Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of the Meeting of June 29, 2011
The meeting was called to order at 6:00
PM by President Chapman followed by the flag salute and reading of the meeting
purpose. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved with the following
corrections: Under Nominations, the word negotiations should be replaced with
nominations. Under nominations, the name Jim Gallard should by Jim Gillan.
CREDENTIALS
·
AFSCME
113: Jim Imhof and Dan Packard
·
IAFF
46: John Gage
None of the delegates were present to
be sworn in
GUESTS
Aaron Reardon,
Snohomish County Executive, thanked the COPE Committee for its endorsement
recommendation. He went on to underscore the importance of Labor and how they
are currently being attacked all across the country. He also gave an update on
current budget situations.
Tara Goode,
Washington State Nurses Association, reported on negotiations at Skagit Valley
Hospital. They had over 200 people out at their rally last week, and 400 people
showed up at the Board meeting. She felt there was a lot of support from the
Labor community.
Jeff Johnson,
Washington State Labor CouncilPresident,had just come from the Fair Trade rally in
Seattle. He gave a briefing on what happened in the legislature with Workers
Comp and the DES bill that does not allow state employees to compete for jobs
that are being outsourced. He also reported on a 3 year private fundraising
effort for the Labor Research Center at Seattle CC and to help the archives at
the University of Washington.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
REPORT
Secretary Treasurer
Sells reported on the new guest policy requiring all guests wishing to speak
before the SCLC to call in advance so they can be put on the agenda. Unless
there is a special presentation, guests will be asked to keep any speaking to 3
minutes. Guest speakers will be included at the beginning of the agenda. At the
end of the guest portion of the agenda, all guests will be excused so the
delegates can conduct the business portions of the regular meeting. He also
discussed the United Way situation, and noted that locals were requested to
comment directly to the United Way Executive Director with any concerns
regarding a new position that the United Way is creating. The Board voted to
donate $200.00 to the Wisconsin AFL/CIO to help fight back on attacks on unions
in that state and agreed to grant six months per capita dispensation to AWPPW
183 due to their budget situation.The Board will be working on an October 18th
Social Security Event at Everett CC with the Washington Social Security
Coalition. The COPE Screening Committee will be interviewing Monroe City
Council candidates on July 8th beginning at 9:30 AM. There will be a
Labor/Neighbor effort in Monroe in coordination with several Teamster locals
after these endorsements are made.
An update on the recent state
legislative session was also given by the Secretary-Treasurer in his capacity
as a State Representative from the 38th Legislative District.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing Reports—IAM 751F: Grace
Holland reported on organizing in the Kent area. IBEW 191: Darrell Chapman
reported on door to door contacts with non-union electricians.
Contract Negotiations—AFSCME 1811CA:
Patty Goins reported they are in mediation. They would like the same health
care package as that given to the Corrections Guild and the impact of
furloughs. She asked for Labor Council support in being treated the same.
Other Local Activity—IAM 751A: Jason
Redrup, gave an update on the current court rulings on the NLRB decision with
regards to Boeing.
OLD BUSINESS
Nominations were reopened for Vice
President. No further nominations were made. It was M/S/C to cast a
unanimous ballot for Jason Redrup, IAM 751A for Vice President.
Nominations were reopened for Trustee
#1. RennieSawade, CWA 37083, was added to the nominations. It was M/S/C to close
nominations. The chair appointed a Ballot Tally Committee and ballots were
passed out and collected. Dan Christofferson, LIUNA was elected on a 16 to 8 vote.
NEW BUSINESS
The following COPE
endorsement recommendations were presented to the Council and all passed in
separate motions:
·
Aaron
Reardon, Snohomish County Executive
·
Cindy
Portmann, Snohomish County Assessor
·
John
Lovick, Snohomish County Sheriff
·
Stephanie
Wright, Snohomish County Council, Pos. 3
·
Shannon
Affholter, Everett City Council, Pos. 7
·
Lance
Norton, Alderwood Water/Wasterwater Commissioner, Pos. 3
Nominations were opened for Sgt. At
Arms. Grace Holland, IAM 751F was nominated. The nominations were
be open again at the next meeting.
