Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of the Meeting of May 22, 2013
The
meeting was called to order by President Chapman at 6:00 PM followed by the
Flag salute and reading of the meeting purpose. M/S/C
to approve the minutes as handed out.
CREDENTIALS
á IBT
117: Terry Hutchins, Darrin Norton
á OPEIU
8: John OÕKeefe
á SPEEA:
Marc Murphy
M/S/C to seat the new delegates
that were present. Marc
Murphy, SPEEA, was sworn in.
GUESTS
Lacey Harper, Governor InsleeÕs NW Regional
Representative introduced herself and gave contact
information.
Terry Ryan, Candidate for Snohomish County
Council, District 4 gave his background for filling the position
and noted he is running for an open seat. He has several local union
endorsements.
Dave Somers, Candidate for Snohomish County
Council, District 5 is once again seeking Labor support for his
re-election. He has several Labor endorsements already. He is currently working
on PLA language for the County Council.
Herbie Martin, Candidate for Mill Creek City
Council, Position #1 noted his background in running for the Mill
Creek City Council. He is a WFSE member and has been on the Executive Board of
the 2nd largest labor union in the state. In addition, he worked
with the A. Philip Randolph Institute in Seattle.
Delegates
were given a 5 minute break to talk with guests. The meeting resumed without
guests.
STAFF/OFFICER REPORTS
Secretary-Treasurer
Sells reported on the May 21st COPE Screening. Recommendations from
that were voted on under New Business. In addition, the Board recommended
sending one delegate to the State Labor Council Convention in Vancouver, July
23-25.
NEW BUSINESS
COPE Recommendations—M/S/C to endorse
Ray Stephanson for Mayor of Everett
M/S/C to endorse Paul Roberts for Everett
City Council, Position 1
M/S/C to endorse Leonard Kelley for
Stanwood Mayor
M/S/C to endorse Terry Ryan for Snohomish
County Council, District 4
Nominations to
fill unexpired terms as Trustees was opened. The following
nominations were made:
Trustee 1 (term ending January 2014): Doug
Scott, Laborers 292
Trustee 6 (term ending January 2015):
Jackie Rae, IBEW 77; Bob James, NALC 791
Nominations will also be open at the
July meeting.
M/S/C to send one delegate to
the State Labor Council Convention. Nominations were opened.
Leonard Kelley, IBT 38 was nominated. There were no further nominations. It was M/S/C by acclamation to send Leonard
Kelley as a delegate.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing Reports—IBEW
191, Darrel McLaughlin, reported on their 2 day house call organizing blitz.
IAM 751A, Lester Mullin, updated delegates on efforts to gain an election at
Precision Casting and Ames Aerospace. IUPAT D.C. 5, Greg Flatmo,
discussed efforts at organizing dry wall employees in Western Washington. There
has been lots of wage theft in the industry.
Contract Negotiations—IBEW
77, Nicole Reedy, gave an update on negotiations with PUD. They have not
received a wage proposal yet. She has just been appointed a Business Rep for
the local. SPEEA, Bob Rommel, reported on negotiations with Boeing over pilot
contracts. Federal mediation will be coming in. IBEW 89, Teresa Johnson,
updated delegates on the negotiations with Frontier. They are trying to get
into the NECA health care plan. IBT 38, Leonard Kelley, reported on the results
of negotiations with UPS.
GOOD OF THE COUNCIL
Ann
Seabott, WashTech and United Way Labor Committee reported on the success of the
Letter Carriers Food Drive in collecting 177, 263 lbs
of food. She thanked IAM 751 and IBEW members for helping with the unloading.
Both she and Jason Redrup, IAM 751A, gave an update on the United Way Labor
Committee activities and encouraged participation in upcoming events like the
United Way Day of Caring on September 13th and Toys for Tots. Bob
James, NALC 791, thanked Ann Seabott, Wash Tech, United Way Labor Committee and
Allyn Triezenberg, SCLC Executive Assistant, United Way Labor Committee, for
their help and work on the Letter Carriers Food Drive. Jim Smith, KSER Radio
Labor Journal played a portion of recording on the last program and encouraged
delegates to listen regularly.
Mike
Sells, EEA/UTE, SCLC Sec. Treas., noted that the Governor had signed a
Memorandum of Understanding granting Department of CorrectionÕs employees
interest arbitration rights over the next two years. Budget negotiations
continue in Olympia.
Respectfully
submitted,
Mike
Sells, Secretary-Treasurer
AFSCME
109: Polagaya
McLaughlin
AFSCME
109E:
AFSCME
109S: No Delegate
AFSCME
113:
AFSCME
1811:
AFSCME
1811C:
AFSCME
1811CA:
AFSCME
1811JPD: No Delegate
AFSCME
1811JS: No Delegate
AFSCME
1811PA:
AFSCME
1811S: No Delegate
AFSCME
435: No Delegate
AFSCME
881: No Delegate
AFSCME
948: Randy Kurtz
AFSCME
1020: Eric Wiseman
AFSCME
2753: No Delegate
AFSCME
2964: No Delegate
AFT
772: Mike Sells
AFT
1873:
APWU
484: No Delegate
ATU
883: No Delegate
ATU
1576: Rick Jurkovic
GCIU
767M: No Delegate
IAFF
46:
IAFF
1828: No Delegate
IAFF
1984:
IAFF
2694: No Delegate
IAM
130:
IAM
751A: Lester Mullen, Jason Redrup
IAM
751C:
IAM
751E:
IAM
751F:
IATSE
15:
IBEW
46:
IBEW
77: Jackie Rae, Nicole Reedy
IBEW
89: Teresa Johnson
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman, Darrel McLaughlin
IBT
38: Leonard Kelley
IBT
117: Brad Waddell
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231:
IBT
763: No Delegate
IBU/
ILWU:
IUOE
302: Rick Cunningham
IUPAT
DC 5: Greg Flatmo
IW
86: No Delegate
LIUNA
292: Doug Scott
NALC
791: Bob James
OPEIU
8: Adam Thornton
Pac
NW Newspaper Guild: No Delegate
Plumbers
and Pipefitters 26: No Delegate
PTE
17:
SEIU
6: No Delegate
SEIU
925: No Delegate
SEIU
1199NW: No Delegate
SMIU
66:
SPEEA:
Lynn Burow, Marc Murphy, Bob Rommel
UBC
70:
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA: Rennie Sawade,
Ann Seabott
Excused
Absences
IAM
130: Ron Harrell
SPEEA:
Sandy Hastings, David Simpson
UBC
70: Ed Triezenberg
Guests
Lacey
Harper, Governors NW Regional Representative
Suzanne
Kamiya-Harding, SPEEA
Joe
Malin, DOSH
Herbie Martin, Candidate for Mill Creek City Council
Michelle
Meaker-Pin, Dave Somers County Council Campaign
Terry
Ryan, Candidate for Snohomish County Council
Dave
Somers, Candidate for Snohomish County Council
Jim
Smith, Radio Labor Journal