Local 1034 Members First!
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Breaking News
Districtwide union voters squash Katz's bid for VP
111,251 Union Members Can't be Wrong
800 Pages of emails during negotiations ... What do they say?
Judge says Give 'em up Carla!
Why did Carla pick this lawyer - Paul Fishman - to defend her against the charges?
“Fishman represents individual and corporate clients in white-collar criminal matters, corporate investigations, and complex civil litigation, including proceedings in federal and state court and before various regulatory agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission. His recent matters have included the representation of individuals and corporations being investigated for insider trading, defense contractor fraud, export control violations, fraudulent marketing of securities, money laundering, and tax evasion; overseas internal investigations for two large, publicly traded corporations; breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, Lanham Act, and securities litigation in federal courts in New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia; and the drafting and revision of compliance programs for a number of companies.” http://www.fklaw.com/attorney-profile-14.html
Carla gave $20,800 in Local 1034 funds to Newark Mayor Cory Booker without the authorization of the membership or Executive Board. Local 1034 has no members in Newark - but Carla did have a "close personal" relationship with him.
Read President Cohen's letter outlining the charges to be prosecuted.
National Union dismisses all of the charges Katz brought against Berg - read it here.
The Members First Committee Leafletted the CWA District 1 Conference. Read about what Carla Katz said to Dan Antonellis and the contempt she expressed for workers on the job.
Carla Katz's gets $7,000 pay raise to $110,082 salary plus $10,200 in "allowances" while attending law school. Nice work for a part time job! (Check the Local's 2007 Government Filing and look at where all of your money has been spent!)
Check out this website's new page "They Said What?" Click on it above.
Who We Are
We are a group of loyal Union Members who have come to question the actions of our Local President, Carla Katz, and of the Local 1034 Executive Board.
Here are the questions we considered:
- Do you want your union president to be working for YOU and YOUR issues or distracted by her own publicity?
- Do you want your union president to work full-time for a full-time salary, or to go to law school full time while on YOUR payroll – at 100 grand per year, by the way?
- Do you want your union president to have good working relationships with all other local presidents and national staff of the organization?
- Do you like seeing your union president on the gossip pages of The New York Post?
- Do you like your union president’s ethics repeatedly questioned by citizens of this state, in the newspapers, on the radio, on television, in the workplace?
We think that Local 1034 members need a Local President who cares about the members, and whose conduct reflects positively upon the Union. We think that Local 1034 members need a Local Executive Board that watches our dues money. We think that our dues should not be going for:
1) Lawyers and lawsuits to protect Carla Katz's secret emails during Contract Negotiations;
2) Lavish dinners and alcohol with politicians;
3) Pay for Carla Katz while she is in law school;
4) Hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to politicians - that no one approved (and no members even know about!)
This website will give you the details of what has secretly been going on at Local 1034 and we hope will help to be a catalyst for change. It's time that Local 1034 Members Came First!
Members Who Care:
It's Your Money! Look what she's spending it on!
Look here for Local 1034's political contributions. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in secret donations NEVER approved by the membership.
Read the news story about our charges against Carla Katz.
See schedule 11 of the Government filing that PROVES that Carla Katz continued to take a $103,000 salary, full benefits and $10,000 in travel expenses WHILE she was attending law school. (While you're there - look again at how much of your money Local 1034 gave to politicians without YOUR knowledge.)
Look here to read about the millions of dollars Carla Katz got from Jon Corzine.
Download a petition to ask the National CWA to put Local 1034 Members First!
