SCLC Minutes 2/24/2016
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by President Redrup, IAM 751, followed by the flag salute and the reading of the meeting purpose. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as posted.
Credentials
There were no new delegates to be sworn in
Guests
Victor Harris from the Snohomish County Democrats spoke about the need to fill vacant PCO positions and to encourage people to show up at the Washington caucuses.
Swearing in of Officers
Ed Triezenberg, WashTech, Jason Redrup, IAM 751A, and Michael Boe, Teamsters 117 were all sworn in to their perspective positions on the Executive Board.
Secretary Treasurers , State Officers Report.
Michelle Stelovich: Vice President WSLC shared the time line from the WSLC on the upcoming election season. She stated that right now they are putting together a list of targeted races in the State.
She also reported on the WSLCÕs class ÒPath to PowerÓ which is a candidate training course to be held April 14th and 15th in Yakima.
Secretary Treasurer Leonard Kelley, IBT 38, reported on Initiative 1433 and the ÒRaise up WashingtonÓ Campaign organization meeting being held on March 2nd and the importance of getting this initiative on the ballot.
Secretary Treasurer reported that a hotel in Las Vegas with 500 employees has filed for and won an election for Union Representation with Unite Here. The hotel is owned by Donald Trump and management is trying to appeal the election.
He then shared a video made by the Northwest Accountability project on the Freedom Foundation and their anti-union efforts.
Secretary Treasurer Kelley gave an update on the next class in the Labor Education Series. The class is ÒWorkerÕs Rights – Union and Non-UnionÓ being held on March 19th.
Reports of Unions: Susanne Murphy, SPEEA, reported that Representative June Robinson, 38th District, was going to be reintroducing the bill on Aerospace Accountability hoping to force Boeing to keep jobs here and tie those jobs to the massive tax breaks they are receiving.
New Business
A motion was made and seconded to endorse Hans Dunshee to fill the vacant position for County Council. The vote was held and Hans Dunshee was endorsed unanimously. A letter will be sent to the County Council about the endorsement.
Good of the Order
Betty Welsh, Labor Engagement Manager United Way, WashTech, talked about using #FeedSnoco to involve everyone in The Letter Carriers Food Drive and the SCLC Peanut Butter Drive. Twitter your Brothers and Sisters about the opportunities to give.
The Letter Carrier Food Drive is May 14th, last year we collected 259 thousand pounds of food this year we are going for 265 thousand pounds of food. The more we involve our members and using #FeedSnoco is a great tool, the better the outcome.
Peanut Butter provides a great source of protein to the food banks and is their most requested item. Please bring your donation of Peanut Butter to the next meeting. Jif and Adams are Union makers of Peanut Butter, but our Union stores support the drive with other brands too.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:43 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Leonard Kelley
ATTENDANCE
AFSCME 109: Polagaya McLaughlin
AFSCME 109E:
AFSCME 109S: No Delegate
AFSCME 113:
AFSCME 1811:
AFSCME 1811C: No Delegate
AFSCME 1811CA: Patty Goins, Terry VanWyck
AFSCME 1811JPD: No Delegate
AFSCME 1811JS: No Delegate
AFSCME 1811PA:
AFSCME 1811S: No Delegate
AFSCME 435: No Delegate
AFSCME 881: No Delegate
AFSCME 948: Angela Guadamuz, John Randolph
AFSCME 1020:
AFSCME 2753: No Delegate
AFSCME 2964: No Delegate
AFT 772:
AFT 1873:
APWU 484: No Delegate
ATU 883:
ATU 1576: John Sainz
GCIU 767M: No Delegate
IAFF 46:
IAFF 1828:
IAFF 1984: No Delegate
IAFF 2694: No Delegate
IAFF 3916: No Delegate
IAFF 4118:
IAM 130:
IAM 751A: Brian Butler, Joel Hetland, Jason Redrup
IAM 751C: Michael Hill, Rod Sigvartson
IAM 751E:
IAM 751F: Garth Luark
IATSE 15:
IBEW 46:
IBEW 77: Mike Black, Jackie Rae
IBEW 89: Teresa Johnson, Karen Tegard
IBEW 191: Kenneth Frey, Darrel McLaughlin,
IBT 38: John Howell Jr., Leonard Kelley
IBT 117: Michael Boe
IBT 174: No Delegate
IBT 231:
IBT 763: No Delegate
IUOE 302: Bill Albin Jr., Al Cummins, Rick Cunningham
IUPAT DC 5: Steven Dore, Robert Rahkonen
IW 86: No Delegate
LIUNA 292: Chris Glenn, Doug Scott, Jim Smith
NALC 791:
OPEIU 8: Tara McIntosh, Phyllis Naiad, Adam Thorton
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, James Gillan, Susanne Murphy, Kurt Schuetz, Kenneth Ware
UBC 70: John Lehman, Fidencio Denis Velasco
UFCW 141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash Tech / CWA: Ed Triezenberg, Betty Welsh
Excused Absences
IAM 130: Ron Harrell
IBT 38: Steven Chandler, Tammi Brady, Debbie Gath, Samantha Kantak
NALC 791: Bob James, Chris Kelly
SPEEA: Sandy Hastings, David Simpson, Robert Sutton
UBC 70: John Lehman
Guests
Jim Davis, Retired Teamsters Local 38
Victor C. Harris, Snohomish Democrats
Michele Stelovich, WSLC District 2 VP, WFSE Local 1060