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Original Rank & File
POSITION PAPERS

The Original Rank & File's Platform

Continues to Fight for Fair Wages And Better Conditions of Employment
We Will Take No Employer Money
File More Grievances on Behalf of our Membership Including Apprentices

Banking of Hours for Pension Plan II
Lower Retirement Age
Continue Health Insurance for Retirees

Bring C Card Benefits up to Par with a Members' Benefits
(No More Second Class Citizens)
Establish a Sub Fund for C Members

Aggressively Combat Non Union
Utilize our out of Work Brothers for Picketing Duty

Enforce Proper Layoff and Hiring Procedures
No More Hiring Book 2, 3, And 4's While Laying off Book 1 Brothers
No More Phony Foreman Call Out
No More Referrals from 600 W. Washington while we wait out in Oak Park

Monitor and Enforce a Fair Referral System
Correct Apprentice to Journeyman Ratio, to Ensure Safety
And Proper On-The-Job Training
Treat Apprentices Fairly, Not as Indentured Servants
One in Every Five Journeymen Should be Over the Age of 50
Restore Fair and Even Distribution of Overtime
Require a Legitimate Explanation for Employer Refusal

Reestablish a Contribution to Sub-Fund
So it will be there when we need it

Fight to Maintain Our Jobs and Conditions at McCormick Place
Answer only to Members not Politicians

Rigorously Enforce Our Working Agreement
Reinforce the Examining Board's Power to Test New Applicants
To Ensure Only Qualified Applicants will be admitted

Initiate a Higher Standard of Fiscal Responsibility
Dispense Out Union Money in a More Prudent Manner
Dramatically Reduce Money Spent on Attorneys

We Will Not Take Any Employer Money
Not McPier, Tollway Authority, State, County, or City

Our BA's Will Work for and on Behalf of Local Union 134 Exclusively
To Ensure No Conflict of Interest