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Laborers
for JUSTICE
February 4, 1999
By Fax
LIUNA Independent Hearing Officer (215-751-9420)
Attn: Peter Vaira, Esq.
LIUNA General Executive Board Attorney ( 202-625-1230)
Attn: Robert Luskin, Esq
U.S. Attorney Northern Illinois (312-886-0657)
Attn: David Buvinger, AUSA
LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer (202-737-2754
Attn: Carl Booker
LIUNA Public Relations Department (202-638-4398)
Attn: David Roscow
RE: Dissemination of Coia Decision to LIUNA membership
Gentlemen:
As a member of Laborers local 5 readmitted
today into good standing. and as
the spokesperson for Laborers for JUSTICE, (
members of LIUNA who support the internal reform
process and who firmly believe in a union member's right of self governance as protected by the
LMRDA), I formally request under the Americans With Disabilities Act both paper and electronic
copies of the forthcoming IHO decision on the Arthur A. Coia disciplinary
matter. I and other members
need an electronic copy so we can magnify the small print in our computer
monitors.
In the event a reading room is provided to
LIUNA members, interested parties,
and the media to inspect the decision and all material related thereto
(transcripts, evidence, etc), we
formally request that copies of all material be furnished at LIUNA expense to
each local and to each
member requesting . In the event LIUNA refuses to incur this necessary expense,
Laborers for JUSTICE
is willing to provide each member with a CD ROM of all transcripts, assuming
the parties involved will
provide Laborers for JUSTICE with electronic
copies of all documents.
Because we
will have to travel great distance at our expense to LIUNA's
headquarters to exercise our right to obtain copies of matters in LIUNA's
docket, we would appreciate
some advance notice as to when the decision will be formally announced . We do
not believe that this
request for electronic copies constitutes an undue burden on LIUNA . If
anything it will facilitate
distribution and dissemination of information relevant in the context of the
2001 election which electoral
contest effectively commences the day the decision is announced.
To deny Laborers for JUSTICE the right to obtain paper
and/or electronic
copies of all material involved in the Coia disciplinary matter would
effectively convey the message that
the reform is a "sham, a farce, and a fraud", the exact terms I used
to describe the contest between Arthur
A. Coia and Bruno Caruso in the 1996 rank and file election for LIUNA General
President
Please advise if you would like
me to publish the Independent Hearing Officer's decision on the internet
at www.laborers.org, http://members.tripod.com/jimmcgough/default.htm
www.liuna.org or any of the
other sites I am creating free of charge for LIUNA members so they can
effectively exercise their right
of self governance, a right at the core of the Labor Management Relations and Disclosure Act of 1959
(LMRDA)
Trusting this matter will
receive your prompt attention, replies can be sent via e-mail to
jimmcgough@super-highway.net.
The use of e-mail is strongly suggested because all parties are under
an ethical obligation to minimize costs
and the use of fax when e-mail is available constitutes a
completely unnecessary waste of union assets and the hard earned money of rank and file members who
pay your salaries.
Sincerely,
s/James McGough
Laborers
for JUSTICE
James W. McGough
Director
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