CANDIDACY ANNOUNCEMENT
You may have noticed that there has not been the usual amount of activity on the blog. I appologize to those of you who depend on this blog for certain information. However I must take a hiatus from my usual activities in order to concentrate on my campaign for Western District VP of the UBC (United Brotherhood of Carpenters).
I will be posting campaign events and position papers over the coming months. The election for this position and the other General Officer positions will take place at the General Convention to be held in Las Vegas starting on the 22nd of August 2005.
I will try and keep abreast of other current events and post the most urgent items. However,
this campaign will occupy the majority of my time.
With the organized labor in a state of flux, this could be a very influential and vital election in regards to the future of the labor movement. Please pass this information on to everyone you know who is concerned about the current situation of the working class in this country and across the world. We are not independent of the global economy and what we do here can effect the world.
Thank you for your support of this blog and of your support of my Candidacy.
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Brothers and Sisters,
I am writing to inform all of you that I will be kicking off my campaign for Western District Vice President at the May 21st Delegates meeting.
From my campaign for EST you know that I stand for open communication, accountability and the basic democratic principles upon which this Union was founded. I am a firm believer in the original vision of P.J. McGuire and feel that we have strayed far to the right of his intent and purpose. McGuire believed that everyone should belong to a Union and that the members would be able to share in the wealth that they were producing. He also believed that Union membership brought autonomy over oneself and pride in what one did .These factors would lead to more time available for participation with family and community. The rank and file members have been disenfranchised and have lost all hope of having any control over their lives. In order to re-involve the membership we must return the vote to the individual, we must return some autonomy to the locals, and we must get involved with our local communities and remind them that the carpenters are here to stay.
The current leadership of the UBC is not representing the true concerns of the membership but instead is doing whatever it can to mold us into a corporate commodity to be sold to the lowest bidder. They have done their best to fashion the “re-organized” UBC along the lines of corporate America. We are a multi-billion dollar industry which can and should wield incredible industry and political clout for the benefit of the rank and file member. We are not a Union for the benefit of the contractors.
The leadership is very short sighted and needs to broaden its scope and vision. The world we live in is getting smaller all the time and the resources we have are becoming more limited. The UBC needs to look at the ways that we as an organization can promote sustainability not only for ourselves and our industry but society as a whole. We are but a small piece of the overall scheme of things, and need to work in unison for the betterment of our craft. New environmental regulations and alternative energy sources are creating growth industries that could yield millions of hours of carpenter work. We need to look ahead with that kind of vision.
I am in the process of developing my campaign and am in need of financial support in order to run it effectively. If you agree with me that we need a change of vision at the leadership level of our Union then please support my candidacy. Thank you.
In Brotherhood & Solidarity
T. Scott Brineman
8311 Aspen Pl S.E.
Yelm, WA, 98597
360-556-6224-...........….Days
electbrinemanvp@hotmail.com
www.ranknfile.net/electbrinemanvp
I will be posting campaign events and position papers over the coming months. The election for this position and the other General Officer positions will take place at the General Convention to be held in Las Vegas starting on the 22nd of August 2005.
I will try and keep abreast of other current events and post the most urgent items. However,
this campaign will occupy the majority of my time.
With the organized labor in a state of flux, this could be a very influential and vital election in regards to the future of the labor movement. Please pass this information on to everyone you know who is concerned about the current situation of the working class in this country and across the world. We are not independent of the global economy and what we do here can effect the world.
Thank you for your support of this blog and of your support of my Candidacy.
___________________________________________________________________
Brothers and Sisters,
I am writing to inform all of you that I will be kicking off my campaign for Western District Vice President at the May 21st Delegates meeting.
From my campaign for EST you know that I stand for open communication, accountability and the basic democratic principles upon which this Union was founded. I am a firm believer in the original vision of P.J. McGuire and feel that we have strayed far to the right of his intent and purpose. McGuire believed that everyone should belong to a Union and that the members would be able to share in the wealth that they were producing. He also believed that Union membership brought autonomy over oneself and pride in what one did .These factors would lead to more time available for participation with family and community. The rank and file members have been disenfranchised and have lost all hope of having any control over their lives. In order to re-involve the membership we must return the vote to the individual, we must return some autonomy to the locals, and we must get involved with our local communities and remind them that the carpenters are here to stay.
The current leadership of the UBC is not representing the true concerns of the membership but instead is doing whatever it can to mold us into a corporate commodity to be sold to the lowest bidder. They have done their best to fashion the “re-organized” UBC along the lines of corporate America. We are a multi-billion dollar industry which can and should wield incredible industry and political clout for the benefit of the rank and file member. We are not a Union for the benefit of the contractors.
The leadership is very short sighted and needs to broaden its scope and vision. The world we live in is getting smaller all the time and the resources we have are becoming more limited. The UBC needs to look at the ways that we as an organization can promote sustainability not only for ourselves and our industry but society as a whole. We are but a small piece of the overall scheme of things, and need to work in unison for the betterment of our craft. New environmental regulations and alternative energy sources are creating growth industries that could yield millions of hours of carpenter work. We need to look ahead with that kind of vision.
I am in the process of developing my campaign and am in need of financial support in order to run it effectively. If you agree with me that we need a change of vision at the leadership level of our Union then please support my candidacy. Thank you.
In Brotherhood & Solidarity
T. Scott Brineman
8311 Aspen Pl S.E.
Yelm, WA, 98597
360-556-6224-...........….Days
electbrinemanvp@hotmail.com
www.ranknfile.net/electbrinemanvp
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