Do not let them make you a Solwolski Blue Tab illegally. Due to a scam the Council pulled during the last election members were denied the right to vote. RUMORS ,and I do mean RUMORS, are spreading that Mr. Weir will attempt to make up for his lack of voting support by illegally denying members the right to vote. The RUMOR mill has said that it will be the position of the present administration that a member must be a member in good standing for 12 months before the election to be eligible to vote. This is the same scam they pulled on me last election. When I challenged it one of the great minds on the election committee said. ” They wrote the Constitution so they should know if you can vote or not.” After they denied me the right to vote they decided it was because I had payed my dues one day late passed 6 months( I was living out of the country at the time and had sent someone in to pay for me) so I was not eligible to vote. Funny how it was one day.

First may I say that it seems the only one qualified to make official interpretations of the Constitution is Brian Quinn paid legal Beagle for the International. The International VPs such as Frank Spencer it appears have limited knowledge on the Constitution and defer all questions to Mr. Quinn who in turn refuses to respond. You would think to qualify for a District VP job or supervisor of a Trusteeship the District VPs would be required to have a working knowledge of the Constitution. Mr. Spencer and his side kick Mr Capelli and Mr. Quinn have failed to respond to our fellow UBC Brothers at Local 157 on Constitutional matters. How Mr. Quinn who is a hired lawyer became the designated Constitutional expert is beyond me. For those of you that do not know Mr Quinn he was one of the Legal Beagles who persecuted our fellow UBC Union Brothers in the BC Carpenters in Canada. These Carpenters fought for their Democratic rights within the UBC and won their Freedom from the man who “would be king” Dougy McCarron. They will for ever be known as the Carpenters who “Turned out the Lights at the UBC” One has to wonder how Mr. Quinn is recovering form the legal bomb he laid on behalf of the UBC in that legal battle. Mr Quinn although employed by the UBC members has refused to respond to the membership of the UBC. Lets not hold our hand on our ass waiting for the International to defend our right to vote.

We will have to fend for ourselves. Section 42 J CLEARLY outlines the eligibility requirements for voting.” No member of a Union shall be eligible to vote for Officer or Delegates unless such member has been at least 12 Consecutive months a member of the Local Union and is in good standing in the Local Union AT THE TIME OF VOTING” Odd. It does not say anything about in good standing for 12 months prior to the election. We must also be aware that the Observers share the same requirements.. So if you as a member are refused the right to vote based on some BS tell them to stick their Membership Processing System and go pull the lever. You will find that Mr. Weir does nomentor ex maerientand have the voter support so he may try to prevent those that would vote against him from voting.

Update:I have received a letter form the International confirming that members do NOT have to in good standing for 12 months prior to the election. They have to be in good standing at the time of the election

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