OZ Breakup! Palmer Declares Candidacy

[JayCee]

I like John as a person but who the hell is he going to run with?

[Barry455]

I like John as a person but who the hell is he going to run with?

I for one hope its a solid team of union people who don't just follow the biggest ego in the group. I'm done with the rock stars that believe their own bullshit and expect the rest of us to believe it too.

[JT67]

Palmer just recently turned 65.

Excuse me, he is a very young man. He looks like he is in great shape like the last old man we had. Hoffa. 65 sure my bad.

[Sasquatch16]

65 is young in Teamster-Land

[JT67]

65 is young in Teamster-Land

[DanaCos]

John has my vote. I spoke to him on the phone while I was doing the vote no and after I got fired. He complimented me on the job I did at Local 623 in the reform movement. He is genuine and fights the good fight. Was disappointed to see him run with O'Brien but now I have much more respect. Heard people turned on him in the board room and he didn't back down. Good! They all are bastards who sucked off Hoffa, John didn't.

[DanaCos]

Has he negotiated any contracts? Has he run a Local, Joint Council or any organization? What is he currently assigned (or qualified) to do besides attend quarterly board meetings? When was the last organizing drive he was successful at?

And you were exactly where in 2013? John supported the Vote No Movement.

[Gimme_Danger]

So you hang your hat on fighting to keep a company healthcare plan? I'll keep my Teamster health & welfare all day every day. I've been around a lot longer than 2013, if you're curious.

[DanaCos]

It goes to show you don't even know what you are talking about. The company plan was far greater than the union plan we have now. I work with people who have medical bills they can't even pay thanks to Hoffa, Hall, and O'Brien. Had there never been a Vote No movement, we would have paid 20% on everything. Your buddy Sean removed the MOB (Maintenance Of Benefits) clause in the supplement. Now we absorb the cost of maintaining the benefits which means higher deductibles and copays. I paid exactly NOTHING in way of copays and deductibles. And you want to tell me the union plan some how is better. Again, you were around in 2013, so where were you during the Vote No Movement? It had an affect on every UPS Teamster.

[Faust]

And you were exactly where in 2013? John supported the Vote No Movement.

He supported O'Brien in 2011 and 2016 when he ran with Hoffa.

So in 2013 when the Vote No movement was born he was kissing O'Brien's and Hoffa's ass!!!

[teamsterdriver25]

I am sure he's got alot of folks upset.

[Gimme_Danger]

My questions of Palmer are what I would ask any sitting official of their qualifications to lead the IBT. He apparently isn't doing anything to earn his salary, by his own choice.

[percap2high]

I am sure he's got alot of folks upset.

GImme_Danger's questions are valid and I'm sure will be answered, thats what campaigns are for.

Yeah a lot of folks were surprised. The entire board has been pressuring Palmer to resign because of his "disloyal " position on the UPS contract . When he announced to the Board that he was building a slate O'Brien responded "you won't be eligible". Then he and Rainville spent the rest of the meeting texting. Yeah, a lot of folks upset.

[DanaCos]

My questions of Palmer are what I would ask any sitting official of their qualifications to lead the IBT. He apparently isn't doing anything to earn his salary, by his own choice.

Compared to the shitbag O'Brien, I will put my vote with Palmer any day. He stood up to all these crooked POS officials.

[Faust]

My questions of Palmer are what I would ask any sitting official of their qualifications to lead the IBT. He apparently isn't doing anything to earn his salary, by his own choice.

He was removed from the organizing department and stripped of the union's credit cards. He has to now pay with his own money for flights to attend the GEB meetings, hotels, meals etc.

[Gimme_Danger]

Pay for his own expenses? That is absurd. Of all the not believable stuff you come out with, that is pretty high on the list.

[DanaCos]

He was removed from the organizing department and stripped of the union's credit cards. He has to now pay with his own money for flights to attend the GEB meetings, hotels, meals etc.

I would love for this shithead to prove to me that O'Brien is better than Palmer. O'Brien burned 140,000 Teamsters at UPS. Palmer was with us in the Vote No. I spoke extensively with John on the phone. He was far against all these clowns.

[CalTeamster]

GImme_Danger's questions are valid and I'm sure will be answered, thats what campaigns are for.

Yeah a lot of folks were surprised. The entire board has been pressuring Palmer to resign because of his "disloyal " position on the UPS contract . When he announced to the Board that he was building a slate O'Brien responded "you won't be eligible". Then he and Rainville spent the rest of the meeting texting. Yeah, a lot of folks upset.

Don't know Palmer but that sounds like a threat. Rainville was probably texting him to shut the f*ck up.