Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of the Meeting of May 23, 2012
The meeting was called
to order by Vice President Jason Redrup, IAM A, at 6:05 PM. The flag salute and
reading of the meeting purpose followed. Minutes of the previous meeting were
approved as posted. Randy Kurtz, WFSE 948, was appointed to the VP chair.
CREDENTIALS
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AFSCME
109E: Sheryl Barker, Sean Hare, Curtis Jasper, Beverly Riley, Judy Wahl
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AFSCME
113: Dan Packard
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OPEIU
8: Tracy Hoffman, Jennifer Moore, John OŐKeefe
None of the new delegates were present
to be sworn in
GUESTS
Congressman Rick
Larsen, 1st District, gave delegates an update on Labor legislation
in the US House of Representatives. He spoke about defeating the limiting use
of PLAs in government contracts because of a 209-209 vote – ties are
recorded as defeats. Labor lost a vote against contracting out in the same
bill.. The recently passed Transportation bill undercut worker rights. He noted
the difficulty in getting Wall Street reforms passed and expressed frustration
that tax cuts were only for the wealthy not the middle class.
Kevin Snider, Trade
Printery,
a union print shop was introduced. His company will be taking over the business
that has been done in the past by Creative Printing.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
REPORT
Secretary-Treasurer
Sells noted that the Board as the COPE Screening Committee had met. They were
recommending the following motions:
M/S/ to recommend to
the Washington State Labor Council the endorsement of Brian Sullivan for the 1st
Congressional District interim position. The motion carried.
M/S to rate Millie
Judge was Well Qualified to serve as Snohomish County Superior Court Judge,
Pos. 11. The motion carried.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing—SPEEA, Bob Rommel
reported that by an 82% vote, the union had prevailed to represent a pilotsŐ
unit at Boeing.
Contract Negotiations—WSLC 948, Randy
Kurtz, reported that State Employees had TAŐs on about ½ the contract at
this point. There are about 20 items remaining. The negotiations feel positive.
SPEEA, Bob Rommel reported that the Boeing Company is taking hard line
positions on the current contract negotiations affecting 21,000 of their
members. AFSCME 113, Jim Imhof reported that as they go into negotiations, they
will need help with community support.
Other Local
Activities—SPEEA,
Bob Rommel reported on bringing in Liz Shuler, AFL/CIO Secretary-Treasurer, the
Friday before their convention for an event. Cost is $60.00 and will benefit
WA-YELL.
OLD BUSINESS
The following motion
from the previous meeting was brought to the floor. M/S/ to recommend to the
Washington State Labor Council the endorsement of Mark Miloscia and Craig
Pridemore for State Auditor. The motion carried.
Bob James, NALC 791,
reported that the Letter Carriers Food Drive in Snohomish County had gathered 274,172
lbs of food for the Food Banks. He thanked Ann Seabott of United Way and Allyn Triezenberg, SCLC Executive
Assistant, for helping to get it running this year. It was noted that the food
would provide about 345,000 meals for those in need.
NEW BUSINESS
Secretary Treasurer
Sells presented the Mr. 1% video from the AFL/CIO which is part of Labor 2012. Delegates discussed the video,
and several asked for copies to show to their members.
GOOD OF THE COUNCIL
Jim Smith, Radio Labor
Journal, KSER 90.7 FM encouraged delegate use of the Labor Radio Journal
program. It is on the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 PM. The last
program was about the Workers Memorial. Chris Glenn, LIUNA 292 noted to
delegates that they should contact Jim any time they have a program they would
like aired. Ron Harrell, IAM 130, asked delegates to attend the County vigil
that honors girl slain in racial attack. It will be on May 30th at
4:30 PM at the Snohomish County CampusŐ flag pavilion. Ron also asked delegates
to join him in support of domestic workers around the world. He mentioned the
12 x12 program of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Bob
James, NALC 791, stated that we should all give a shout out to Kate Dunham at
Creative Printing for her help over the years. Kate is closing her business.
Jim Gillan, SPEEA, reported on a reaction of a co-worker to the Workers
Memorial and workplace safety.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:12 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Sells,
Secretary-Treasurer
ATTENDANCE
AFSCME
109:
AFSCME
109E:
AFSCME
109S: No Delegate
AFSCME
113: Jim Imhof
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:
AFSCME
2753: No Delegate
AFSCME
2964: No Delegate
AFT
772: Mike Sells
AFT
1873:
APWU
484: No Delegate
ATU
883: No Delegate
ATU
1576:
GCIU
767M: No Delegate
IAFF
46:
IAFF
1984: No Delegate
IAFF
2694: No Delegate
IAM
130: Ron Harrell
IAM
751A: Jason Redrup, Scott Seeley
IAM
751C:
IAM
751E:
IAM
751F:
IATSE
15:
IBEW
46:
IBEW
77:
IBEW
89: Teresa Zoellick
IBEW
191:Devyn Johanson
IBT
38:
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231:
IBT
763: No Delegate
IBU/
ILWU:
IFPTE
17: No Delegate
IUOE
302:
IUPAT
DC 5:
IW
86: No Delegate
LIUNA
292: Dan Christofferson, Chris Glenn
NALC
791: Bob James
OPEIU
8:
OPEIU
277: No Delegate
Pac
NW Newspaper Guild: No Delegate
Plumbers
and Pipefitters 26: No Delegate
SEIU
6: No Delegate
SEIU
925: No Delegate
SEIU
1199NW: No Delegate
SMIU
66: No Delegate
SPEEA: James Gillan, Bob Rommel, David Simpson
UBC
70:, Ed Triezenberg
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere:
No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA:
Excused
Absences
IAM
751F: Grace Holland
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman
IBT
231: Leonard Kelley
LIUNA
292: Doug Scott
UBC
70: Guy Johnson
Guests
Rick
Larsen, Congressman 1st Congressional District
Jill
McKinnie, Staff for Congressman Rick Larsen
Jim
Smith, Radio Labor Journal
Beth
Snider, Trade Printery
Kevin
Snider, Trade Printery