Shop Talk Newsletter Issue No.

Abolish The Second

Shop Chance Program

EB: The CTA mismanagement violates
the Contract daily and abuses the
“Apprentices.” It is time to change

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the program to be a guaranteed 6-
month path to Full-Time Permanent
Servicer or trash it completely.
It is my opinion that they are
using this failed program and the
Car Repairer B classification in
The Official Local 308 Excel to eventually merge
Newsletter for Repairers, Motor Blowers and
Servicers into one craft.
Servicers, Repairers The bastards already tried to
& Motor Blowers assign Repairers to do Motor Blower
work in early 2023 (and possibly
Editor: Brother Eric “The Boogeyman” other times).
Basir, Shop Executive Board Member Elect Read more about how to take action
to save our jobs and lives from
being destroyed by this cruel
Give Us Training slave-making program:

and Proper Tools! Chng.it/9rqGBRPVpn

EB: If we need to re-certify on
how to walk around 600 VDC third How To Call Off
rail every two years, why in God’s
Good Name, don’t we re-certify in and Survive
our Excel qualifications at least
EB: As you know the lamebrain
every two years?
CTA mismanagement likes to
For example, it is dangerous as
punish us when we get sick or
hell to put a worker on Truck Shop
injured. I wrote two articles to
work when they haven’t done it on
help you call off with the least
specific series trains for 6 or more
amount of stress and punishment:
months. We need Excel refresher
training at least every 12 months. Sick?: bit.ly/3RYoFXv
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Shop Talk Newsletter

2023 October Pick (Survey)

Contract EB-As usual, the Shop
Pick was jacked up. The
This Pick is evidence
that they will have
Facts CTA mismanagement has
stuffed it full of
their way if we do not
fight back.
Servicer Pool jobs and Simply put, the CTA
forced qualified must hire more workers,
Sanitary Repairers to pick pay better and expand
Working Leader and Technician
jobs.
training. But it ain’t
going to happen if we
Conditions CTA mismanagement has
no respect for us. They
don’t demand it.
Please take a moment
want to assign us where to complete this survey
Article 13.22 they want at will. about the 2023 October
Proof is how they had Pick:
“Comfortable and Repairers doing motor bit.ly/3FB8VST
sanitary working blower work last year.
conditions are to
be maintained by
the Authority.” Local 308
UAW
Elections
Sanitary: adj. Strikes,
relating to the Rec’d
conditions that Wins Big
affect hygiene and Candidates
health, especially EB-So here we are
the supply of EB-Myself and in the wake of a
sewage facilities others are running huge strike wave.
and clean drinking unopposed. That isn’t What is Local 308
water so great, but I will doing? Partying,
deal with that later. golfing and running
Type this case- Attendance an election.
sensitive link to requirements get in When are you
access searchable the way of running going to stop
Collective for office and is bad thinking that “we
for democracy. can’t” and start
Bargaining
Anyway, I made a thinking that “we
Agreement
list of must”?
(“Contract”): recommendations who I The CTA
bit.ly/3tVVw1a think would make the mismanagement loves
best officer it when we don’t
candidates: even try to protest
bit.ly/46QwtPA off the clock. Wake
up and rise up!

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