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Well I wish that were true. The fact is that Toussaint did not gain more ground within Local 100 and in fact probably lost ground in the ATD.Hopeful said:
The crony and nepostic systems are still intact.
The system that help create Hall is in place for O'Brien.
Jack Sullivan and most of the 501 board were railroaded out of office with the help of the TWU International.
The lawsuit is pending, word is that the defendants have already offered an out of court settlement.
Bobby Gless tried ordering me to find out if Local 100 was funding the lawsuit at our last E-board meeting where he was President.
I nominated Jack Sullivan for office against the Hall slate and lobbied hard with the seperate line Locals to support the Toussaint ticket.
The Line Locals agreed to support Sullivan on the condition that we support Hall.
So both the 501 and 562 locals will probably be in the "Hall/O'Brien camp, depending on who goes to the Convention.
Looking at what has happened to Local 501 and myself how many other ATD members do you think will wipe out any chance of an International appointment and possibly end up getting thrown out of office?
You have to remember that even though the members have no way of knowing how their members vote, the International keeps a close watch on who is voting how. When we stood up and voted for Sullivan you should have seen the looks from Hall, Kerrigan et al.
The International has full access to all the Locals issues, even things that the members do not. The transparency is like a one way mirror, the International can see all but the members cant see anything.
So, while I would like to think that Toussaint would be able to take over and fix the TWU I dont think its likely unless we go to AMFA and our fellow TWU members at this company go to the AGW. The 30% reduction in the TWU and 50% reduction to the ATD would force a major reorganization along with a backlash against those in office. The SWA flight attendants would be the largest local within the ATD and more than likely they would no longer be willing to accept direction from a bunch of ex-AA officers whose own coworkers decertified the TWU due to their incompetance. The SWA flight attendants, although they are not that outspoken, have problems with the lack of Democracy and accountability within the TWU. You could see how shocked they were when their proposals for democratic reform at the last Convention were stomped on by Hall and his allies.
