ATU Local 1001 President Ready to Build on Organizing Victories

I suspect that Mr. Carter and I disagree on many political issues and I am 100% behind him in his right to support any position he agrees with. I am not in agreement with using union funds to support those positions.

According to campaign finance records filed with the Colorado Secretary of State, the largest donors to PCF are:

• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1001, $20,000
• AFL-CIO in Washington gave $47,000.
• National Education Association, $177,000.^[3]
• Oregon State Council of Service Employees
• Service Employees International Union, $78,000.^[4]
• Pat Stryker, $25,000.^[5]

PCF is the non-profit organization Protect Colorado's Future opposed to Amendments 47, 49 & 54 on the Colorado 2008 ballot. I would guess that the $20,000 contribution was legal but I didn't want my dues given to PCF because I disagree with PCF in principle. My own fault I suppose, I could have taken the time to learn I could have been an Agency Fee Payer  instead of a full union member. Just a question, isn't the union supposed to tell me I have that right?

I really, really need the ATU Local 1001 2008 LM-2! I'm just starting to research the laws regarding union contributions to political organizations and I'd like to know what other contributions the local made in 2008.

I also found this interesting:

The Just Cause Initiative, or Initiative 76, was certified for the November 2008 ballot as Amendment 55, but the sponsors struck a deal to withdraw the measure on Oct. 2, 2008, in exchange for business leaders joining forces with them to oppose Amendment 47 (the Right to Work Amendment) and two other measures they label as anti-union (Amendment 49 and Amendment 54).

Let me get this straight. The Just Cause Initiative/Initiative 76/Amendment 55 that would have required "just cause" before a Colorado employer could fire an employee is less important than 47, 49 & 54. NOT TO ME and likely not to a whole bunch of others who are going to get fired in Colorado. 

SHAME ON PCF, AFL-CIO, NEA, Pat Stryker, ATU LOCAL 1001, etc.!  Way to look out for the worker.

Must be democracy in action to protect the union's right to collect dues over a worker's right to keep a job!