The most maligned member of Local 370. This member has been working for the 370 Rank and File for years and nobody is listening. Mr Hicks and Weir have portrayed Brother Newell as an agitator and malcontent who offers no solutions. The fact is Brother Newell has invested many hours and personal finances to pursue the solutions that the Empire Council and Weir are afraid of.He has worked with the NLRB,DOL,ERISA and any other agency he could interest to help restore our Local. They have worked very hard to slander his character because if the members had listened they would have found out that Brother Newell was, and is, telling the truth and the back door Unionism he has tried to inform the membership of is the TRUTH. Brother Newell has offered documentation to support his assertions and the Rank and File was not interested. I have watched other 370 members ridicule and harass Brother Newell at meetings while President Weir not only did nothing to stop it as is his duty but laughed while they did it. The members in this abuse involved are a black mark in our local who do not have a clue as to the condition of our Local and do not want to know. Their ignorance is so evident that it makes one feel sad for them but they never let that stop them from heckling those who do not share in their stupidity.

John Newell is the truest working Union man in our Local. He will not be bought by offers of Double Pensions and trips to Marco Island or the Montauk Yacht Club. He will not allow the members of Local to be crushed under the dictatorship of the Empire Council. He will not sign your rights away as the Present administration as so readily done. It is amusing to see John Newell ridiculed for taking the same positions that Kevin Hicks and William Weir stuck to when they first got into office. They to saw the the Empire Council as robber Barons they were and they to refused to vote for the destruction of Local 370. They said no.That did not last long. It is appalling to see John Newell labeled by the voices of ignorance because they have an agenda and are the most vocal.
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