Members First Slate
P.O. Box 986
Royse City, TX. 75189-0986
November 23, 2009
Teamsters Local 767 Membership
Re: Election results and concerns
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
We want to take this time to thank each and every person who supports our efforts. We are very proud of those who took the time to get involved and vote (even if it wasn’t for us). We feel as though we ran a good, clean and effective campaign with the utmost integrity in keeping all issues focused on improving the overall mechanics of our great Local.
With the official results being posted around various worksites, many members are completely confounded as to the election outcome. It is very hard to unseat an incumbent. Every aspect of the election — from dates, times, notifications, election service providers, and ballot collection etc. — is stacked in their favor. We knew this going into the campaign and stand by our commitment to see it all the way through. While many theories are circulating regarding just how we lost, we want to assure everybody involved of our determination.
The general membership meeting was held on November 21, 2009. Secretary-Treasurer John Shorts, Sr., stated that 16 pre-election protests were filed as well as an unknown number of post-election protests. We, as members of an organized group, are following the protocol afforded to us through our Local Union By-laws, IBT Constitution and Federal Law. The appeal process can sometimes be viewed as a long and somewhat slow process. However, we can assure you the pace is set up as such to yield the truest decision based upon the circumstances available at the time. Please make no mistake: the slate members are still communicating daily with each other concerning the next steps that are to be taken.
In the mean time, we ask that you consider all the candidates of the Members First Slate (Billy Smith, Carlos Rios, Scott Wallace, David Varela, Jimmy Lyon, Bill Bagwell, and Brandon Santana) as viable choices in any future election.
In solidarity,
The Members First Slate
