Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes of the Meeting of September 25, 2013
The meeting was called to order at 6 PM by President
Chapman. The Flag salute and reading of the meeting purpose followed. Minutes
of the previous meeting were approved as posted.
CREDENTIALS
á IAM
751C: George Wilson
á IBEW
77: Arlene Cunningham
á IBT
117: Terry Hutchins, Darin Norton
á IUPAT
DC 5: Jim Mudd
á OPEIU
8: John OÕKeefe
á SPEEA:
Suzanne Kamiya-Harding
M/S/C to seat the new delegates
who were present.
Suzanne Kamiya-Harding was sworn in
GUESTS
Alex
Johnson for Initiative 522 gave an explanation of the initiative designed to
get foods labeled with their content information or whether they were derived
from genetically modified crops.
Dave
Warren and Rick Bender, Gateway Terminal Project, spoke on the need for the
commodity export center in Whatcom County. They noted it had been endorsed by
the AFL/CIO at its convention and the Washington State Labor Council. The project with have a project labor agreement on it. Without
the project the exports will move by rail into Canada. At this point, the Environmental Impact
Statement will take two years.
Meeting
was recessed for 5 minutes while guest left.
Meeting
was reconvened.
STAFF and OFFICER REPORTS
Pres.
Chapman reported on the AFL/CIO Convention and the change in direction that is
being promoted. He mentioned that the quality of the speeches was outstanding,
and the work schedule heavy. He thanked the Council for sending him as
delegate.
Marcus
Courtney, Senior Field Rep for the Northwest Region of the AFL/CIO, spoke on being new at the job after spending 5 years
overseas dealing with international relations. He discussed the changes that
may be coming and expectations with regards to strategic planning for state and
local councils. He also covered the potential of reaching out to other
like-minded groups to bring them into a closer relationship with the labor
movement.
Leonard
Kelley, Membership Education Coordinator spoke to the delegates about the need
to be involved in our upcoming Labor/Neighbor activities. Sign-up sheets were
handed around. He noted that one way to get back on track for the Labor
movement was to elect people who are pro-union to office.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing--SPEEA,
Bob Rommel, reported on a petition to represent two people in Florida that are
directly tied to an Alcion unit.
Contract Negotiations—SPEEA,
Bob Rommel noted they had completed a three year contract agreement with Trimec. He also noted that several ongoing unfair labor
practices cases against the Boeing Company were coming to fruition with 2 of 6
heading to trial in the next few months.
Teamsters
38—Secretary-Treasurer Sells reported on the takeaways being asked for by
the grocery companies.
NEW BUSINESS
M/S/C to grant strike sanction
to Teamsters Local 38 in its dispute with area grocery stores.
GOOD OF THE COUNCIL
Ann
Seabott, Wash Tech-United Way Labor Committee, updated the delegates on the
United Way Spirit breakfast noting that Chris Kelly, Letter Carriers 791, was
given the Spirit of Labor Award for her work on organizing the annual Letter
Carriers Food Drive. She reported that the Day of Caring projects were
completed in a shorter time than which they were allocated. She thanked the
Machinists for the helping with the projects. Another project is scheduled for
October 5th. Toys for Tots is coming up and
there will be a Dec. 14th work day to pick up toys and organize them
for distribution.
President
Chapman thanked the Laborers for showing up for the Everett transportation
hearing.
Jim
Smith, Laborers 292, promoted the KSER 90.7 FM Radio Labor Journal. He
introduced John Ruiz who will be helping with the program.
Adjourned
at 7:18 PM
Respectfully
submitted,
Mike
Sells, Secretary-Treasurer
Attendance
AFSCME
109:
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: Rick Jurkovic
GCIU
767M: No Delegate
IAFF
46:
IAFF
1828: No Delegate
IAFF
1984:
IAFF
2694: No Delegate
IAM
130:
IAM
751A: Jason Redrup
IAM
751C: Rod Sigvartson, George Wilson
IAM
751E:
IAM
751F: Jonathan Holden
IATSE
15:
IBEW
46:
IBEW
77: Arlene Cunningham, , Chris Reed, Nicole Reedy
IBEW
89:
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman, Damien Fisher, Darrel McLaughlin
IBT
38: Leonard Kelley
IBT
117:
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231: Rich Ewing
IBT
763: No Delegate
IBU/
ILWU: Robin Ramsey, David McKenzie
IUOE
302: Rick Cunningham
IUPAT
DC 5: Greg Flatmo
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, James Gillan,
Suzanne Kamiya-Harding, Marc Murphy, Bob Rommel, Kurt
Schuetz
UBC
70: Ed Triezenberg
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA: Rennie Sawade,
Ann Seabott
Excused
Absences
IAM
751F: Jackie Boschok
IBEW
77: Jackie Rae
SPEEA:
Sandy Hastings, David Simpson
Guests
Rick
Bender, LIUNA 242
Marcus
Courtney, AFL-CIO
AJ
Johnson, IAFF 4118
John
Ruiz, IAM 751
David
Warren, NWWCLC