Eircom became Eir in 2015, following a €16 million rebranding project.Įir said phishing and impersonation scams are global issues that have recently “become more common across Europe”. Hope my comments help.A scam targeting landline phones claiming to be “Eircom” has hit households in recent days.Ī number of people have taken to social media complaining of a scam where a caller to their landline alleges to be “Eircom” and says their broadband will go in the next 24 hours unless they act and to press the number one on their handset to continue. Perhaps the international people will make changes. While I am encouraged by this blog, I hope the membership continues to fight this corrupt and unethical practice, which is unbecoming of peace officers and our awesome AFSCME union.
Byrd should have spent more time campaigning and reaching out to the membership to defend their positions instead of denigrating themselves and our tremendous AFSCME union by employing campaign fraud and deceitfulness in their desperate and reckless attempt to win at all cost. This was a desperate act by people (ralph miller and Jonathan byrd) who are clearly ineffective and isolated from their membership. This is probably the most corrupt election I have seen.even Shumsky would not stoop this low. I have been a local 685 membership for a long long time. So disappointed in my union's leadership. It was not even close! Jonathan Byrd should not be the treasurer since he lost. Richard Abelson, Chairperson Judicial PanelĪmerican Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO We will let you know about the outcome of the appeal. “technical violations” and other misconduct that occurred during the Local 685 elections. We encourage you to write andĬall Richard Abelson, the Chairperson of the Judicial Panel, and to let him know what you think about these
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“absolute right” to examine ballots more than meets that threshold.Īn appeal of Brother Preble’s decision has been filed with the full Judicial Panel. Think that giving incumbents an unfair advantage, allowing candidates to be observers, and denying observers the Reasonable request that should have been allowed.” But again he concluded: “This item is denied.”Īll this begs the question: How crooked does an election has to be before it must be annulled and repeated? We
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The Manual gives election observers “some absolute rights,” including “the right to examine any suspectīallot.” Brother Preble found that “equests from observers to examine the postmarks on the envelopes wereĭenied by the Election Committee” and that “he reason for such denial is unclear, and on its face, was a Violation" of the AFSCME Local Union Election Manual.īrother Preble also found: “There was no dispute at the hearing that two Local 685 members who wereĬandidates for other offices were observers which was a violation of the. Nevertheless, Brother Preble dismissed this as “a technical Bush received 9 percent more votes amongĬalifornians when he was listed first on the ballot than when he was listed later.” University found: “In the 2000 presidential race, George W. For example, a study conducted at Ohio State Research has consistently shown thatīeing listed first gives a candidate a significant advantage. On the ballot, the incumbent was listed first for each and every position. However, he dismissed all of these violations as merely “technical.” Judge for yourself whether you International Judicial Panel, issued a decision in which he found that several violations had indeed On February 16, 2016, Steve Preble, a member of the AFSCME Misconduct that occurred during the elections. On December 10, 2015, twenty-eight candidates and members filed a protest citing numerous instances of You may be wondering what happened to the Local 685 elections that were held last November. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LOCAL 685 ELECTIONS?ĪFSCME Judicial Panel Member Finds Several Violations But Dismisses Them As “Technical”