Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of the Meeting of October 24, 2012
The
meeting was called to order at 6:01 PM by President Chapman followed by the
flag salute and the reading of the meeting purpose. 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
? OPEIU
8: Tracy Hoffman, Jennifer Moore, John O?Keefe
? SMIU
66: Aaron Bailey, Mark Riker
? SPEEA:
Rebekah Hewitt
M/S/C to seat the new delegates
who were present.
Rebekah Hewitt, Aaron Bailey and Mark Riker were sworn in as delegates.
SECRETARY TREASURER/STATE OFFICER/STAFF
REPRORT
Sec.
Treas. Sells reported on the large turn-out for Labor/Neighbor on Saturday and
specifically thanked the Laborers 292, Doug Scott and Dan Christofferson, for
having the largest number of members present. He thanked Michele Stelovich for her superior organizing abilities. Steve Garey, WSLC Labor/Neighbor, reported that 128 people were
at the event. Darrel McLaughlin, IBEW 191, noted there would be phoning on
November 1st, 4th and 6th to get out the vote.
Sec.
Treas. Sells noted that the next meeting would be December 12th
which was different that the usual 4th Wednesday of the month
meeting due to the holidays. Nominations for the following 2 year terms will be
open at the next meeting: Secretary-Treasurer, Vice President, Sgt At Arms, Trustee 2 and Trustee 6. He also read the WSLC
committee openings available and invited delegates to let him know if they were
interested in being involved.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing Reports—None
Contract Negotiations—SPEEA,
Rebekah Hewitt gave an update on SPEEA negotiations with Boeing. Progress is
being made after the overwhelming membership rejection of the original
proposal. WFSE 948, Randy Kurtz reported that members had voted to accept the
new contract with the state. Now it is up to the legislature. He noted it
remains to be seen where cuts will be made and he expressed concerns over
health care costs. SMIU66, Mark Riker expressed concern over issues at Northshore Sheet Metal involving other unions. He felt that
the company is trying to get out of its contract with them. He asked for other
labor union support while a decertification petition was filed. ATU 1576, Patty
Ceis reported that the local would be holding a rally in Lynnwood on Friday,
October 26th at 1:30 PM with Representative Larsen concerning
Federal and State funding for transit. Congress has attempted to slash funding
for public transportation. The media event will be at the Lynnwood Transit
Center.
Other Local Activities—IAM
751A, Scott Seeley reported on attending his first Grand Lodge Convention.
SPEEA, Rebekah Hewitt reported that there will be a rally regarding the
Trans-Pacific Trade Pact in Blaine on December 1st.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Patty
Ceis, ATU 1576, reported on activities for the Labor United Way Committee. They
are currently working on collecting Toys for Tots. Ron Harrell, IAM 160, is on
the Snohomish Human Rights Commission. They will be celebrating Human Rights
Day at the Courthouse on December 10th. He invited delegates to
participate. Steve Garey, United Steelworkers,
reported on support for the United Way Drive in Anacortes. Darrell Chapman,
IBEW 191, reported that he would like to be reappointed to the Workforce
Development Council in Snohomish County. He spoke on his concerns about the
loss of transit routes due to budget cuts, and how the decisions to cut in
specific areas were made.
The
meeting was adjourned at 6:42 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
1828: No Delegate
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 Randall
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman, Devyn Johanson,
Darrel McLaughlin
IBT
38:
IBT
117: No Delegate
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231: Leonard Kelley
IBT
763: No Delegate
IBU/
ILWU:
IUOE
302: Rick Cunningham
IUPAT
DC 5:
IW
86: No Delegate
LIUNA
292: Dan Christofferson, Chris Glenn, Doug Scott
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: Aaron Bailey, Mark Riker
SPEEA:
Lynn Burow, James Gillan, Rebekah Hewitt, Bob Rommel,
David Simpson
UBC
70: Guy Johnson, Ed Triezenberg
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA:
Excused Absences
AFT
772: Kim Mead
NALC
791: Bob James
Wash
Tech / CWA: Ann Seabott
Guests
Steve
Garvey, USW 12-591, Labor Neighbor
Rob
Gullickson, IAFF 1828