Open letter to “Questions@Vote-No-WTPU.net”...

Pertinent questions not found on the decerter’s “FAQ” webpage...

Question 1: I signed the decertification petition a while back but I’ve recently discovered that at least one of the Decert Focals has been distorting (if not completely misrepresenting) the facts about SPEEA representation. I’ve changed my mind and I now don’t support your effort to decertify SPEEA. How do I get you to take my signature off of your petition?


Question 2: You claim that the unrepresented employees’ benefits are the same as those SPEEA employees have enjoyed. Why are you ignoring the fact is that unrepresented Paycode 2 and 6 employees were denied a “merit” raise in the Spring of 2005, while SPEEA employees received theirs? Doesn’t that action show that, even if the benefits are now “the same,” it’s only at this exact instant in time and, without the guarantees of a contract, our Execs can unilaterally change non-rep wages and benefits tomorrow like they did yesterday?


Question 3: You say our “signatures” are held in strict confidence, but you say nothing about our “names.” The fact that you’re not photocopying my signature is a comfort, but are you providing our names to my coworkers you have out working trying to get more signatures? Are you sharing our names with your National Right To Work Foundation consultants? How about giving them to some outsider from Rose Hill?
     And, when you fall short of the required number of signatures to file, are you going to remember to shred the signed petitions before tossing them in your trash for neighborhood pickup next week?


Question 4: You continue to claim that your “best data” shows that there’s only 275 dues-paying employees in the Spirit WTPU bargaining unit. The best published data I can find, however, would indicate there are at least 575 WTPU duespayers, over twice what you claim. What do you think you know about SPEEA’s membership numbers that I don’t?


-- Bill, who’ll accept any answers y’all might have at the “comments” link, immediately below...

PS: To remove your signatures from the decert petition, send an e-mail to no.wtpu@yahoo.com “Questions@Vote-No-WTPU.net” requesting that they strike your signature from their petition and that they provide you photocopy proof of doing so. CC SPEEA’s new Executive Director at “RayG@speea.org” so the union has a record of your requests; should the decerters refuse to remove your signatures, the union can pursue recourse for fraud.