Please help Machinists receive a fair voting process! After machinists started their winter vacation. Their international union announced they would be required to vote on a proposal the day after returning from vacation. This action kept our membership from communicating with each other and the union. many members returned to discover they had missed the chance to vote! Changes in the process created confusion and resulting long lines and many people did not have the time to wait 2-3 hours in line to vote! This is not how a fair and democratic election is handled! Please show us your support! Support a fair democratic process where every member has the opportunity to cast a vote!
Why is this important?
To announce a contract vote on the Saturday after the majority of your work force has already left for Winter vacation and many are not expected to be back until Jan 6 in unethical and shows a lack of integrity and respect for the collective bargaining process. This vote was held in bad faith with the intent of receiving a specific and the desired result by the company and the international union leadership. Not Allowing the vote to occur the week following the holiday as requested by the district local shows that both the company and the union did not want to allow members the ability to communicate with each other and their local prior to voting thus interfering with our ability to organize. For our international to put us in such a position is a misrepresentation of our membership and an act of bad faith!
