I'm saying that they were required to, whether other candidates did so or not. All candidates have the right to request to have the union do the mailings with the candidates paying for them. I requested and exercised this right, and the Atkinson refused through email. Further, there were some candidates who chose to violate the law themselves, including one from CLT. He used the normal and customary grievance committee email address to send out a blast email briefing to the entire membership in charlotte 'hammering' the opposition. The use of union email list is prohibited under law as using union resources or list obtained through union resources. I then asked Atkinson to the same access for him to send my email to the same members. He refused through confirmed email. Anytime a incumbent uses a email list or addresses for political gain, opposing candidates must be given the same access to insure a fair election.
Those were just two of several dozen violations.