If challengers do not
purchase a copy of the transcript, a copy shall be
available for inspection by challengers at the
International headquarters during normal business
hours.
f.
of the union are automatically considered objectors
and are not required to make a filing under the
provisions of Sections 2 and 4 of this Statement of
Law and Procedures. The collective bargaining statute
applicable to New Jersey public employers (with the
significant exceptions of New Jersey Transit and NJTMercer) has the same impact. Similarly, except where
a more stringent union security arrangement was in
place on January 1, 1970, and has been continued
in accordance with the “grandfathering” provisions
of state law, the Pennsylvania public employee
bargaining statute only permits a fair share union
security clause under which every nonmember is
obligated to pay only a reduced fee based upon prior
chargeable expenditures. Local unions representing
such members shall forward the names of all such
nonmember objectors to the International SecretaryTreasurer, including the objector’s current home
address and employer.
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To the Chair and Members of the General Executive Board
of the Amalgamated Transit Union
not intended to be a complete presentation of the Union’s
consolidated financial statements.
We have audited the accompanying Analysis of Objectors’
Expenses (modified cash basis) (the Analysis) of the
Amalgamated Transit Union (the Union) for the year ended
June 30, 2015 and the notes to the Analysis.
Intended Use of This Letter
Management’s Responsibility for the Analysis
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair
presentation of the Analysis in accordance with the modified
cash basis of accounting, as described in Note 1 and the
factors and assumptions discussed in the notes; this includes
determining that the modified cash basis of accounting
is an acceptable basis for the preparation of the Analysis
in the circumstances. Management is also responsible for
the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal
control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation
of an Analysis that is free from material misstatement,
whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Analysis
based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America. Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the Analysis is free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain
audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the
Analysis. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s
judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material
misstatement of the Analysis, whether due to fraud or error.
In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers
internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and
fair presentation of the Analysis in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of that entity’s internal control. Accordingly,
we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used
and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the Analysis.
• All expenses concerning the administration of
agreements,
practices
and
working
conditions, including grievance handling, all
activities related to arbitration and discussion
with employees in the bargaining unit or
employer representatives regarding working
conditions, benefits and contract rights;
Bethesda, MD
December 2, 2015
• Convention expenses and other normal
Union internal governance and management
expenses;
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Method of Accounting - Analysis of Objectors’ Expenses
(modified cash basis) (the Analysis) is presented using a
modified cash basis of accounting. Generally, expenses are
recognized when paid rather than when the obligation is
incurred. However, accruals of expenses are recorded for
certain transactions with local unions, funeral benefits and
other items.
Depreciation - Depreciation of property and equipment is
charged to operations over the estimated useful lives of the
assets using the straight-line method.
Benefit Payments - The Union’s Constitution and
General Laws provide for the payment of a $1,000
funeral or dismemberment benefit on behalf of members
and fee payers in good standing with one or more years
of continuous membership or fee payment at the time of
their death or dismemberment. An expense is recognized
for the benefit for life members at the time they become
life members. The costs associated with this benefit for
other members and fee payers are accounted for upon
disbursement of the benefit.
Estimates - The preparation of this Analysis requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
Note 2. Purpose of Analysis of Objectors’ Expenses
and Significant Factors and Assumptions Used in
Determining Chargeable and Non-Chargeable Expenses
Opinion
The purpose of this Analysis is for the determination of
the percentage of fee objector dues (or their equivalent)
expended by the Union for chargeable activities. Expenses
for chargeable activities are those deemed “necessarily or
reasonably incurred” to execute the representational duties
of the Union. The percentage of the Union expenses
deemed not chargeable is used for determining advance
dues (or their equivalent) reduction for fee objectors for the
subsequent calendar year.
Basis of Accounting
As described in Note 1, the Analysis was prepared
on a modified cash basis of accounting, which is a
comprehensive basis of accounting other than generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States. Our
opinion is not modified with respect to that matter.
Other Matter
We have audited, in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America, the
consolidated financial statements of the Amalgamated
Transit Union as of and for the year ended June 30,
2015 and our report thereon dated November 12, 2015,
expressed an unmodified opinion on those consolidated
financial statements.
