Since their website went online, the "United Slate" has had a blurb on their site called "News the Incumbents Don't Want You to Know". The first "news" they reported was " Savannah First Student Members Call for Decertification Vote" which has a link to this transcript that was broadcast on WTOC Savannah.
The only problem with this "news" is that there is no decert vote...AND the "members" who were featured in the story were seven management suck-ups sent to disrupt a union meeting. The SEVENTY members inside continued to conduct a business meeting while the scabs talked to the media called to come there by First Student management.It should be no suprise that Three of the seven scabs are now in management.
The newscast that night was a management inspired stunt and it didn't work.After they had organized, First Student members fought for and won a first Teamster contract that contained solid wage increases and a number of improvements.The majority of First Student members know that. First Student members continue to improve their lives with a Teamster contract and are now getting ready to negotiate a renewal agreement.
Of course the real problem is why would someone running for union office publish this story? You would think they would at least call the Local out of concern if they heard that a decert vote was going on at a Local 728 shop. At the very least one would hope that someone from the "United Slate" would at least talk to some First Student members to hear more about what happened. No such luck.
Instead the "United Slate" has spread disunity by using management misinformation to score political points. Bravo guys.
