Snohomish
Minutes of the Meeting of March 22, 2006
The meeting was called to order by Vice President Boschok at 6 PM followed by the Flag salute and the reading of the statement of purpose. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as typed and handed out.
CREDENTIALS
M/S/C to seat union delegates who were present. Tom Harriman, IBT 174 was sworn in.
GUESTS
County Executive Aaron Reardon stopped by to report on the Apprenticeship Utilization ordinance passed by the County Council. He thanked the Labor Council for their work and support on it, also.
Superior Court Judge Dave Kurtz stopped by to let the delegates know he would be running for the position to which he had just received an appointment. He has been endorsed by the 13 other judges, Prosecuting Attorney Janice Ellis, Sheriff Rick Bart and a number of legislators.
EXECUTIVE BOARD &
STAFF REPORTS
Secretary-Treasurer Sells reported that the Executive Board
met on March 14th. A “We Do Not Patronize” request on the Everett
PFD was being held as IATSE 15 had noted that negotiations were getting close
to a settlement. A targeted organizing campaign was discussed, as well as the
COPE endorsement schedule, the AFL/CIO Performance Standards, and an election
for a new trustee. Financial reports were distributed. The Board did approve
$150.00 for Pacific Northwest Labor History Association dues, $250.00 for the
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Community Services—
Organizing—
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing Reports—None
Contract Negotiations—Tom
Harriman, IBT 174 discussed the potential for a strike at Waste Management. The
company is promoting cuts in health care and wages. Drivers there work 60 hour
weeks. They will be having a Solidarity rally in Tukwila on March 31st.
Other Reports—John
Noble, UBC 562 reported on the potential for apprenticeship utilization in
NEW BUSINESS
Nominations to fill an unexpired term for Trustee #4 was opened and would remain open for the next meeting. No nominations were received.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Puget Sound Labor
Agency Snohomish County Directo,r
Mike Sells, State Representative, 38th Legislative District reported on legislation impacting Labor that passed in the last session. This included unemployment compensation, apprenticeship utilization at the Department of Transportation, and bargaining for child care workers. He expressed his dismay that they were not able to get Fair Share Health Care through the session, but they will be back at it in the next session.
Mark Moshay, SPEEA/IFPTE 2001, showed a power point presentation highlighting the volunteer activity of labor members in the community.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:45 PM
Respectfully submitted
Mike Sells, Secretary-Treasurer
Attendance:
AFSCME 109:
AFSCME 109E: Scott Flowers
AFSCME 109S:
AFSCME 113: Cameron Johnson
AFSCME 1811:
AFSCME 1811C:
AFSCME 1811CA:
AFSCME 1811JPD:
AFSCME 1811JS:
AFSCME 1811PA:
AFSCME 1811S:
AFSCME 881:
AFSCME 948: Randy Kurtz
AFSCME 1020:
AFSCME 1355:
AFSCME 2753:
AFSCME 2964:
AFT 772:Mike Sells
AFT 1873:
AFT 4254:
APWU 484:
ATU 883:
ATU 1576:
GCIU 767M:
IAFF 46:
IAFF 1984:
IAFF 2694:
IAM 130: David Volkmann
IAM 751A: Bob Neumann,
IAM 751C: Mark Blondin
IAM 751E: Ron Bradley
IAM 751F:
IATSE 15: John Lammon
IBEW 46:
IBEW 77:
IBEW 89:
IBEW 191:Jeff Seibert
IBT 38: Larry Buoy, Mike Campbell, Steven Chandler, Rick Olson
IBT 174: Tom Heriman
IBT 763:
IBU/ ILWU:
IFPTE 17:
ILWU 32: Ron Medcalf
IUOE 302:
IUPAT DC 5:
IW 86:
IW 506:
LIUNA 292:Rodolfo Zavala
NALC 791: Bob James
OPEIU 8:
OPEIU 277:
Pac NW Newspaper Guild:
SEIU 6:
SEIU 775:
SEIU 925:
SEIU 1199NW:
SMIU 66:
SPEEA: Chris Glenn, Mark Moshay,
UA 26:
UBC 562: John Noble, Dean Running, Don Sorenson, Ed Triezenberg
UFCW 44:
UFCW 141, USNU:
UFCW 1001:
UFCW 1105:
UniteHere:
AFT 772: Kim Mead, Jackie Minchew
IAM 751C: Hank Getchman
IAM 751F: Jonathan Holden, Judy Neumann
IATSE 15: Bill Wickline
IBEW 191: Darrell Chapman
IBT 38: Janine Dibble, Samantha Kantak,
LIUNA 292: Jim Smith
SEIU 925: Toni Bohan
SPEEA: David Simpson
UFCW 1105: Nancy Holland-Young, Paul Quaintance
Dave Kurtz, Superior Court Judge
Amber Seibert, SEIU 925