The total net (U.S.) includable expenses presented in the
Analysis agree to the expenses in the audited consolidated
financial statements of the Union for the year ended June
30, 2015, modified as discussed in Note 3. The allocations
of expenses between chargeable and non-chargeable are
based on the descriptions and the significant factors and
assumptions described in Note 2. The accompanying
Analysis was prepared for the purpose of determining the
amount of the Union’s expenses that are chargeable or nonchargeable to fee objectors. The accompanying Analysis is
1. Chargeable expenses include:
• All expenses concerning the negotiation of
agreements, practices and working conditions;
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
the Amalgamated Transit Union and its fee objectors and is
not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other
than these specified parties.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion.
In our opinion, the Analysis referred to above presents
fairly, in all material respects, the includable expenses of
the Amalgamated Transit Union for the year ended June
30, 2015, and the allocation between chargeable and
non-chargeable expenses, on the modified cash basis of
accounting described in Note 1 and significant factors and
assumptions described in Note 2.
The procedures followed in the preparation of this Analysis
include categorization of each classification of expenses
by chargeable and non-chargeable activities. This is
accomplished by analyzing each classification of expenses
and identifying amounts which are either chargeable or
non-chargeable.
Note 2. Purpose of Analysis of Objectors’ Expenses
and Significant Factors and Assumptions Used in
Determining Chargeable and Non-Chargeable Expenses
(continued)
The Union engaged professional assistance to determine
criteria for identifying chargeable and non-chargeable
expenses. The procedures and significant factors and
assumptions used in this Analysis in determining these
expenses are as follows:
A.
All expenses are identified by fund and reconciled to
the Union’s annual financial statements.
B.
Canadian expenses within each fund are eliminated.
C.
Certain interfund transfers are recorded to more
accurately reflect the Union activity for which
certain expenditures were made.
D.
Expenses are analyzed to identify chargeable and
non-chargeable amounts using the following criteria:
• Social activities and Union business meeting
expenses;
• Publication expenses to the extent coverage is
related to chargeable activities;
•
Expenses of litigation before the courts and
administrative agencies related to contract
administration, collective bargaining rights
and internal governance;
• Expenses for legislative, executive branch and
administrative agency representation on
legislative and regulatory matters closely
related to contract ratification or the
implementation of contracts;
Note 2. Purpose of Analysis of Objectors’ Expenses
and Significant Factors and Assumptions Used in
Determining Chargeable and Non-Chargeable Expenses
(continued)
• All strike fund expenditures and other costs of
group cohesion and economic action, e.g.,
demonstrations, general strike activity,
informational picketing, etc.;
• All expenses for the education and training
of members, officers and staff intended to
prepare the participants to better perform
chargeable activities;
• All funeral and dismemberment benefits; and
• An allocable amount of all net building
expenses.
2.Non-chargeable expenses include all other
expenses.
E. For those expenses which have both chargeable
and non-chargeable aspects, allocations are made using
certain ratios. Significant ratios used for these allocated
expenses include ratios based on salary costs supported by
time records and other ratios such as printed line ratios for
allocation of certain publication costs.
Note 3. Reconciliation of Analysis to Audited Financial
Statements
The expenses included in this Analysis are based upon the
total expenses of $28,199,169 reported in the audited
consolidated financial statements of the Amalgamated
Transit Union modified for the following:
$1,497,560 in expenses relating to the ATU Training
Center, Inc., a related consolidated entity, which have been
excluded from this Analysis.
$8,000,000 in donations to the ATU Training
Center, Inc. which were eliminated in the consolidated
financial statements have been added back to this Analysis.
$2,053,024 in Canadian expenses has been excluded
from this Analysis.
$141,663 relating to various expenses which have
been offset by corresponding revenue items have been
excluded from this Analysis.
Note 4. Subsequent Events Review
Subsequent events have been evaluated through December
2, 2015, which is the date the Analysis was available to be
issued. No material events or transactions which would
require an additional adjustment to or disclosure in the
accompanying Analysis was noted in this evaluation.
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Gracia y compasión
Ellos dispararon de vuelta
Hoy en día los miembros de sindicatos pueden estarse
preguntando qué ha ocurrido en el mundo que se ha vuelto
contra ellos.
