Same in Rantoul I have filed a grievance on the basis of being forced to change to a completely different job 4 months ago with no training and still have no further information from the union. I have requested to be removed from membership and was told by the president of the local that it was not possible to resign and there is no lesser union dues if you want to opt out of political contributions and the like. Since my issues were not being addressed at the local level I went to the national website and asked them to intervene and force the local to do the job they are being paid for on June 7th,2011 and have heard nothing from them either. Have you ever been told by the union that there is nothing they can do because it is for the needs of the business? I thought that was what they were supposed to be protecting me from, but the local union officers in Rantoul spend less than a tenth of the year at work with AT&T and I can understand that when you get paid $30,000 more a year to work for the union; by the way that was our money they took to do the job that they aren't. Do you remember when the last election of officers was?