wo oy ann ew NP 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (Everyone pledged allegiance to the flag. relative to their testimony Anything else we have to do, housekeeping, Bob? MR. YEGGY: No. THE CHAIRMAN: We've got a flag. I'll tell what we're going to do, we are going tq stand up and pledge allegiance to the flag, ladies and gentlemen. THE CHAIRMAN: Kerry Middleton? Is Kerry here? It looks like, with the size off the crowd, there's going to be a lot of folks that have signed up that wanted to testify yesterday, and I will keep these and then we will find out if any of them come back. Let me ask a question. How many here had signed up yesterday to testify that did not get a chance? Okay. To expedite this, why don't we -- let's go off the record for a second. (Discussion off the record.) THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair calls Kathryn Thomas . A.S.E. REPORTING SERVICE (518) 458-1091oyu nw ew NB 10 a1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 witness, being first duly sworn, testified as follows; 398 KATHRYN THOMAS, called asa THE CHAIRMAN: Kathryn, do you want to have a seat, please. THE WITNESS: Certainly. THE CHAIRMAN: Tell us what Local you are from and the position you hold with the Union. THE WITNESS: Certainly. My name is Kathryn Thomas. I'm a member of Carpenter' Local 747. I'm a Council Delegate for the Regional Council, and as of Monday I have been a Council employee as Council Rep. THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. I have taken in as Exhibit No. 20 a folder that you have handed us, Testimony of Kathryn A. Thomas; is that correct? THE WITNESS: That's correct. THE CHAIRMAN: We will mark that Exhibit 20. And that is your testimony and probably some exhibits or something? THE WITNESS: Yes. There's some exhibits as well. THE CHAIRMAN: Okay. It's marked A.S.E. REPORTING SERVICE (518) 458-1091ew ye Ce) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 399 ___ {THOMAS - DIRECT) _ Exhibit No. 20. Go ahead, proceed. THE WITNESS: I have four different things that I would like to talk about. Thq first thing is Violations of the Council Bylaws, then some Regional Council Election Irregularities, followed by some Organizing Department issues, and then finally Failure to Notify our Member Participants in a Timely Manner regarding the Fund issues. ‘THE CHAIRMAN: Proceed. THE WITNESS: At 1:27 on 25 March 2010) I spoke with Regional Director William Weir as a follow-up to a message I left at 4:03 p.m. on Friday, 19 March 2010, informing him that I was going to return to -- THE CHAIRMAN: Slow down a little bit, Kathy, so the Court Reporter can get it, please? THE WITNESS: Sure. Okay. Informing him that I was going to return to work on 2 March 2010 from Worker's Compensation. ned been on Worker's Compensation since 13 October 2009 when I was involved in a car A.S.E. REPORTING SERVICE (518) 458-1091