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This website is designed to give you the opportunity to make informed choices about your future Secretary Treasurer that are based on the facts and not on fiction. In order to do so, you must ask yourself the important questions. Who is the best negotiator and enforcer of our contract? Who has clout and leverage nationwide? Who is able to negotiate and bargain for the best possible contract, protect our Pension, Health and Welfare, and our future? I can guarantee that it is definitely me, Leo T. Reed, my executive board, and my staff—not my opponent. As you will see, our track record speaks for itself!
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"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly...who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat".

- Theodore Roosevelt; "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

This section of the website should speak volumes as to who is better qualified to lead this Local. These are tough times and we need someone with intelligence, experience, and clout and leverage at the negotiation table. At the most we can say about our opponent is that he has no track record.

 

Leo T. Reed

My Opponent
Education
  • Colorado State University
    • 3 years attendance under a football scholarship
  • BYU of Hawaii (formerly called Church College of Hawaii)
    • Bachelor of Science in Sociology and Education
    • Graduated cum laude
  • Hart High School
Negotiation Experience
  • Currently on the 7th Black Book
    • Leo has been Chief Negotiator for 21 years. He is the longest standing Principal Officer in the history of Local 399.
  • Multiple Contracts in Hawaii as a Business Agent for Local 996
    • Grey Line Tour Buses, Union Trucking Companies, City Buses, Freight, and much more.
  • Multiple Contracts in Los Angeles as a Business Agent for Local 399
    • Universal Tours, Prop Houses, Couriers, and much more.
  • Negotiated International Area Standard
  • ZERO! – 0 –
    He was a member of the audience at the Black Book negotiations, while Leo bargained with the AMPTP. In fact, he failed as a negotiator on two smaller contracts: 24/7 Studio Equipment and 1st Call Studio Equipment. Tony Cousimano had to step in and take over the two smaller contracts that were assigned to him. My opponent was dumbfounded and couldn’t answer any of the company’s questions; he could hardly speak! Check the office for the two contracts negotiated and signed by Tony Cousimano—not by my opponent. Tony had to rescue him and do his job. You may also ask the members of 24/7 and 1st Call who were involved.
Clout & Leverage
  • Not only does Leo have support from the majority of 399’s rank and file, but he also has the Nation (i.e., all the movie Locals) backing Local 399 at the negotiation table. The only way to successfully negotiate a contract is through strength and solidarity. For the first two days in negotiations, the Policy Committee of the IBT Movie Division, who represents the entire Nation, sat next to Leo; shoulder to shoulder we stand together to show total unity of our Teamster nation. For the first time ever, we are one!
  • For those of you who know who my opponent’s supporters are, need I say more? Look at them! Can I rest my case?

What president Roosevelt meant, in plain language, is that the credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, sweat, and blood. It does not belong to those cold, cowardly, and inexperienced critics who stand safely on the sidelines, criticizing one’s every move.

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