A Message from 804 Members United

On behalf of 804 Members United, I want to thank Local 804 members for standing up for positive changes in our bylaws.

Our union is stronger when members are informed and involved. That’s the direction we’re taking with the 804 Members United website: informing and involving members for a strong Local 804.

At the membership meeting, there was some discussion of the disputed published reports on exactly what issue Doc Dougherty died over on that picket line over 30 years ago. I appreciate Howie’s apology for the comments he made at the February union meeting.

Apologizing like he did lets us all focus on what is really important here: Doc Dougherty is a hero who put his life on the line for what we have today. The way to honor his memory is to fight for what he stood for: a strong Local 804.

Local 804 members did that by voting that contract down last year. We did that by standing up to UPS and saving 25 & Out. We did that by turning out to pass bylaws that will put information in the members hands and build a stronger union.

That’s Doc Doherty’s legacy. That’s Ron Carey’s legacy. And we all have a responsibility for carrying that legacy forward and leaving this union stronger than how we found it.

I’m proud to see these changes happening in this local and I applaud our membership.

- Tim Sylvester
Shop Steward, Maspeth

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