Speaking of poor communication: I.B.E.W. LOCAL 21 = A Complete Joke

There are good people in this world, like Kevin Curran (Former I.B.E.W. LOCAL 21 Vice President) who fight for employee rights and justice and then there are people like current President of I.B.E.W. Ronald Kastner and Secretary Lynn Arwood; Doing nothing but collecting union dues. They are NOT in good standing with me. The very day I schedule my hearing with the DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS for the illegal removal from payroll by AT&T, I get this retirement card in the mail and a $25 gift certificate? I asked for help through the union via a grievance and countless phone calls and emails and this is what I get? I should have known this was coming from an organization that tells you not to talk to the NEW AT&T employees hired as SERVICE CONSULTANTS because they are getting half your pay and no benefits..."It is bad for their morale." I never even saw a panel meeting with my case via the union. They mirror back what the company tells you and collect their dues...that is the full extent of the help I got. I have heard, there is a class action suit started against I.B.E.W. Local 21...I will gladly join this and bring all of my data collected to the table. Enough is enough. This is NOT acceptable.

UNION I.B.E.W. Local 21

As a follow up to my horrible AT&T story...let me tell you a little bit about our union. What did the UNION I.B.E.W. LOCAL 21 do on my behalf of being terminated for sickness? Collected my dues for years and just mirrored back what the company was saying...right or wrong. I recently found out that a group of unjustly fired Senior employees from AT&T are trying to get a class action suit going against the union with a law firm that is primarily focusing on the building I used to work at located at 2401 W. Grace, Chicago, IL. What kind of response do we get when we call I.B.E.W. LOCAL 21 President Ronald Kastner in regards to our individual situations? silence. I will gladly join this class action suit. SILENT NIGHT....HOLY NIGHT...