It Makes No Difference—Or Does It?
Dear Rail Car Repairers: You have more power at your fingertips than you realize. The entire rail transportation system at the CTA is totally dependent on 227 of us. Submit those complaints and grievances. Create petitions and organize protests and meetings amongst each other. Build power so that every membership meeting is like the one in December, 2024 (y'all had the boss agents leave town and the mismanagers begging for mercy). Don't let the CTA lawyer in the union office or the ATU boss agents—and their loyalists—discourage you from continuing! You certainly don’t need me or any other “leader” to make it happen. My purpose is just to inspire you. Whether you love me or hate me, doing nothing is not a solution. Lampoon every effort I engage in and have me removed from office—exposed as a "fraud," fired or filleted. Elect me to president. Or just hope that I just shut-up and go away. None of this will make you better off if you do noth...
