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***SPECIAL BULLETIN***
DEFEATED!!!!!!
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN 30 YEARS,
CWA LOCAL 1040 MEMBERS HAD
A CHOICE, BUT REFUSED TO VOTE!
7,800 BALLOTS WENT OUT, 1,656 ACCEPTABLE BALLOTS WERE RETURNED, PLUS 35 "SPOILED" BALLOTS, FOR A TOTAL
OF 1,691 (OR LESS THAN 22%).
AFTER AN 18 1/2 HOUR PROCESS, THE LOCAL 1040 ELECTION COMMITTEE CERTIFIED THE
ELECTION RESULTS, HANDING THE VICTORY TO CAROLYN WADE BY A NEARLY 2:1 MARGIN.
WHILE THE ELECTION WAS LOADED WITH
GROSS INEQUALITIES AND FOUL PLAY, TOM HAS DECIDED THAT THE MARGIN BY WHICH HE LOST AND THE SHEER VOLUME OF NON-VOTERS SHOWS
THE INTENT OF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS TO ALLOW MORE OF THE SAME AS THEIR CHOICE.
THE PROCESS WAS DEMOCRATIC
AND ALTHOUGH IT IS DISAPPOINTING, TOM WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF HIS SUPPORTERS WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE UNION AND
CONTINUE ON THE MORAL AND ETHICAL HIGH ROAD TO THAT END.
TOM IS PROUD OF THE HUGE STRIDES WE HAVE MADE... TO EVEN
HAVE AN ELECTION WAS HISTORIC AND CERTAINLY SHOWS THAT TIMES ARE CHANGING... ALTHOUGH TOO SLOWLY FOR SOME.
WHILE
THIS ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, NEW PROCEDURES WILL UNDOUBTEDLY COME ABOUT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN THIS
FIRST EVER ELECTION.
TOM WISHES TO THANK ALL VOTERS WHO BOTHERED TO PARTICIPATE...REGARDLESS OF WHICH CANDIDATE
YOU VOTED FOR. PARTICIPATING IS THE KEY TO STRENGTHENING THE UNION.
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