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TWU BYLAWS CLEAR

TWU Bylaws Clear

To the Editor:

Ari Paul (Aug. 3 story, "Toussaint Opposes Private Lines Vote") makes a small error of omission in regards to any executive board appointment of a vice president to Transport Workers Union Local 100. Its bylaws state that "the Executive Board shall be the supreme governing body in the Union, except only that any action, decision or rule of the Executive Board may be reversed or amended by the vote of the majority of the members of the Local Union voting either at a general membership meeting of the Local Union or through their respective Section or Division meetings."

Suffice it to say, there will never be a general membership meeting allowed by this current administration.

The TWU Local 100 bylaws also state that "thirty per cent (30%) or more of the members of any Section or Division sign and file with the Recording Secretary of the Local a petition requesting the recall of any or all of the officers of such Section or Division" should any want a recall. That "for any officer to be recalled, his recall must be voted by more than fifty per cent (50%) of the members in his Division or Section. Should any officer of a Section or Division be recalled, the vacancy shall be filled at a date and place set by the Executive Board."

It comes back to the Toussaint-controlled executive board. There are some who believe that the executive board of TWU Local 100 is controlled by a dictator. If only the board can muster courage to prove otherwise. Without that, the coup de grâce of this local will be at the hand of ignorance wielded from within.

DANIEL PAGAN, Track Worker