Nominations were opened for Washington
State Labor Council Convention delegates:
The following delegates
were nominated: Leonard Kelley, Teamsters 231 and Mike Sells, AFT 772. It was M/S/C
to send the two delegates to the convention.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Delegates—Ed Triezenberg,
UBC 70, reported that with the mergers of several locals, they were working
with the Labor Center to archive information from those locals. He also
reported on upgrades to the Labor Temple. Darrel Chapman, IBEW 191, reported on
a Texas texting bill. Brent Sanchez, IAM 751A, discussed the problems with a
Wal Mart going into Monroe. A large number of community members oppose it.
Chris Glenn, LIUNA, reported on a new company working with Puget Sound Energy
that requires safety glasses. Unfortunately, they give employees a voucher for
them at Wal Mart.
M/S/C to extend the
meeting past 7:30 PM
Community
Organizations—Jim
Smith, Radio Labor Journal, KSER FM gave an update on upcoming programs and
encouraged delegates to listen. Suzanne Moreau, PSLA, talked about the July 27th
Turkey Fry fundraiser with Sheriff Lovick as guest cook starting at 4:30 PM.
The PSLA will also need help with the Books and Backpacks program in August.
They are partnering with COSTCO, Fred Meyer and Boeing.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:42 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Mike Sells,
Secretary-Treasurer
ATTENDANCE
AFSCME
109:
AFSCME
109E: No Delegate
AFSCME
109S: No Delegate
AFSCME
113:
AFSCME
1811:
AFSCME
1811C:
AFSCME
1811CA: Patty Goins, Gloria Parker, TerryVanWyck
AFSCME
1811JPD: No Delegate
AFSCME
1811JS: No Delegate
AFSCME
1811PA:
AFSCME
1811S: No Delegate
AFSCME
435: No Delegate
AFSCME
881: No Delegate
AFSCME
948:
AFSCME
1020:
AFSCME
2753: No Delegate
AFSCME
2964: No Delegate
AFT
772: Mike Sells
AFT
1873: Steven Horn
APWU
484: No Delegate
ATU
883: No Delegate
ATU
1576:
AWPPW
183:
AWPPW
644:
GCIU
767M: No Delegate
IAFF
46: Don Schwab
IAFF
1984: No Delegate
IAFF
2694: No Delegate
IAM
130:
IAM
751A: Jason Redrup, Brent Sanchez
IAM
751C:
IAM
751E:
IAM
751F: Jackie Boschok, Grace Holland
IATSE
15:
IBEW
46:
IBEW
77: Jackie Rae
IBEW
89:
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman, Darrel McLaughlin, Darrell Wolk
IBT
38: Janine Dibble
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231:
IBT
763: No Delegate
IBU/
ILWU:
IFPTE
17: Geoffrey Crofoot
IUOE
302: No Delegate
IUPAT
DC 5: Greg Flatmo
IW
86: No Delegate
LIUNA
292: Dan Christofferson, Doug Scott
NALC
791: Bob James
OPEIU
8: Janice Herrera
OPEIU
277: No Delegate
Pac
NW Newspaper Guild: No Delegate
Plumbers
and Pipefitters 26: No Delegate
SEIU
6: No Delegate
SEIU
925:
SEIU
1199NW: No Delegate
SMIU
66: No Delegate
SPEEA:
James Gillan, Bob Rommel
UBC
70: Ed Triezenberg
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere:
No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA: RennieSawade
Excused
Absences
AFSCME
948: Randy Kurtz
AFT
772: Kim Mead
IBEW
191: Robert DeVelder
IBT
231: Leonard Kelley
Guests
Tara
Goode, Washington State Nurses Association
Jeff
Johnson, President, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Suzanne
Moreau, PSLA
Jim
Smith, Radio Labor Journal, LIUNA 292