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Shop Virtual Union Hall?

EB: According to Section 15 of the
Local 308 bylaws, my duties as
Executive Board Member are:

Talk
The Official Local 308
1. Resolve disputes between workers
and management.
2. Report to you all union matters.
3. Help you enforce the Contract.

But it will be damn near

Newsletter for impossible to do this for all
fellow Shop workers if I cannot
Servicers, Repairers communicate with you efficiently.
& Motor Blowers Help me to help you. Even if you
do not like me, we need to be in
Editor: Brother Eric “The Boogeyman” touch somehow. I need your input
Basir, Shop Executive Board Member Elect before I make any moves that affect
your wages and working conditions.
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EB: There are mismanagers who are
helping saving money for the CTA to
the harm of Repairer safety and
Switchman jobs. Please do not “cut
out” trains in the yard anymore.
Yes, some of us have “good
relationships” we want to maintain
with the bosses. Please ask
yourself: Is it worth risking my
life reaching over third rail?
Safety last?
Read more about this bad practice
and learn how to avoid it here:
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Repairers Wages Too Low

Contract EB-In the 11/19
virtual Shop Worker
into our department.
Their pay happens to be
Facts meeting—and in person—
Repairers have been
the lowest of all ATU
bargained for
mulling over how we can Instructors.
get our wage up to There are various
We Must where it belongs. numbers thrown around.
Have 2 Yard It seems that the
most popular—and least
I think we need to make
this a priority and
Inspectors! disruptive to other
crafts—way is through
sort through all the
proposals.
the Excel “incentive” If you haven’t
EB-See Attachment C, pay structure. registered for the
Page C-3 With it are other Virtual Union Hall yet,
interesting ideas such do it now:
“Yard Inspector: as bringing Instructors www.bit.ly/3u213UD
(Int)
Yard Inspector:
(Ext).” Stewards
Let’s Build
The abbreviations Needed Now!
(Int.) and (Ext.) a Contract
EB-According to
stand for Interior
[of the train] and Section 23 of the Campaign!
Exterior [of the Local 308 bylaws, I EB-In our next
train]. The can recommend virtual meeting, I
Bulletins for both stewards to be would like to go
are very specific in approved by the
the duties. For CTA
over the Excel
membership as soon as
mismanagement to program, Servicers,
I am sworn in.
expect one person to Motor Blowers and
A steward is just
do all of the tasks other Contract
an extension of the
is unsafe! issues we have
union president when already met about
I have detractors to it comes to enforcing at the union office.
say I give out the Contract and Let’s review them
“wrong information.” representing the and figure out how
So type this case- members. we will back our
sensitive link to Make sure you check demands.
access searchable off “I want to be an
Collective
We will need to
ATU delegate, union
Bargaining Agreement fight if we want
steward and/or
(“Contract”): anything real.
volunteer” when you
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register: www.bit.ly/3u213UD
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