Local 37s Pension

                                                      

                                           Theirs and ours

 

Brothers and Sisters have you ever wondered why our own infamous Business Manager Ron Dejuliis has not in SIXTEEN YEARS made an effort to improve our pension plan to where it is comparable to other IUOE where the retirees have a livable pension?  Regardless of all the hype and lies and ridiculous statements and handouts throws our way our pension plan is the worst in the United States and Canada. Check around Go to freeerissa.com and do a little research. When you punch up 37s even the computer is going TSK-TSK and a little giggle. Even the computer is embarrassed for our paltry, sub-poverty pension.

Well to answer the question of why he is so indifferent and arrogant and treats us like we’re stupid little kids when he asks questions like “why would you guys want to belong to the Central Pension fund” and then inundates us with his stupid reasons why we shouldn’t belong to it.

If you recall I pointed out that the officers are blessed with THREE pensions: 37s sick poverty plan, the Central Pension Plan, and the very lucrative General Pension Plan. I can’t verify this, but I am told by a friend at the IUOE  headquarters DeJuliis has another plan because he is a Chair of auditors there.

The General fund works like this:

For example if a member is employed by local 37 for 10 years the member would receive 3%  of their last 3years average salary. If the average salary is $60,000.00 the formula would be:

3% X 10 X $60,000. =$18,000. Per yr.

From what my friend tells me he think it caps out at $80,000. But that may have been lifted. We’ll work with the 80 cap.

Dejuliis has been up the hall since 1979 which would give him 27 years of eligibility. To be conservative we’ll use 25yrs.:

3% X 25yrs X $80,000. = $60,000. He receives from the General.

I received info on the Central Pension Fund, you know the one he asked why we would want to belong to. Stupid question but an intelligent answer, we want to retire not have to stand in a soup line, jerk!! As of 12/01 he had a monthly benefit of $2,630.16 or a yearly benefit of $ 31,561.92, Why would you guys want that?

He became an member of 37 in 8/69 which is 37 yrs but we’ll cheat him and only give him $1200. A month or $14,000.yr.

So figure it up: General - $60,000.00

                         Central -  $31,561.92

                  37s Poverty -  $14,000.

                                         $105,561.00

That equates to $8,796.75 per month or $2,199.18 per week.

The other officers, Hamel, Shanahan, VanDommelin, Etc. are in the same lucrative pensions plans. You can now see why VanDommelin and Shanahan sit in the back at the meetings, to intimidate, so you won’t ask questions that would expose their conspiracy to keep you in the dark. If any body is afraid to ask questions just remember the LMRDA. The union members bill of rights. They violate these and they will answer to the Feds. Stand up Brothers and Sisters, your future is now. It is going to take years to clean up this mess. While you are cleaning it up they are going to be sitting back enjoying retirement like you and I will never be able to do with things the way they are now. When a person retires they want to relax and not be forced to work to survive. Another little bit of info to fuel your disgust. The office personnel are in the Central Fund and after 11 yrs of service will receive $1500.+ the same as a hard working member with 30 yrs. Service.

It really doesn’t matter how you feel about those people up the hall, the point is we are working to support their high rollers life style. They don’t want us to know how much they are reaping from our efforts. Do you think they feel guilty or remorseful or even care about us? Look at the figures, have any of them ever mentioned the fact that they are getting fat off of the members that are out in the cold, heat, rain, snow and wind. Of course not. If they cared they would come out and help when you called them or make things fair and impartial when one of their relatives or suck ups abuse the powers of their office, such as MMs . When you call them, heaven help you because no matter how much in the right you are, you are 100% in the wrong.  How dare you question anything or complain. Brother you want this job? Shut up, stop starting S**t or you’ll be on that long bench. I’ve been there and I bet a lot of you have too.

Let’s reform this local Dejuliis “LOVES” so much and make it work for the members not for the few that hold us in contempt as in plantation workers. Stand up our benefits are deplorable. Join together and demand what’s right. We have to hold these arrogant and indifferent  leaders accountable for what they’ve done and continue to do this once proud local.

Jim Archey