Your Services are No Longer Needed

126 Comments / By admin / October 31, 2022

INJUSTICE – Thursday afternoon on October 13th, Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Hart and President Lou Valletta called Mike Henneberry into their office and told him, “your services are no longer needed.” They issued no warnings, provided no paperwork, and gave no reason. They just fired Mike on the spot.

We cannot express our outrage at the hypocrisy of this situation. The two top leaders of our Union, sworn to protect workers and their rights, did exactly what they should be working tooth and nail to protect. They terminated Mike with ZERO justification, ZERO paperwork, and ZERO explanation.

Why? Because Mike Henneberry is the recording secretary of our slate, Members Rising 853. They terminated Mike as a corrupt last-ditch effort to intimidate our slate into quitting.

But quitting is the last thing we will do.

This incident, and others like it, is the reason why we are running against Dennis Hart and Lou Valletta. Members Rising 853 believes that the current leadership of Teamsters Local 853 is out of touch with our members and has clearly lost touch with their purpose as YOUR Union’s advocates.

For years now, Dennis Hart and Lou Valletta have been absentee landlords. They collect their pay but don’t do the job. There is no comprehensive outreach to our members and no engagement. We don’t have regular communications with the members via standard email and text practices or any other basic lines of communication with our members. Rank and file members have become disconnected, uninformed, and disheartened by our leaders’ apathy.

Think about it. When was the last time Dennis Hart or Lou Valletta showed up at your workplace? Or at a Teamster barbecue or other social event? Our Members deserve much better than this.

That’s why we are running. Members Rising 853 wants to rebuild that connection, gain your confidence and earn your trust. We believe every member deserves a good contract, a good job, and the strong support of their leaders. That means showing up to workplaces, engaging the members, taking their feedback, and doing what’s in the best interest of our Union. We are not afraid to hear the bad with the good, then work together to find a solution.

So help us fight against our misguided and apathetic leadership, and choose Members Rising 853.

Good, ethical, strong leadership is on the ballot looking to rise up Teamsters Local Union 853 in 2023. We are asking you to give us your support in our quest. Help us right this wrong, join our campaign, and spread the word.

In Union

Steve Beck, Steven Lua, and the entire Members Rising 853 Slate.

If you agree that no one should be treated the way Dennis Hart and Lou Valletta treated Mike Henneberry, then we need your help, right now, to put a stop to it.
Please forward this post to every member you know, ask them to sign up to our email and text list below, and learn how the Beck/Lua slate will change things for the better.

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