[April 20] Members voted by more than 90 percent at today’s general membership meeting to pass two bylaws reforms proposed by 804 Members United.

Members voted by a 208 to 12 margin to require the Executive Board to give a report on our pension and health and welfare funds at every general membership meeting.

Members also voted 207 to 19 to establish a contract committee to keep members informed and united whenever a contract is being negotiated.

Two thousand members signed petitions in support of each of these bylaw changes after we were kept in the dark by our local about proposed pension cuts and contract givebacks in 2006 and 2007.

The changes will put more information in the hands of Local 804 members. It is up to us to use it to defend our contract and benefits.

President Howie Redmond endorsed both proposals from the podium.

Redmond also pledged to help members obtain pension documents that our fund has refused to turn over in violation of the Pension Protection Act.

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