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CWA Anti-Gay?

by: cwaunionjoe

Fri Apr 08, 2011 at 01:54:05 PM EDT

After a conversation I had with a relative who likes to make fun of my union and calls us hippocrits for being greedy liars, he said something that reely made me angry.
he said that he knew for an fact that some of the people running CWA were gay haters and liars. when I argued with him about it he showed me a web that is done by the vice president of one of the cwa offices. her name is rachel merrill and she uses a website to scare people about gay people and people that don't believe in Jesus.

I was really stunned because i have been reading stuff in this web and I always thought that my union was about being fair and equal to everybody but when i read some of the stuff rachel merrill puts on her web, i was shocked and disgusted.

I don't hate people for there beliefs but if she is going to be a leader in a group that is based on equality and rspect, how can she put such hateful things on her web?

one of the things I saw said that if you don't believe in jesus and you tolerate gay people or people who aren't married but have sex and kids without being married, that you are going to burn in hell.

i found some of this garbage at a place called www.rachelmerrill.com/AreYouSavedorAreYouDeceived.aspx

Maybe the stuff won't be there for a long time because somebody at cwa will call her on it but I have to wonder how long she has held these ideas and how she really feels about the people she is suposed to speak for like me.

She is the vice president of cwa 1038 and maybe the members don't know about her but i think they should and i think she shoould be removed from that position because it isn't right to have such a hateful heart and be a representative for people you think are going to hell.

I know some people, like that first ammendment 7 person are always writing stuff about how the CWA is being dishonest or being stupid about the stuff they do to make things better and maybe he has a point because based on all the stuff I saw on Miss Merrills web, she hates a lot of people who are members and have family that she thinks are going to hell.

I hope that the people that run the cwa do somtehing about her and I dont mean just hide her words because hiding the words doesn't change her personal hate and dis-respect for many people she is supposed to be looking out for.

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CWA Anti-Gay? | 5 comments

Going to Hell (4.00 / 1)

I'm always amazed how often it is that someone takes an account here and within minutes post something very, very negative targeting an individual or group. That said, I have no idea if this poster is legitimately concerned or just using whatever tool might be handy to undermine a union. I hope to give you the benefit of the doubt.

I took a look at the website you cite. It seems to me to be somebody's private religious expression, having nothing to do with how she may handle her day job at CWA (assuming this is the same Rachel Merrill as the Exec VP of CWA1038, which I do not know.

* CWA isn't mentioned on any page.
* Contact info isn't through CWA.
* Union business isn't discussed.

How do you deduce from this CWA's policies are anti-gay. What's your case?

Be substantive. Are you making an allegation that this person targeted gay people in her position of authority at work? If not, if all you're doing is trawling, then you haven't made a case with me. At all.

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by: Rosi Efthim @ Fri Apr 08, 2011 at 20:09:03 PM UTC

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Politically stupid,yes.Anti-Gay ? No (0.00 / 0)

In any large group you will have a certain percentage of pin heads.

There are many,many thing wrong with CWA leadership but being anti-gay is not one of them .

Saying that, I wish Mr. Goldstein would tell us if the ME battle had gotten CWA support. I seem to remember him saying he was disappointed with the failure of some "progressive" unions to support the cause. But I am not totally sure.

But my experience with CWA leaders is that they are politically backward and usually uninformed, but not anti-gay.

by: firstamend07 @ Fri Apr 08, 2011 at 20:57:50 PM UTC

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don't mean CWA, just her.Sorry (0.00 / 0)

it just makes me wonder how a person can have a big opionion on someone else and still be fair as there representative.
I don't think all cwa is against gay people but if someone who is in charge of one of their offices is, do they treat people they don't respect worse than somebody they agree with.

the picture of her looks like the picture in the union web so i am thinking it is the same person.

sorry if it took so long for me to want to write something and get an account but it doesn't mean my worry isn't right.

it is dumb stuff like the stuff on the web she has that makes people doubt CWA like they do.

I think it would be very hard to pretend to really care about someone you have so much disgust for when you are supposed to be helping them.

by: cwaunionjoe @ Fri Apr 08, 2011 at 21:38:26 PM UTC

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Fair Concern (0.00 / 0)

CWA is not above being questioned( although on this site some feel they are always correct) and neither are the people who work for CWA.

Government employees pay a lot of money in union dues and the people who reap a salary from those dues ARE ACCOUNTABLE.

You asked a fair question and you deserve a fair answer.

There are quite a few CWA leaders who frequent this site. Let them explain what you saw.

But to be honest I would not hold my breath waiting for an explanation.

by: firstamend07 @ Fri Apr 08, 2011 at 22:37:08 PM UTC

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Neither would I (4.00 / 1)

but that's because I didn't read anything that shed light directly on CWA and its policies.

If you have something, let's see it. Posting a link to somebody's obviously non work-related religious website tells me little if anything about their conduct at work, if in fact it's even the same person.

Besides, the person seems to feel the same way about adulterers. That's going to let off quite a lot of people. Just sayin.

It's not a particularly snappy signature, but here's what I think we need in the next NJ Democratic State Chair.

by: Rosi Efthim @ Sat Apr 09, 2011 at 01:29:26 AM UTC

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