Minutes of August 24^th 2016 SCLC Meeting

The meeting was called to order at 6 PM by President Jason Redrup, IAM 751A. A motion and second were made to accept the minutes from the June meeting. A motion and a second were made to accept the credentials of Howard Carlson, IAM 751F and Mohammed Khan, SPEEA.

Guests

Tommy Flynn, OPEIU Local 277, was present to make a presentation to the Labor Council of two checks for Labor endorsed candidates. Tommy also stated that OPEIU had also contributed $5000 to the SR 1433 campaign and was given a resounding applause.

Secretary Treasurers Report

Secretary Kelley, IBT 38, reported on the SCLC Labor booths that the Education Committee staffed at the Millcreek Festival and the Festival of the River in Arlington. He asked delegates that volunteered to speak on the events. Several volunteers spoke and talked about what a valuable asset the booths were in outreach to the community and also to union members that attended the festivals. Several delegates commented that they had a really good time.

Secretary-Treasurer Kelley gave a brief report on the Labor Neighbor action held on July 10^th for Labor endorsed candidates in the 44 Legislative District. He asked Teresa Johnson, IBEW 89, to speak about her experience with Labor Neighbor. Teresa shared that it was a good experience for her and she had some great conversations at the door with union members. Secretary-Treasurer Kelley announced that our next day for Labor Neighbor will be October 8. He emphasized the need for a large turnout on that day for Labor endorsed candidates. Kelley stated that the format for this year’s Labor Neighbor is different from the past. The focus will be on union members that don’t vote very often or new young union members. A signup sheet was passed around.

He then gave report about the next Member Education class which will be held on October 22. The class will focus on leadership for rank-and-file union members. The deadline to sign up is October 10^th so be sure to get the flyers out to your coworkers and the jobsites.

Secretary Treasurer Kelley reported that Union Solidarity night at the Aqua Sox game was a huge success. It was extremely well attended and one of largest turnouts we’ve ever had. He added this year that the local unions contributed enough to pay for the whole event, usually we fall short.

Contract Negotiations.

John Sainz, ATU 1576, reported that they had successfully beaten back a decertification attempt by Island County Transit. They won the election with 71% “No” vote to decertify.

Suzanne Murphy,SPEEA, reported they had started contract negotiations with Triumph in Spokane.

Michael Boe, Teamsters 117, reported they are miles apart in their contract negotiations for the correctional officers with the state.

Sal Ponce, IATSE 15, reported that they had won election to represent the AV workers at Republic.

Other Local Activties

Ellen Powell, AFSCME 1811CA, reported that at their International Convention in Las Vegas they marched on Trump Towers. They have 2000 workers that they recently organized and Trump is refusing to negotiate.

Good of the Order

Betty Welsh, United Way Labor Engagement Manager, WashTech, reported on the summer activities that took place this year such as “Project Homeless Connect” and the IAM 751 members who helped serve 933 people. Other events included “Cool Girls in Aerospace”; the “Underwear Drive”, which delivered over 1123 pairs of new boys and girls underwear to Clothes for Kids and she thanked the Snohomish County Labor Council Delegates, the United Way Labor Committee, PTE 17 and AFSCME 109 for supporting this drive. Betty reported on the United Way Labor Committee’s annual purchase of backpacks and school supplies for kids in Everett, Granite Falls, Stanwood, Marysville and Arlington. She asked for volunteers for two upcoming events: September 24^th will be Labor’s “Day of Caring” to be held at Clothes for Kids and upcoming ramp projects. Betty spoke about the United Way workplace fundraising campaigns which are getting underway. With one out of three people in Snohomish County living below the poverty level participation in these campaigns are crucial.

The Meeting was adjourned at 6:38 PM

Respectfully Submitted

Leonard Kelly, Secretary-Treasurer

Attendance

AFSCME 109: Polagaya McLaughlin

AFSCME 109E:

AFSCME 109S: No Delegate

AFSCME 113:

AFSCME 1811:

AFSCME 1811C: No Delegate

AFSCME 1811CA: Ellen Powell, Terry VanWyck

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:

AFSCME 2753: No Delegate

AFSCME 2964: No Delegate

AFT 772:

AFT 1873:

APWU 484: No Delegate

ATU 883: Steve Oss, Rick Swartz

ATU 1576: Danielle Julien, John Sainz

IAFF 46:

IAFF 1828:

IAFF 1984: No Delegate

IAFF 2694: No Delegate

IAFF 3916: No Delegate

IAFF 4118:

IAM 130:

IAM 751A: Brian Butler, Mark Clark, Joel Hetland, Jason Redrup

IAM 751C:

IAM 751E:

IAM 751F: Howard Carlson, Denise Strike

IATSE 15:

IBEW 46: James DeCaro, Margaret Ely

IBEW 77: Jackie Rae

IBEW 89: Teresa Johnson, Karen Tegard

IBEW 191: Corey Dunlap, Kenneth Frey

IBT 38: Leonard Kelley, Mike Raughter

IBT 117: Michael Boe

IBT 174: No Delegate

IBT 231:

IBT 763: No Delegate

IUOE 302: Bill Albin Jr., Rick Cunningham, Tony Zempel

IUPAT DC 5: Robert Rahkonen

IW 86: No Delegate

LIUNA 292: Doug Scott, Jim Smith

NALC 791:

OPEIU 8:

Plumbers and Pipefitters 26: No Delegate

PTE 17:

SEIU 6: No Delegate

SEIU 925: No Delegate

SEIU 1199NW: No Delegate

SMIU 66:

SPEEA: Mohammed Khan, Susanne Murphy, Kurt Schuetz, Robert Sutton

UBC 70: Fidencio Denis Velasco

UFCW 141, USNU: No Delegate

UniteHere: No Delegate

Wash Tech / CWA: Charlene Rawson, Ed Triezenberg, Betty Welsh

Excused Absences

IBEW 77: Mike Black

IBEW 191: Darrel McLaughlin

IBT 38: Debbie Gath

NALC 791: Bob James

PTE 17: Kathy Pierson

SPEEA: David Simpson

Guests

Tommy Flynn, OPEIU 277

Victor C. Harris, SnoCo Democrats

Jessica Matheson, Carpenters Local 70

Sal Ponce, IATSE 15