Support Gaining

4/18/09 - Union officers who represent the workers at Durham School Services report that "Support is gaining for ATU".

VP Teresa Coffield and Executive Board Officer Arlene Wright have been working long hours talking to members of the bargaining unit.  "What we're seeing is people are mis-informed and getting half truths" states Coffield.  Since Coffield and Wright have been traveling around Santa Rosa County they've been communicating facts and offering copies of ATU contract proposals to workers.

Since the decertification petition was filed and then withdraw the Union has gained about 20 new Union members.  "We've had folks ask us how to get their names off the original petition" states Wright.  The Union plans to continue to use Union officers till the end of school year to conduct Union Business and communicate with workers.  "Communication is the name of the game and we've failed to do a good job of it, we plan to change that and start communicating what we do on a daily basis and show are success stories" states Union President Lowery.

" I want to reach out to those workers who wanted the Union out and try and find out their concerns, we can work together to make our working conditions better" said Coffield.  "I'm also committed to this cause and I'm going to deman that our Union officers commit or move out of the way".