Greetings Members and Retirees! It has been very good to see many of you in the R&E Unit over the past few days as Chairman Rodney Clemons and I have visited many areas to distribute our letter to you in regards to the current modifications of the National Agreement. We appreciate the support and feed back this membership has provided.
As promised, explanation meetings have been scheduled and will Occur on Tuesday October 27. The first one will be at Local 245 at 8 am followed by a meeting at 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm both of which will be at the Fuel Cell Center on Trackside. The Vote itself will occur on Thursday October 29, 2009 beginning at 5am and polls will close at 5pm.
As we have discussed Rodney and I are not in favor of this agreement due to the three reasons we pointed out in our letter but also due to numerous local issues that we need to have resolved. With that though, we feel very strongly and are encouraging our membership, to try to attend the explanation meetings and ask questions of the National Team. It is especially important that every member exercises their right to vote as you see fit. If there are further questions feel free to call Rodney or I at any time. Thank you for your continued support!