Nunca fueron los primeros en disparar. Ellos siempre
dispararon de vuelta intentando echar a los invasores fuera
de su tierra. No todos ellos eran terroristas, pero todos ellos
eran sospechosos.
No, ¿dice usted?
Bueno, este Sindicato está participando en luchas en
lugares como Grand Rapids, MI, donde el candidato
multimillonario “Duchy” está tratando de meter sus
narices forzando una paga escasa de retiro/jubilación
fuera del alcance de sus miembros. Así que, como un
alcalde nuevo toma juramento para su cargo en este
Año Nuevo, nuestros miembros van a estar luchando
simplemente para mantener la pensión de jubilación en
los $1,200 al mes que se les prometió a ellos, después de
30 años de servicio.
En toda Norte América, somos un Sindicato en lucha.
En New York, nuestros trabajadores de autobuses escolares
todavía no tienen todo lo que les corresponde, después
de dos años desde que un nuevo alcalde los prometiese
trabajar para reconstruir los sueldos de los trabajadores. Cuando ellos vinieron aquí, como los Italianos, los Judíos,
los Alemanes y muchos otros, se enfrentaron a los insultos,
los ataques y el rechazo. En los sitios de trabajo a ellos les
decían “Ningún Irlandés necesita solicitar empleo”. Sus
iglesias fueron quemadas, aquí en la tierra de los libres.
Bueno, aquí en América hoy en día nosotros no somos los
únicos impopulares. Escuchando al menos a un candidato
presidencial, podría parecer que el camino hacia la
popularidad está en degradar a la nueva ola de gente pobre,
sin esperanza, que llega aquí.
Oh, mira ellos tienen su propia religión – eso hace que sea
fácil, y sí, ellos vienen de una tierra como Irlanda, en la
que la gente dispara de vuelta y se han involucrado en
actos de terror muy inhumanos. Así que no es
“políticamente correcto” lanzarnos con los brazos abiertos
hacia ellos, ni siquiera hacia los niños hambrientos sin
esperanza de entre ellos.
Sin corazón
Nos enfrentamos así a gente cruel, sin corazón, por todas
partes. Aquellos de nosotros que luchamos por pagas
decentes, hoy en día simplemente no somos populares. Mis antepasados tampoco eran populares. Ellos escaparon
del hambre en Irlanda, un país que sufría bajo el yugo
opresor del dominio Británico. Bajo la Ley Británica (la
Ley Sharia o Ley civil Islámica de aquel entonces), ellos
no podían votar, no podían servir de jurado, no podían
hablar su propia lengua en sus hogares, no podían asistir a
la Universidad o casarse con un protestante. Todo porque
ellos eran católicos.
Los católicos Irlandeses, testarudos hasta lo más profundo,
se aferraron a su fe al menos en parte, como una expresión
de la voluntad humana de no ser gobernados por otros, y se
rebelaron contra el maltrato y la opresión. Y sí, algunos de
ellos recurrieron a lo que hoy se llama terrorismo.
Sin embargo, ningún análisis justo llegaría a la conclusión
de que ellos fueron los agresores. Todo esto se hizo en
Irlanda donde los británicos fueron, como en tantos otros
países, invasores extranjeros.
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Trudeau – un símbolo global de la
compasión de Canadá
Pero entre el ruido y el humo llega el Primer Ministro
Canadiense Trudeau abrazando a los refugiados, incluso
cuando muchos en todo el mundo se vuelven contra ellos,
pidiendo a su nación que se levante y dé la bienvenida a
estas víctimas. Él se ha convertido en el símbolo global de
la compasión de Canadá,
Yo quiero (y sé que esto no va a ser popular) saludar a los
Canadienses que han dejado la política a un lado, y lo que
es más importante, el miedo a conectar con su humanidad.
A lo largo de todo Canadá, la gente está haciendo
hogares para estas víctimas. Los Locales Canadienses de
ATU están asociándose para proporcionar libre tránsito
mientras los refugiados se integran. Esto es exactamente
lo que el mundo necesita –amor y compasión- no más
odio y asesinatos.
