Will the Real Mike Futhey Please Stand Up?
While Mike Futhey was stating his support for the UTU-SMWIA merger, little did anyone know that he not only was secretly meeting with members of the BLET-Teamsters to file a lawsuit to stop the merger, but he was also the one who initiated the contact with them.
“I received a phone call from M.B. Futhey that resulted in a meeting Ed Michael and I had with him in Memphis . . ."
- Michael et. al plaintiff and member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (#4, page 8)
And now he is proclaiming that the union is spending millions in court costs, while he fails to let on that the UTU-SMWIA merger agreement already had a grievance procedure in place to protect both the UTU and SMWIA from spending member funds on unnecessary attorneys’ fees.
Mike Futhey has a gift. Besides being a railroader, his bio mentions his legal career. This explains two things. First, he must be a great attorney, given that he has no trouble taking opposite sides of the same issue. And second, his legal background explains why he would have no trouble spending millions of his union’s dollars to fight a court battle on behalf of a group of Teamster plaintiffs who he prodded into filing a lawsuit against the UTU in the first place.
Mike Futhey is trying to pull off one of the most devious tricks ever attempted in the history of our Union. Once he became UTU president, Futhey decided to jump in on both sides of the lawsuit against himself through his Teamster proxies - while planning to settle after taking over control of the defendent in the case. The UTU Vice Presidents, a majority of the UTU Board of Directors, stepped in to prevent that from happening, frustrating Futhey’s efforts to be king. Now we are where we are today, a sham trial brought about by a vindictive witch hunt and a load of members dues money that could have been saved if Futhey had gone in good faith and fought this merger through the arbitration process set up to save our hard earned dues money.
“I received a phone call from M.B. Futhey that resulted in a meeting Ed Michael and I had with him in Memphis . . ."
- Michael et. al plaintiff and member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (#4, page 8)
And now he is proclaiming that the union is spending millions in court costs, while he fails to let on that the UTU-SMWIA merger agreement already had a grievance procedure in place to protect both the UTU and SMWIA from spending member funds on unnecessary attorneys’ fees.
Mike Futhey has a gift. Besides being a railroader, his bio mentions his legal career. This explains two things. First, he must be a great attorney, given that he has no trouble taking opposite sides of the same issue. And second, his legal background explains why he would have no trouble spending millions of his union’s dollars to fight a court battle on behalf of a group of Teamster plaintiffs who he prodded into filing a lawsuit against the UTU in the first place.
Mike Futhey is trying to pull off one of the most devious tricks ever attempted in the history of our Union. Once he became UTU president, Futhey decided to jump in on both sides of the lawsuit against himself through his Teamster proxies - while planning to settle after taking over control of the defendent in the case. The UTU Vice Presidents, a majority of the UTU Board of Directors, stepped in to prevent that from happening, frustrating Futhey’s efforts to be king. Now we are where we are today, a sham trial brought about by a vindictive witch hunt and a load of members dues money that could have been saved if Futhey had gone in good faith and fought this merger through the arbitration process set up to save our hard earned dues money.
posted by The Real UTU at
8:46 PM
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Divided United Transportation Union D-UTU
Looses 2 to 1 to BLET in Iowa.
It has been officially announced by the National Mediation Board in Washington DC that UTU has once again lost another representation election.
The campaign on a railroad property called ICE involved 300 railroad workers who decided enough with the Divided - United Transportation Union. The vote ended with 186 in favor of the BLET 80 for the D- UTU.
BLET reports that the theme of the campaign was that the D- UTU is broke and divided. This extensive campaign by the UTU was led by Futhey friend and supporter Richard Ross from Ohio and his side kick Sam Marino from PA.
Good news is that Organizer Richard Ross maintains best score for video golf at the Bettendorf Holiday Inn.
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