Snohomish
County Labor Council
Minutes
of the Meeting of August 28, 2013
The
meeting was called to order at 6:00 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 and Darrin 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
that were present. George
Wilson, IAM751C and Arlene Cunningham, IBEW 77 were sworn in.
GUESTS
State Representative, Cindy Ryu, 32nd District, thanked the Council for
past support for her campaigns and discussed her commitment to working people.
Lillian Ortiz-Self, Chair of the Washington
State Commission on Hispanic Affairs was introduced to the
Labor Council and briefly spoke to her commitment to helping working people.
She is a member of the WEA.
The
meeting took a short recess.
EXECUTIVE BOARD/STAFF REPORTS
Secretary-Treasurer
Sells reported that the Executive Board met on August 22nd and took
action with regard to COPE contributions and event recruitment. He also noted
that the Board had asked to get the Facebook page up and running. It is called
the Official Snohomish County Labor Council page because an individual, who did
not have the authority to do so, has opened up a Snohomish County Labor Council
page. In addition, the Board has asked him to look into the possibility of a
Worker Center for this area. He reported that the Board authorized bringing on
Leonard Kelley, IBT 38, as a Membership Education and Recruitment Coordinator.
Leonard
Kelley spoke to local election help that will be needed and an upcoming protest
rally in Seattle on September 5th at the Seattle Sheration
Hotel from 5 PM to 7 PM. The right wing Òthink tankÓ, Washington Policy Center,
is bringing Gov. Scott Walker to Washington State.
REPORTS OF UNIONS
Organizing—SPEEA,
Sandra Hastings reported that organizing of training pilots at Boeing is still continuing.
Boeing is trying to move the pilots to a Òright to workÓ state. She also noted
efforts to start an area Coalition of Labor Union Women group. For further
information, she could be contacted at 425-346-3398.
Contract Negotiations—IAM
751C, Jason Redrup, updated the Council on the negotiations for a group of
electronic techs at Boeing. The negotiations were finished satisfactorily.
IUOE
302, Rich Cunningham, reported that they had ratified a good agreement on
Friday with CEMEX.
IBEW
89, Teresa Johnson, reported that tough negotiations with
Frontier is continuing.
Other Local Activities—IAM
751C, Jason Redrup, reported on a community meeting at the Everett Station on
August 27th to get an update on WSU Everett. He explained how the
growth of engineering programs through WSU will help with the Triple 7
competitiveness needed for our area.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
Ann
Seabott, Wash Tech, United Way Labor Committee, updated delegates on the Day of
Caring. The Labor Committee is working on getting 20 volunteers for work on
Garfield Park, Saturday, Sept. 14th in the morning.
Mike
Sells, EEA/UTE 772, reported on the capital budget help from the state on
building a WSU Everett campus. As a state legislator he was involved with that
process and thanked the Capital Budget Chair, Hans Dunshee
for his leadership on it.
Jim
Smith, LIUNA 292, Radio Labor Journal, encouraged delegates to listen to the
program via the web streaming available at KSER.org The program is available for two
weeks after the initial broadcast.
Darrel
McLaughlin, IBEW 191, reported that there will be two picnics available on
Labor Day. One is in Seattle at Woodland Park and the other is in Burlington.
He also noted that on September 5th there would be a march in late
morning at the Renton Wal Mart.
Darrell
Chapman, IBEW 191, reported on the UFCW 21 action at the Fred Meyer in Lynnwood.
He stated that the grocery negotiations are looking to take away all health
care. The pickets were informational.
The
meeting was adjourned at 6:43 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:
GCIU 767M: No
Delegate
IAFF 46: John
Gage, Paul Gagnon, Don Schwab, John Tanaka
IAFF 1828: No
Delegate
IAFF 1984:
IAFF 2694: No
Delegate
IAM 130:
IAM 751A:
Jason Redrup
IAM 751C:
Christopher Louie, George Wilson
IAM 751E:
IAM 751F:
IATSE 15:
IBEW 46:
IBEW 77:
Arlene Cunningham, Jackie Rae
IBEW 89:
Teresa Johnson
IBEW 191:
Darrell Chapman, Darrel McLaughlin
IBT 38:
Leonard Kelley
IBT 117:
Michael Boe
IBT 174: No Delegate
IBT 231: Rich
Ewing
IBT 763: No
Delegate
IBU/ ILWU:
IUOE 302:
Rick Cunningham
IUPAT DC 5:
IW 86: No
Delegate
LIUNA 292:
Doug Scott, Jim Smith
NALC 791: Bob
James
OPEIU 8:
Pac NW
Newspaper Guild: No Delegate
Plumbers and
Pipefitters 26: No Delegate
PTE 17:
SEIU 6: No
Delegate
SEIU 925: No
Delegate
SEIU 1199NW:
No Delegate
SMIU 66:
SPEEA: Lynn Burow, James Gillan, Sandy Hastings
UBC 70:
UFCW 141,
USNU: No Delegate
UniteHere: No Delegate
Wash Tech /
CWA: Ann Seabott
Excused
Absences
IAM 130: Ron
Harrell
LIUNA 292:
Chris Glenn
NALC 791:
OPEIU 8:
Pac NW
Newspaper Guild:
Plumbers and
Pipefitters 26:
SPEEA: Bob
Rommel, David Simpson
UBC 70: Ed
Triezenberg
Guests
Lillian
Ortiz-Self, Chair of the Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs
?ly Ruiz, IAM 751A
Cindy Ryu, House Representative 32nd District