Snohomish County Labor Council

Minutes of the Meeting of August 22, 2012

The meeting was called to order by President Chapman at 6:00 PM. Trustee Randy Kurtz, WFSE 948, was appointed to the Vice President’s Chair. The flag salute and meeting purpose reading followed. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as posted on the web site.

CREDENTIALS

· AFSCME 109E: Sean Hare, Curtis Jasper, Beverly Riley, Judy Wahl

· AFSCME 113: Dan Packard

· IBEW 77: Nicole Reedy

· OPEIU 8: Tracy Hoffman, Jennifer Moore, John O’Keefe

M/S/C to seat new delegates who were present. Nicole Reedy, IBEW 77 was sworn in.

SECRETARY-TREASURER REPORT

Sec. Treas. Sells held a discussion with delegates regarding reasons for low voter participation in the primary. In addition, he discussed the Labor/Neighbor program briefly.

REPORTS OF UNIONS

Organizing Reports—No new reports

Contract Negotiations—No new reports

Other Local Activities—IBEW 89, Teresa Randall reported on attending the International IBEW Women’s Conference.

IBEW 191—Darrel McLaughlin reported on their upcoming picnic on September 9^th in Mt. Vernon.

NEW BUSINESS

Darrel McLaughlin, IBEW 191 recruited for the Labor/Neighbor Walks and the phone banks.

GOOD OF THE COUNCIL

Patty Ceis, ATU 1576 reported on upcoming activity for the Labor Advisory Committee to United Way. They will be working on the Toys for Tots program. She asked delegates to sign up if they can place containers in their workplaces.

Darrel McLaughlin, IBEW 191, reported on a member who owned a farm in Eastern Washington selling fresh produce locally. He could be contacted at their hall.

Jim Smith, KSER 90.7 FM, Radio Labor Journal discussed the program and how unions can be involved. It was M/S/C to buy business cards for Jim Smith, the program director.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:46 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Mike Sells, Secretary-Treasurer

ATTENDANCE

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: Patty Ceis

GCIU 767M: No Delegate

IAFF 46:

IAFF 1984: No Delegate

IAFF 2694: No Delegate

IAM 130:

IAM 751A: Scott Seeley

IAM 751C:

IAM 751E:

IAM 751F:

IATSE 15:

IBEW 46:

IBEW 77: Jackie Rae, Nicole Reedy

IBEW 89: Teresa Randall

IBEW 191: Darrell Chapman, Devyn Johanson, Darrel McLaughlin

IBT 38:

IBT 174: No Delegate

IBT 231:

IBT 763: No Delegate

IBU/ ILWU:

IUOE 302: Rick Cunningham

IUPAT DC 5:

IW 86: No Delegate

LIUNA 292: Dan Christofferson

NALC 791:

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: No Delegate

SPEEA:

UBC 70: Ed Triezenberg

UFCW 141, USNU: No Delegate

UniteHere: No Delegate

Wash Tech / CWA:

Excused Absences

AFT 772: Kim Mead, Camlynn Tafa

IAM 130: Ron Harrell

IAM 751A: Jason Redrup

IBT 231: Leonard Kelley

SPEEA: Lynn Burow, James Gillan, Bob Rommel

UBC 70: Guy Johnson

Guests

Jim Smith, Radio Labor Journal