Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of Meeting of March 27, 2013
The
meeting was called to order by President Chapman at 6:00 PM. The flag salute
and reading of meeting purpose following. M/S/C
to accept the minutes of the previous meeting as posted.
CREDENTIALS
á IBT
117: Terry Hutchins, Darrin Norton
á OPEIU
8: John OÕKeefe
No new delegates were present to be
sworn in
GUESTS
Paul Roberts, Candidate for Everett City
Council is seeking Labor Council support for his re-election. He
currently has the support of the IBEW and Carpenters. He talked about problems
with sequestration and how it affects the City of Everett at a time when we are
trying to build more jobs in the community. Real estate and sales taxes are
also shrinking. However, the city budget overall is in good shape because of
the management of finances.
Lark Kesterke,
United Way Financial Stability Program Director
discussed their tax preparation services for low income people. It is volunteer
led that also helps with financial services and education. She also discussed
the United WayÕs
money management and match savings programs.
Jim Smith, Radio Labor Journal, KSER
90.7 FM noted he was in his 17th year of the program. It is on the 3rd
Monday of each month. He invited local union participation.
Bob Downey, SEIU 1199NW spoke
about the Valley General Hospital levy which is on the ballot. The hospital in
Monroe has been struggling financially the last few years. There are 250 union
members out there belonging to SEIU, UFCW and WSNA. They have the lowest levy
in the state. The levy would increase taxes by $74.00 a year on a $200,000
home. The service area covers Monroe, Snohomish, Gold Bar, Index and eastern
Mill Creek. Ballots go out on April 5th and are due back by April 23rd.
The Labor Council Executive Board has endorsed the levy. He invited delegates
to help with the phone banks.
At 6:35
PM the meeting was suspended for guests to leave the room.
STAFF REPORTS
Sec.
Treas. Sells reported on legislative activity with regards to workers comp,
prevailing wage, teacher transfer, and the negative working familiesÕ bills
coming out of the Senate. He also noted that a hearing would be held in May
regarding the current grievance of Sheet Metal 66.
WSLC
President Jeff Johnson reported on legislation and thanked the Governor for
getting his budget priorities out. It will be a difficult ending to the session
around budget issues. He also noted that the Council would be looking to
recruiting and developing candidates for upcoming elections. Delegates were
invited to participate in a new video program being developed by the Labor
Council.
NEW BUSINESS—none
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing—No
new reports
Contract Negotiations--Rebekah
Hewitt, SPEEA, reported that the Tech unit had voted to accept a Boeing
contract. Originally, it had not, while the engineering unit had. There is no
pension for new hires in it. They are being moved to a defined contribution
(401k) type plan. Teresa Randall, IBEW89, reported on Frontier negotiations and
efforts by the company to push a defined contribution pension. Bob Rommel,
SPEEA, updated the delegates on the Aerospace Manufacturing Pilots Association
negotiations. Boeing is threatening to move the work to Miami. This will cause
an unfair labor practices filing with the NLRB. Greg Flatmo,
IUPAT, reported on
negotiations for glaziers. Leonard Kelley, IBT 38, reported that negotiations
with UPS are currently under way.
Other Local Activities—No
new reports
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Ann
Seabott, Wash Tech, United Way Community Services, talked about the upcoming
Letter Carriers Food Drive. You can volunteer by going to the VOA web site.
Help is always needed unloading food. Jason Redrup, IAM751A, reported on the
help needed for the food drive and the starting up of the ramp program. Guy
Johnson, Carpenters 70, reported that the annual Injured Workers Memorial will
be on April 24 at the Workers Memorial sculpture, corner of Wetmore and Pacific
at 5 PM. He asked for volunteers to go up before hand to help clean the statue.
M/S/C to extend the meeting beyond 7:30 PM
Rebekah
Hewitt,SPEEA, reported on
the Summer Institute for Union Women at Seattle CC being put on by the Labor
Institute.
The
meeting was adjourned at 7:32 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:
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: Mark Clark, Lester Mullen, Jason Redrup
IAM
751C:
IAM
751E:
IAM
751F: Jackie Boschok
IATSE
15:
IBEW
46:
IBEW
77: Jackie Rae
IBEW
89: Teresa Johnson
IBEW
191: Darrell Chapman, Devyn Johanson,
Darrel McLaughlin
IBT
38: Leonard Kelley
IBT
117: Doug Beatty, Brad Waddell
IBT
174: No Delegate
IBT
231:
IBT
763: No Delegate
IBU/
ILWU:
IUOE
302: Rick Cunningham
IUPAT
DC 5: Greg Flatmo
IW
86: No Delegate
LIUNA
292: Dan Christofferson, Chris Glenn, Doug Scott
NALC
791: Bob James
OPEIU
8: Janice Herrera
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: Mark Riker
SPEEA:
Lynn Burow, Rebekah Hewitt, Bob Rommel, Kurt Schuetz,
UBC
70: Guy Johnson, Ed Triezenberg
UFCW
141, USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash
Tech / CWA: Ann Seabott
Excused
Absences
AFSCME
948: Randy Kurtz
IAM
130: Ron Harrell
SPEEA:
James Gillan, David Simpson
Guests
Joan
Bethel, SEIU Retired
Bob
Downing, SEIU 1199NW
Jeff
Johnson, WSLC
Lark
Kesterke, United Way of Snohomish County
Yuri
Kosmin, SMIU 66
Paul
Roberts, Everett City Council
Jim
Smith, Radio Labor Journal