Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of the Meeting of January 22, 2014
The
meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by President Darrell Chapman. The flag
salute and reading of meeting purpose followed. Minutes of the previous meeting
were approved as posted.
CREDENTIALS
á ATU
883: Steve Oss, Rick Swartz
á IAFF
46:Jason Brock, Matt Demiter
á IAFF
1828: Micah Gaston, AJ Johnson
á IBEW
191: Randall Reynolds
á IBT
117: Terry Hutchins, Darrin Norton
á OPEIU
8: Jennifer Greff, Laura Moreno, Sue OÕConnor Prilliman, Adam Thornton, Addley Tole, Jr.
M/S/C to seat the new delegates
who were present. Matt Demiter IAFF 4; Rick Swartz ATU 883; AJ Johnson, Micah
Gaston IAFF 1828 were sworn in.
GUESTS
Ian
Nelson, United Way Tax Campaign Manager spoke on the United Way free tax
preparation program for lower wage earners. Refunds usually arrive in 7 –
10 days. Program has 73% very satisfied and last year helped over 300 people.
The
meeting was recessed for 5 minutes for guests to leave. Following that,
non-delegates were excused from the meeting. Meeting was reconvened.
STAFF REPORTS
Leonard
Kelley, Member Education and Community Outreach, reported on the Member
Education Committee and ask for volunteers for 2014.
He also
reported on the conference call with Richard Trumka,
AFL-CIO President. Topics included stopping Fast Track and raising the federal
minimum wage.
Lisa
Pau, Washington Labor Education Center, spoke on trainings to stop ÒRight to
WorkÓ and developing our coordinated campaign because the proponents will have
a very coordinated campaign. She also addressed the issue of wage theft.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing Reports—No
Reports.
Contract Negotiations—Theresa
Johnson, IBEW 89: In negotiations with Frontier Communications. They will be
voting on a very poor contract offer.
Jim Imhoff, AFSCME 113: In negotiations with City of Everett
and are currently working without a contract. City is targeting their medical.
Matt Demiter, IAFF 46: They opened negotiations last June, did
not receive COLA for 2 years and after fighting the city finally received it.
City is also going after their medical.
Rick
Swartz, ATU 883: They are in a prolonged battle with City of Everett. Going to
arbitration. Medical is also a target this year.
Other Local Activities:
Theresa Johnson, IBEW 89: The local is holding a caucus to promote people of
color and women in their organization.
OLD
BUSINESS
Nominations
were read for Executive Board. No new nominations were added and the body
accepted the nominees by acclamation.
Incoming
President Jason Redrup, IAM 751A was presented the
gavel by outgoing President Darrell Chapman, IBEW 191. Jason thanked Darrell
for his years of service as president and stated that he had some big shoes to
fill.
NEW BUSINESS
Vice
President Jason Redrup, IAM 751 A, made a motion to
have the SCLC Executive Board send a letter to Everett Mayor Ray Stephanson addressing the Labor CouncilÕs concerns with the
status of these negotiations. Motion was seconded and passed.
GOOD OF THE COUNCIL
Ann Seabott, United Way Labor Committee, WashTech,
reported on preparing for the Letter Carriers Food Drive, to be held on May 10th
this year. She kicked off the SCLC Peanut Butter Drive in conjunction with the
food drive. Peanut Butter is the most requested item at area food banks and is
no longer subsidized by the Federal Government. The SCLC will be collecting
jars of peanut butter at the March, April and May meetings. Ann noted that Jiff
is a union made peanut butter.
Jim
Smith, LIUNA 292, KSER Radio Labor Journal, spoke on the need for contributions
to purchase new equipment.
The
meeting was adjourned at 6:58 PM
Respectfully
submitted,
Leonard
Kelley, Trustee
Secretary-Treasurer
Mike Sells, AFT 772 was excused as the Legislature is in session.
ATTENDANCE
AFSCME
109: Polagaya McLaughlin
AFSCME
109E:
AFSCME
109S: No Delegate
AFSCME
113: Jim Imhof
AFSCME
1811:
AFSCME
1811C: No Delegate
AFSCME
1811CA: No Delegate
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: AFT 1873:
APWU
484: No Delegate
ATU
883: Rick Swartz
ATU
1576: Rick Jurkovic
GCIU
767M: No Delegate
IAFF
46: Matt Demiter
IAFF
1828: Micah Gaston, Rob Gullickson
IAFF
1984: No Delegate
IAFF
2694: No Delegate
IAFF
3916: No Delegate
IAFF
4118: AJ Johnson
IAM
130: Ron Harrell, David Volkmann
IAM
751A: Lester Mullen, Jason Redrup
IAM
751C:
IAM
751E:
IAM
751F:
IBEW
46:
IBEW
77: Arlene Cunningham
IBEW
89: Teresa Johnson
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman, Darrel McLaughlin
IBT
38: Leonard Kelley
IBT
117: Michael Boe
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231:
IBT
763: No Delegate
IUOE
302: Rick Cunningham
IUPAT
DC 5: Jim Mudd
IW
86: No Delegate
LIUNA
292: Chris Glenn, Doug Scott, Jim Smith
NALC
791: Bob James
OPEIU
8:
Pac
NW Newspaper Guild: No Delegate
Plumbers
and Pipefitters 26: No Delegate
PTE
17: Kathy Pierson
SEIU
6: No Delegate
SEIU
925: No Delegate
SEIU
1199NW: No Delegate
SMIU
66:
SPEEA:
Lynn Burow, Suzanne Kamiya-Harding
UBC
70:
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA: Rennie Sawade,
Ann Seabott
Excused
Absences
AFT
772: Mike Sells
IBEW
77: Jackie Rae
SPEEA:
Sandy Hastings, Bob Rommel, David Simpson
UBC
70: Ed Triezenberg
Guests
Ian
Nelson, United Way Tax Campaign Manager