(BLET National President Don M. Hahs today sent the following letter to UTU President Paul C. Thompson regarding recent postings on the UTU website.)
September 16, 2004
P.C. Thompson
President – UTU
14600 Detroit Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44107
Dear Mr. Thompson:
This letter is in response to your recent articles on the UTU website. Once again, you have chosen to attack this organization and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The articles are full of the same old rhetoric you have used in previous articles posted on the UTU website. It is unfortunate for your members that you choose to spend your time and the resources of the UTU in attacking other labor organizations. I believe labor organizations exist to represent their members. Apparently, you believe the UTU exists to attempt to destroy or discredit other labor organizations. No one should wonder why the UTU is no longer an affiliate of the AFL-CIO.
As usual, these most recent articles are once again full of inaccurate and untrue statements. I will not even give such articles the respect of responding to all of the false statements and allegations contained therein. You may refer to my letter dated July 16, 2004, addressed to you and posted on our website for my position as to your rhetoric.
The UTU has many good members and they are deserving of a leadership that focuses on representing them. Why don’t you get back to doing your job and providing representation for UTU members? In the meantime, if you choose not to do so, we will continue accepting the applications of former UTU members who are joining the BLET. Keep it up; our total membership is growing on a steady basis due to the UTU’s lack of leadership and total nonsense letter writing campaign.
Sincerely,
Don M. Hahs
President
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