Muchos de nosotros este mes vamos a escuchar esto en
nuestras iglesias, mezquitas y templos. Pero, ¿tendremos la
gracia y la compasión de volvernos hacia esas personas a las
que tantos en todo el mundo se han vuelto en contra?
Si somos fieles a nuestros principios y valores, lo haremos. v
Hay una época para todo…
Hay una época para todo, un tiempo para cada ocupación y
propósito bajo el firmamento.
Jueves 5 de Noviembre, 6:20 PM
Mi oficina está llena, los muebles etiquetados, y es hora de irse.
La última llamada del día es para el Presidente Internacional
jubilado Jim LaSala. Irse es agridulce. Algunos miembros de
nuestro personal han estado aquí por más de 25 años.
Lunes 9 de Noviembre, un poquito
después del medio día.
Yo llego a la nueva ubicación. Hay cajas para desempaquetar
y organizar el mobiliario. Encuentro un lugar tranquilo
por una ventana de dos pisos, y mientras el sol acaricia mi
rostro me asomo a ver el plantel universitario. Y mientras
admiro el bien arreglado césped y los árboles maduros,
pienso en las muchas clases dadas aquí para ATU; para
obtener mi título universitario aquí en el centro de Meany
y la ceremonia de graduación en la capilla. Recuerdos...
medio mi madre ha estado sufriendo con la enfermedad de
Alzheimer. Es un tipo de demencia que causa problemas
con la memoria, pensamiento y comportamiento.
La enfermedad de Alzheimer es una enfermedad
que interfiere con los “recuerdos de la vida de un
impresos entre las páginas de la mente.” Las fotografías
descoloridas agrietadas a veces son sólo eso para sus
víctimas. He visto a mi madre bajar de 125 a 73 libras
en los últimos cinco meses que ha estado en un hospicio.
Los médicos dicen que las sombras de la muerte están
convergiendo. “Ningún hombre o mujer nacido de una
mujer” escapa a la muerte.
Los miembros de la familia a menudo discuten eventos
actuales con los residentes y el personal. Esta noche fue
diferente. Todos pensamos que maravilloso hubiera sido
compartir una cena con los residentes cuando estaban en su
primor. La mayoría de los familiares recuerdan los buenos
tiempos y describen vidas definidas y útiles vividas por sus
seres queridos.
‘El hombre en busca del sentido’
En el libro, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” “ El hombre en
busca del sentido,” su autor Victor Frankel, narra la historia
de un judío preso en un campo de concentración Nazi. El
hombre sobrevivió porque no importaba qué atrocidad él
experimentaba, él lo soportaba para poder ver a su familia
otra vez. Encontró su propósito en la más desesperada de
las situaciones y lo siguió
ATU
Jueves 12 de Noviembre, media tarde.
El Presidente Hanley llama a Oscar y a mí a su oficina.
Nos muestra una cápsula del tiempo que fue hallado en
nuestro ya viejo edificio. Se tuvo que abrir a fuerza. El
contenido: boletines, revistas y correspondencia. También
está incluido un interesante broche. El emblema en el
centro esta agrietado e ilegible. Se limpiará y sabremos
más. Más recuerdos...
Viernes 13 de Noviembre, alrededor
de las 6:30 PM
Quienes me conocen saben que por los últimos dos años y
Fue la misión de nuestros predecesores preparar una
fundación sólida y edificarla para crear el gran sindicato
que somos hoy. Definieron esa misión en el preámbulo de
nuestra Constitución ATU:
“Para proteger y defender nuestros derechos, avanzar
nuestros intereses como trabajadores, crear una autoridad
cuyo sello constituirá un certificado de carácter, inteligencia
y habilidad, construir una organización donde todos
los miembros de nuestros gremios puedan participar en
las charlas de esos problemas prácticos cuyas soluciones
dependen nuestro bienestar y prosperidad”.
A la vez que damos homenaje a nuestro pasado y con un
compromiso firme a nuestro propósito respiramos vida en
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el alma del ladrillo y el mortero que ahora llamamos casa y
estamos orgullosos de ser ATU. v
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estar al tanto de las últimas noticias ATU
Tenemos que hacer más que
nunca para sobrevivir
Bien, las cosas empiezan a volver a la normalidad aquí en
el edificio de la nueva sede internacional en nuestro
campus del centro de capacitación aquí en Silver Spring,
MD. No nos hemos movido lejos – sólo nueve millas de
donde nos encontrábamos en la Avenida de Wisconsin,
pero hemos viajado años luz en términos de cuánto
podremos hacer para servirle a usted y al más amplio
movimiento laboral.
