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VP On TrialMy lawyer is gonna kill

me . My accusers dont

have any evidence but

this article is going to

give them exactly what

they need. Im accusedof recording the December 1st union

meeting and posting it on my website

for everyone to hear. Im also accused

of passing out meeting minutes. The

problem is that my accuser dont have an

iota of proof. My website is registered in

Zimbabwe somewhere, to an anonymous

person. The Facebook Page could just be

a fan, and just because you see a piece

of paper that was supposedly written by

Aarik Kimberlin doesnt mean that Aarik

Kimberlin wrote it.

For those of you who are wondering what

the hell I am talking about in the rst place,

let catch you up to what happened. In

November, I ran for Vice President. The

election got pretty, lets say, competitive

and I faced the Retiree, Don Catell in a

run off. Don was backed by our President,

Malana Hubbard as well as other members

of the what I like to call Old Guard or O.G.

Despite the lies, despite the fact that

people campaigned against me on union

on time, despite the fact people used union

resources to campaign against me, youguys voted me in.

Not only did you guys vote me in you voted

again the membership threw a monkey

wrench in their plans. So the O.G.s just

did like they alway do and came up with

new plans. And thats what brings us to

today--their plan. Their plan, just like all of

the rest of their plans, is not a very goodone but Ill explain it to you anyway.

First off, I did not record the union meeting

Nor did I have anyone else record the

meeting for me. Someone posted a link

to the recording on the Win the Fight

Facebook page. I then, posted the link onto

my website. All of the feedback that I got

on the Facebook Page and from people on

the shop oor was positive. I thought that

no one would take the time to listen to a

boring meeting and I was actually surprised

at the amount of people who listened to it.

Personally, I think that its a good idea to

record the meetings and allow people free

access to them. Many people have had

difculty making union meetings because

of our work schedule, because of nance,

and because the O.G.s have not been

really motivated to get people released for

union days.

The person who recorded the meeting did

it as a response to these conditions, not

with any malice or sneakiness.They just

wanted to provide people with access tomeetings. People see privacy differently

in our time then they did in the O.G.s

Issue #jan 20

The salIne RefoRmeR

Win The Fightis the reform

caucus of UAW Local 892. We

belive that through providing good

information to the membership, we

can increase activiism and solidarity,

thereby increasing our quality of

life and the quality of life of ourcommunity as a whole.

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Whats Next?

Article 31 of the UAW constitiutiondeals with trials of members. Ihave already been charged and the the

Local Union Executive Board voted 4-3

to hold a trial. My next step is to appeal

the Local Executive Boards decision

to the Interanational President. I be-

lieve that my appeal will be upheld and

the charges will be dropped.

However, at the next Union Meetingthe membership can vote to suspend

me by a two-thirds vote (2/3) so I need

everyone who can, to show up at the

meeting January 26. Another thing that

can happen is that Paul Quick, Jessi-

ca Phillips, and Royale Thompson, the

members who charged me can decide

to drop the charges any time the feel

like it. So we will have to wait and see if

they can put politics aside and do what

is right for the Local.

Questions or Comments?

Email:Help@wtfwinthefight.net

Phone/Txt: 734-430-0wtf

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Did you Know?1. As of Jan. 1st all

Faurecia Employeeshave 0 Points.

2. Employees whotransferred toFaurecia in June

should havereceived 80 hours

of paid vacationon Jan. 1st 2013. (Thecut-off date might be the same asit was for the signing bonus.)

3. Seniorityemployees areeligible for up to$5000 in tuitionreimbursment

Comingsoon.... The $5000 buy out

rumor and whyit isnt true

Why right-to-work doesntmatter

Agenda ideas forJan 26 meeting.

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