Retaliating against freedom of speech

This is a letter to ATU International President Hanley and 757 President Hunt from Chris Day

 President Hunt,
                I am writing you to address your retaliation and attempted interference in my use of “freedom of speech” to communicate with other members. Your attempts to control members as you see fit and to instruct all members that the information you provide is to stay within the walls that you designate is limiting this membership to a select few. Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 Title 1 allows us to not only meet and talk freely with in the walls you designate but to freely meet outside of the union without fear of retaliation. Your retaliation has taken many forms from letters of cease and desists to the removal of meeting minutes documents (not only to me but the entire membership) to encouraging a member to move forward with charges towards me.


                In your desire to control my freedom of speech I have received two letters from ATU757 (one a cease and desist letter and the other a request letter). In the charter meeting September 18^th, 2011 you advised the membership that they will no longer be receiving the meeting minutes in document form and that they will only receive it verbally. When asked why you did not identify me yet you described the sites security protocol of my site as to the reason for this change. You continued to state that you will do this until you are assured that the information is kept private. When a member quoted 21.7 of our international constitution you stated “if someone wants to bring someone up on charges to move it forward”. During the August 14^th, 2011 charter meeting you stated as fact that I filed four preferring of charges and retracted two of them. I in fact did not retract any filings. Two filings had been presented to the membership and voted on, one was ignored and the other was a revision to adjust for a member that I was not able to get the contact information to you.

                The information that is provided in the meeting minutes does not contain sensitive information about bargaining or strike strategies and as Evette has clearly stated the only true financial statements are the LM2’s. There are also laws that prevent employers from going beyond the warnings I provided so the information I have made available for members was and is to only help keep more members involved in union activities. There is no transparency within our union and it appears that is how our union officers want it.

What do they have to hide?
Whose Union is it?
We’re good enough to pay their salaries, but not good enough for transparency?