Cambio
No puedo más que reflexionar sobre cuánto ha cambiado
el Sindicato desde que fue fundado hace 123 años, y
cuánto ha permanecido igual.
Hoy en día, personas de color y mujeres ocupan puestos
de responsabilidad en esta oficina y a través de nuestro
Sindicato cosa que no hubiese sido considerada en 1892.
Y, sí, hay progreso aún por hacer, pero no vamos a ignorar
cuánto se ha logrado a través de la sangre, sudor y lágrimas
de quienes llegaron antes que nosotros.
En el último siglo el derecho legal de organizar sindicatos
fue reconocido por el gobierno federal, y el día de ocho
horas, semana de 40 horas se convirtió en la norma.
Cuidado de salud, vacaciones, licencia por enfermedad,
compensación de trabajadores, leyes de seguridad y
salud, pensiones y mucho más se convirtió en una parte
del trabajo cotidiano.
El grupo pequeño, pero determinado que se reunieron
en Indianápolis en 1892, pudiera estar sorprendido de
ver todo el progreso que se ha hecho, así como el tamaño
y la influencia del Sindicato Internacional que ellos
fundaron. Sin duda estarían asombrados de ver este nuevo
campus ATU.
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No se sorprenderían
Pero, lamentablemente, no se sorprenderían en absoluto
por la campaña anti sindical que está librando contra
nosotros hoy en día por empresas estadounidenses. Todas
las tácticas crueles, contra de los trabajadores y la retórica
combinada de los siglos 19 y 20 han sido desempolvados
y utilizado con gran efecto en el siglo 21.
En promedio, los trabajadores clase media hoy están
peores que hace 35 años. Los trabajadores ya no pueden
confiar en cualquiera de los beneficios ya mencionados.
Más y más empleados de clase media están cayendo en las
filas de los trabajadores pobres. Nadie puede estar seguro
que el buen trabajo que tiene hoy estará allí mañana.
No es una exageración decir que los hermanos Koch y sus
aliados políticos y corporativos están vertiendo millones
de dólares en una campaña agresiva para destruirnos.
Y, si aquellos trabajadores transitorios quienes fundaron
nuestro Sindicato pudieran hablarnos hoy nos dirían que
sería un terrible error pensar que de alguna manera somos
inmunes a sus esfuerzos.
Francamente, tenemos que hacer más de lo que hemos
hecho antes si ATU y el movimiento laboral han de
sobrevivir. Y por eso estamos aquí, en este nuevo lugar,
respondiendo, como ATU lo ha hecho siempre, a los
desafíos de nuestro tiempo.
! Felices Fiestas!
