Five years ago, Mike Carrube was elected president of the Subway Surface Supervisors Association after campaigning as a reformer. His attorney, Arthur Schwartz, for more than 20 years has tried to make himself the go-to guy for reformers seeking to bring change to unions including District Council 37 and Transport Workers Union Local 100.
So it came as a bit of a surprise to learn that they have engineered and are defending a change in the union’s constitution that bars from running for office any member who does not have at least five years in the union at top pay. Not exactly what you would expect from self-styled reformers.
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