Shop Talk Newsletter Issue No.

Never Quit Fighting

Shop So We Can Win!

EB: Did you know that non-working
areas at the CTA are areas of free
speech? The mismanagers don’t want

Talk
The Official Local 308
Newsletter for
Servicers, Repairers
& Motor Blowers
CTA Workers Beware:
Insurance Scams
EB: BBS Solutions and all those
“insurance” offers from people that
use our union or credit union name
is a scam.
They are ripping you off.
I got one case of a coworker who
is trying to submit a claim, but
cannot get any response whatsoever.
When you look at the BBS Contact
Us web page, it smells "scam" all
over it.
Read more at my blog here:
www.bit.ly/3RUTRFp
you to know this because it helps
them to keep us ignorant of law
(and their own rules).
This summer, a CTA mismanager
threatened to punish 98th Street
Shop workers because someone posted
fliers criticizing the CTA employee
“appreciation” in the locker room.
I was present during this bizarre
tirade and promptly submitted a
Local 308 Workplace Complaint and
an Unfair Labor Practice Charge
with the Illinois Public Labor
Relations Board (ILRB).
On Jan. 8th, I received a notice
from the ILRB and I was pleasantly
surprised from what I read.
Read the details here:
www.bit.ly/3vpBMrf
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Shop Talk Newsletter

President Pennie’s Attempt

Contract To Have Me Arrested
Facts EB-Vice President
Mark, President
So they called on
the Chicago Police
Pennie, Reps. Maurice Department to remove
Booker & Corey Carr me on Jan. 5th.
All Full-Time and other union Instead of helping
Workers Get bosses are angry that us fight for a good
I am telling members Contract, they are
Free how these people side obsessed with
Accidental with the CTA. Their removing me from
reason: I am office for what I say
Death (Life) “unprofessional.” and do to support our
Insurance I promised you all suffering coworkers.
that I would do this Read more here:
Article 15.2 and they want to www.bit.ly/3NUC7bY
punish me for it.
Group Life Insurance
shall be provided in
an amount equal to
2080 times the active
Truck Shop Survey:
employee's hourly wage
rate as of each
Survey Graffiti
January 1 on the life EB: We need to make Removal
of each full-time it clear in the Excel
permanent employee. Attachment C “Contract” Track
Group Life Insurance what parts can only be
shall provide double touched by Truck Shop EB-Please
indemnity coverage for Qualified workers. participate in this
accidental death. No exception.
Group Life Insurance important anonymous
Your anonymous
required under this poll for CTA Shop
feedback will be used
paragraph will be in Contract proposals, Workers. Think
provided at the Complaints and/or the about your safety:
expense of the creation of a Class Too many of our
Authority. Action Grievance. coworkers have been
Should we fail in any injured in pits and
Don’t take anyone’s of these efforts, the blow tracks where
word for it. Read and data can be used to get graffiti is removed
study the Contract for our way by other means— from the rail car
yourself: like a real labor exteriors.
union.
Please submit
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