Me gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para desearles
a todos ustedes unas felices fiestas y un maravilloso año
nuevo. v
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In Memoriam
Death Benefits Awarded September 1, 2015 - October 31, 2015
1- MEMBERS AT LARGE
DONALD D BAILEY
JAMES W GOCHENAUR
WILLIAM N MC CONNAHA
EDWARD W PEEL
RALPH LEON SHANK
26- DETROIT, MI
CEDRIC SALISBURY
85- PITTSBURGH, PA
JOSEPH F FREIDHOF
EDWARD W GRAHAM
ROBERT S HALLAM
LEONARD J HANKINS
ALFRED W HENKE JR
FRED J JOHNSON
DAVID N LINKES
RONALD J LUCAS
JAMES E ROGERS
PAUL SCHMIDT
ROBERT W SMART
GEORGE M THOMAS
113- TORONTO, ON
CLIFFORD JOHN ASH
THOMAS W BRASSEUR
SANTINO CANNITO
PETER GILLAN CLEMENT
MICHAEL DAWID
GARFIELD EWERS
JAMES FERRIE
VINCENT GENTILE
ROHAN HARVEY
WILLIAM JOHN HOOL
VICTOR KILMINSTER
ROBERT LANG
PIETRO MARCHESE
ORLANDO MARIANI
PATRICK J O’HAGAN
MILTON PERSRAM
ROBERT J ROURKE
ROBERT J SINGLETON
CHARLES TOLEDANO
DONALD FRANCIS WOLFE
128- ASHEVILLE, NC
DONALD STEVEN PARRIS
241- CHICAGO, IL
DONALD L BRITT
DOUGLAS CARIDINE
WILSON HOLMES
THEODORE C MACK
WILLIAM E MCCRAY
DORETHA B MERRIWEATHER
RICHARD MORALES
CHARLES A PRESCHEL
SAUL RODRIQUEZ
ALVIN L SMITH
265- SAN JOSE, CA
HENRY JOSEPH BRAZ
ROBERT E CURRY
JAMES LARACUENTE
STEVE M MARQUEZ
JANET M STAPLETON
DOLORES F YORK
268- CLEVELAND, OH
HARRY MAGALSKI
279- OTTAWA, ON
JEAN G LEONARD
416- PEORIA, IL
BYRON P BROWN SR
FRANK E LAMBIASO
MARGARITA SALAZAR
540- TRENTON, NJ
JOHN PURCELL JR
568- ERIE, PA
ROBERT J ROACH
569- EDMONTON, AB
BRIAN A BEXSON
CHARLES M FERGUSON
STEVE ZURAWELL
583- CALGARY, AB
CLIFFORD W BEATTY
SIMON CAMUS
HARJINDER K GILL
GIANFRANCO J MUTO
GEORGE C RICHARDSON
EDWARD G SAUER
RICHARD G SUMMERS
JAMES C TRIBE
GEOFFREY WALL
587- SEATTLE, WA
JESSE L CROSS
GONZALO L DICTADO
LESTER L OSBORNE JR
EDWARD F SASHKO
JAMES F VAUGHN
WILLIAM C WATSON
588- REGINA, SK
GARY G SNIDER
589- BOSTON, MA
JAMES CAMERARIO
KEVIN J DARGAN
WILLIAM EDWARD FOLEY
STEVEN R MILLER
ARTHUR R O’BRIEN
627- CINCINNATI, OH
JAMES A EVES
KENNETH GARY
628- COVINGTON, KY
ERVIN L BRUIN
RICHARD P PIPER
DWIGHT C ROBERTS
639- LEXINGTON, KY
DANA SALYERS
689- WASHINGTON, DC
WILLIE J CARTER
BRUCE F CUMMING
WALTER B FOSTER
ERIC C LAW
LEROY E LUCIUS
WARREN D SHERIDAN
CHARLES E SHIPP
LIONEL WALTERS
WILLIAM E WARREN
THOMAS N WENGER
KENNETH E WORSHAM
694- SAN ANTONIO, TX
ELROY WILLIAMS
732- ATLANTA, GA
LISA R BIRDSONG
JERRY P HALEY
WILLIE D MURPHY
WILLIE J PATRICK
ROBERT E WARD
ALICE M MILEO
VICTOR NIGRO
JOSEPH A PAGANO
SABINO RICCIO
DOROTHY VIOLA
ROBERT B WEBER
GILMA ZAMBRANO
1235- NASHVILLE, TN
PHILLIP D FOSTER
1241- LANCASTER, PA
LOANNE REESE
1277- LOS ANGELES, CA
MANUEL BANUELOS-CARDOZA
ELARIO M BANUELOS
DAVID W GOMEZ
GUISEPPE MILITO
GERALD G SCHROEDER
741- LONDON, ON
JACK M ATKINSON
VERNON CARD
757- PORTLAND, OR
WILLIAM DESIMONE
JACK K HASBROOK
TERRI A HORR
1300- BALTIMORE, MD
JOSEPH DAVIS
GENE K MINK
1321- ALBANY & TROY, NY
LIONEL FERGUSON
758- TACOMA, WA
ALONZO N MC PIKE
WILLARD D NELSON
ROBERT H SMITH
1338- DALLAS, TX
WILLIAM KAHAN
TEDFORD L MORRIS
BILLY E TIDLINE
CLARENCE WALKER JR
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