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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO NEW BUSINESS AGENT TRYOUT

We just received this video of one potential Business Agent recently interviewed by John Phillipenas for UPS. 

GONZALES TO MEMBERS "WE"RE SENDING BLITSCH TO JAIL"

We hear Johnny Gonzales informed members last weekend that a just completed "forensic audit" of the union laptop of former President Tommy  Blitsch will result in criminal charges against Blitsch and other members of the Restore the Pride Slate.  

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF PET DOG OF PHILLIPENAS

Just released video of the pet dog of John Phillipenas enjoying dinner just like his owner. ENJOY!

EMPOWERMENT SLATE RIDING TO RETIREMENT IN THE SHORT BUS

Local 631 members approved purchasing a short bus for the Empowerment Slate at the April membership meeting. Said one member "[W]e've watched Phillipenas behave like the village idiot for twenty eight months so he may as well driven to the hall like the village idiot." No word on whether Phillipenas will request membership approval for funds to modify his office as a federally compliant DROOL ROOM. Currently Phillipenas is forced to use a drool bucket at his desk.        

AT THE BALLOT BOX

What come to mind when you hear the name of John Phillipenas? Feckless, vapid, vainglorious, fool, tyrant, dictator, coward, miscreant, bully, wimp, moron, impotent, rat, clueless, and weak. Everyone knows he and his boot licking cronies must be removed from office before they destroy the livelihood of any more of the hard working men and women that proudly comprise Local 631 or the reputations of those brave souls that dare question his leadership. If the IBT and Joint Council 42 won't act immediately to protect the membership from Phillipenas we must removed him from office at the ballot box this December.

PHILLIPENAS TO MEMBERS: FRACK YOU !

Big Bad John Phillipenas has resorted to attempting to disinfranchise hundreds of members who cast valid ballots in the recently completed Delegates Election. Phillipenas is requesting that approximately 200 ballots that were inadvertently not collected on the morning of the March 28th ballot count be thrown own not because the members were ineligible to vote, but because if these ballots are not counted Phillipenas would be a Delegate to the IBT Convention. The ballots at issue were discovered at the Post Office several hours into the ballot count but well before any final tally was certified. Phillipenas finished in 8th place in the election.Come this fall I guess we can expect Phillipenas to count his ballot first and declare he's the winner. That's the ticket John.

SECURITY FUND TAKES $17 MILLION DOLLAR LOSS

Participants in the Security Fund already reeling from massive benefit cuts imposed by John Phillipenas learned from a federally mandated notice that assets decreased by over $17,000,000 in 2010.  We hear that Phillipenas clashed repeatedly with Kevin Hardison about funding and benefits from early 2009. 

CONVENTION CONTRACT SELL OUT?

Word on the floor is that  Kevin Klove admitted that secret meetings have already been held with at least one Company and legal counsel for GES and Freeman to determine the terms and conditions of a new labor contract. We can understand that Phillipenas, Weimer and Klove don't want to risk bargaining across the table with their own re-election at stake this fall. Watch this one closely because we suspect another sweetheart deal in the works.

HEY JOE WHERE YOU GOING WITH THAT PROTECTIVE ORDER IN YOUR HAND?

File this report under life is stranger than fiction.  Dirty Joe Rivas caught in the latest scandal to plague John Phillipenas over allegations that Rivas was misusing his union truck apparently went to Court and filed for a Protective Order against Local 631 President Kevin Hardison. Apparently Rivas sprinted over to Court within hours of Hardison delivering a letter to Phillipenas demanding an investigation into Rivas misusing his union truck. Rivas admits in his papers that his wife was driving his union truck in front of the home of Hardison. Apparently Hardison was driving home with his wife only to to find the truck parked in front of his house. No word on why Rivas had his wife drive his union truck to the home of Hardison but Rivas asked for the Protective Order because Hardison took a picture of the truck and followed the truck out of his housing development. Word of the Protective Order spread quickly at Republic Services where Dirty Joe is now being referred to as "BITCH ASS JOE". Did anyone actually believe the day would come when a Teamsters Business Agent sought a protective order against a  brother member? Organized labor is being pushed around in Wisconsin and Ohio because people like Rivas and Phillipenas behave like little babies  and not Teamsters.

FURTHER SPLIT IN THE EMPOWERMENT SLATE?

We hear from  reliable sources who attended the  Delegate Election  ballot count last week that Business Agent Kermit Williams vocally expressed  his dissatisfaction  with  Secretary-Treasurer John Phillipenas. Williams reportedly exclaimed " Fu*k John Phillipenas" several times  in front of surprised witnesses. Williams who was elected in 2008 on the coattails of Kevin Hardison seems to be growing vocally and visibly disillusioned with the lack of direction at  Local 631 and the lack of leadership by Phillipenas. Meanwhile Phillipenas  reportedly held a mandatory meeting of Business Agents last Saturday to point fingers  in the wake of his embarrassing 8th place finish in the Delegate Election

WILL DELEGATE ELECTION STAND?

We hear that the Election Supervisor is reviewing an election protest concerning improper campaigning by the Empowerment Slate that may result in a new election being conducted.