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-- Attention DTW Local 94 Members
-- At the April 11, 2007, DTW
Local 94 Membership Meeting, several flight attendants expressed
concerns regarding the “excessive” use of the "Roll
Call" vote in official MEC meetings, by the LEC President.
As explained, a roll call vote is when an LEC
President, who is a member of the Master Executive Council,
disagrees with a decision made by the MEC and chooses to
overturn that decision using the number of eligible members in
their council. There was a great deal of
healthy debate on this issue. The consensus of the membership in attendance
was that there may be times when a roll call may be warranted,
but the DTW members deserve and expect an accurate and
responsible explanation for any use of such roll call. As
such, a motion was made at the meeting by DTW flight attendant
Daniel Grey and passed by those in attendance, requiring
our LEC 94 President to provide an accounting of her/his reasons
for using the Roll Call vote on any matter before the MEC. The
adopted resolution is now Council 94
policy. “After an MEC meeting or
MEC Conference Call the Local 94 President [or representative of
the Council] shall disseminate information
obtained [at the meeting] to the Local
[Local 94 membership] via e-mail and hotline, further when a
roll-call vote is used, that Local 94 [Local 94 membership]
receive an explanation within 48 hours, via e-mail and the Local
Council website, as to why it was used and why the votes were
cast as they were.” The resolution was adopted unanimously, i.e.
without dissent. Yesterday, we learned that
yet another Roll Call action was initiated by our Local 94
President -- this time against the election of DTW
Flight Attendant and Council Representative, Janette Rook, who
received majority support for the position of MEC
Secretary-Treasurer. This action has prompted many
questions and comments to the LEC 94 office, asking whether we
had supported this action. While we did not have any input into
this decision, we seek to support the majority opinion at our
base and offer the following opportunity for you to be
heard. In anticipation of the
written decision (by LEC 94 President Sue Ludwig) required by
the resolution passed above, your other LEC 94
officers would like to hear from ALL of our DTW constituents on
your views regarding the candidacy of the following:
Candidate #1 - Bill Ianuzi Candidate #2 - Neal McMahon Candidate #3 - Janette Rook Please let your voice be
heard by responding to LEC94@nwaafa.org -- and thank you for
participating in this democratic
polling. In Solidarity, Vice
President John
O’Donnell lecvp94@nwaafa.org |
