INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 15 — David C. Decker was reelected by acclamation to his third term as General Chairman of the New Jersey Transit General Committee of Adjustment at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting in Raritan, N.J., on September 8, 2016.
Brother Decker is a New Jersey Transit locomotive engineer and member of BLET Division 272 (Dover, N.J.). He hired out in 1988 as a trainman, earned promotion to locomotive engineer in 1990, and joined the Brotherhood on March 1, 1990. In 2008, Brother Decker was elected 1st Vice Chairman of the GCA, then served two years as General Chairman beginning in 2010 following the retirement of Rich Darcy. He was reelected by acclamation to continue service as General Chairman at the GCA’s quadrennial meeting in 2012.
Also reelected by acclamation to their second consecutive terms were: Vice-General Chairman James P. Brown, Division 373 (Trenton, N.J.); Secretary-Treasurer George S. Petrie, Division 373 (Trenton, N.J.); and Alternate Secretary-Treasurer H. Lorraine DePugh, Division 53 (Jersey City, N.J.). Appointed to serve as the Audit Committee were: Robert M. Davia, Division 272 (Dover, N.J.); Thomas Haas Jr., Division 171 (Hoboken, N.J.); and David F. Ziegler, Division 53 (Jersey City, N.J.).
GCA delegates at the meeting were: Local Chairman David F. Ziegler, Division 53 (Jersey City, N.J.); Local Chairman Thomas Haas Jr., Division 171 (Hoboken, N.J.); Local Chairman Robert M. Davia, Division 272 (Dover, N.J.); and Local Chairman James P. Brown, Division 373 (Trenton, N.J.).
“I offer my congratulations and thanks to Brother Decker and all officers of the New Jersey Transit General Committee of Adjustment,” BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce said. “Brother Dave and all his GCA officers have guided the membership of this GCA through a prolonged negotiating process, which resulted in a ratified contract in July. This reelection by acclamation displays the excellent job this committee does to represent our NJT Brothers and Sisters.”
The BLET’s New Jersey Transit General Committee of Adjustment represents approximately 425 active members in four different Divisions.