Brothers and Sisters,<br />&nbsp; I am honored that you have elected to give me the opportunity to represent our local another term. I want to thank Brother Douglas Silkowski for running an upstanding campaign. I also want to thank everyone that has supported me before and throughout the first term. I look forward to continuing to fight for the protection of our agreement as well as safe workplace conditions. Some of the goals that we are looking to accomplish this term is to make a proposal and to negotiate the extension of the Conductor hold down agreement for road extra board employees. We will also continue to pressure the carrier, alongside SMART local&#039;s 281, 1525, and the BLE, to eliminate all road crews from yarding their trains in the Chicago Yard Facility. We will also improve our communications by utilizing our local website to disperse information out to our fellow members while searching for innovative ways, under the direction of our international, of making our union meetings more accessible to every member. We will also have drop boxes located in CUS GB office, 14th St. room 108, Battle Creek, and Indianapolis for claims and grievances. In the coming weeks, I will be traveling throughout the different crew bases within our local. I want to hear your concerns and recommendations to strengthen our local. Once again, I am truly honored to serve our local as Delegate and Local Chairperson.<br /><br />As Always,<br />Fraternally Yours,<br /><br /><br />DeVar Thompson<br />SMART-TD Local 168<br />Local Chairperson<br />773-606-4321&nbsp;  <br />