Name That Lucky Local!
July 12, 2007: General President Hoffa is the sugar daddy to many, but when it comes to multiple salaries Local 63 officials have a special place in Hoffa’s heart.
Led by International Vice President Randy Cammack, no less than ten Los Angeles Local 63 officials get a second union salary from the International Union.
Together, these ten took home more than $1.4 million from Local 63 and the International Union in 2006.
Multiple Salaries
Hoffa pays multiple salaries to nearly 200 officials who already make other full-time salaries. This money could be used for organizing or contract campaigns.
Instead, Hoffa uses our dues money to buy something even more important to him: political loyalty. Officials making multiple salaries are a “Who’s Who” of Hoffa campaign donors.
If an official doesn’t kiss enough Hoffa butt, they are off the gravy train. After the 2006 election, Hoffa removed Larry Brennan, Dennis Hands, Jim Ayers, Carlos Ramos, Dan Virtue, Jerry Halberg and others for failing to toe the line.
Hoffa’s attorney said that Virtue was fired because he wanted to win NMFA standards at UPS Freight and DHL. To Hoffa, standing up for our national contracts is a reason to be fired.
Perhaps some of them figured they work for the members, and not for Hoffa. No worries for the Local 63 all-stars on that front.
We’ll report all the facts and figures—and what this spending means for our union—in the August $150,000 Club issue of Convoy Dispatch.
Can any one win that would run against Hoffa?
Who would step up to keep that person from getting set up or thrown out for some trumpped up charge?
If someone else won the election, what type of fire bomb would Hoffa be able to give us as the lame duck waiting to leave office?
I would like to see a rule made so the change of gaurd would be forced the same day of the election. I would also like to see our bylaw language change to allow contract negotiators to write in a change of gaurd clauss into future contracts with companies. The sad day has come that members need saftey clauses to keep top union officials from burning the barn down in the event they get defeated.
Catch Ya Later Friend,
Chip Anderson