Tessier's ILWU Labor Relations Newsletter
Check out what I found on Local 13’s website; the Spring Election Sample Ballot.
Or for those who prefer PDF; Local 13 2017 spring election sample ballot
Look who is running for Night Business Agent.
Here is his flier:
Or for those who prefer PDF; Eric – Eric – Free Speech We Must Preach 2017
This could get interesting, especially for Chicken Shit Rich Austin, when Eric comes back to Seattle to represent Karey in his 17.4 hearing.
Much more to come…..
Local 19 President, Rich Austin, is such a chicken shit and so afraid of Eric Aldape that on September 26, 2016, he canceled Karey’s Section 17.41 hearing, claiming Karey did not have the right to be represented by another A-registered longshoreman.
Both Rich and dip-shit Doug Stearns form PMA, both told Eric and Karey they would look into the matter of representation and get back to them.
In stead of doing that, Rich and his ball washing dispatchers decided to retaliate against Karey, and Darren Woeck filed a grievance against Karey, because Karey said he was going to file a 13.3 against Darren when he caught him putting names on the dispatch pads, again, prior to the start of dispatch on September 26, 2016, (The same day Rich pissed his pants.)
Or for those who prefer PDF; Karey UC-32-2016
On February 28, 2017, Karey received a letter from the JPLRC informing him that he had been found guilty of violating Section 17.125 of the PCLCD.
Or for those who prefer PDF; Karey JPLRC letter 2-24-17
Karey will be filing another claim of discriminatory application of contract language in violation of Section 13.3 and of retaliation against him, because of his activity for or against the Union, because he filed complaints against the dispatchers for placing names on dispatch pads prior to the start of dispatch.
Processing a grievance filed against one employee by another employee, in this case a dispatcher, is a direct violation of the procedure agreed to in CLRC meeting #21-12, Item 3.
No employer complaint was filed against Karey within 30 days of the alleged violation, and he was not cited to appear by the JPLRC.
According to CLRC #21-12, item 3; “only the Employers have standing to file a complaint under Section 17.81,” which is the Section that should have been used to file the complaint.
Or for those who prefer PDF; CLRC-021-2012
Section 17.125 is a sub-section on Section 17.12: “The duties of the Joint Port Labor Relations Committee.”
When the JPLRC finishes an investigation, only the Employer has the standing to file a complaint under Section 17.81 and that did not happen.
Karey went to the JPLRC meeting on December 1, 2016, to discuss his Section 13.3 complaint against the dispatchers and get an answer to his requests for the 30-day rule for filing complaints in Seattle and to get an answer to his question related to representation at Section 17.41 hearings, as that is why his hearing on September 26, 2016, was canceled by Rich Austin.
Karey did not know the JPLRC was going to process the complaint filed by the dispatcher, in retaliation for his 13.3 complaint related to putting names on dispatch slips prior to the start of dispatch, as he had received no notice by the JPLRC.
Karey was asked who his witnesses were. He was a little stunned by the questions and while he was thinking of what he was going to say, Tom Clay from TTI blurted out, “We already know what you did.”
Karey thought Tom’s statement was odd, but he decided to answer, told the JPLRC who his witnesses were and left the meeting.
When Karey received the letter of warning dated February 24, 2016, he realized that the JPLRC found him guilty without ever talking to his witnesses, based on a grievance filed by another longshoreman in clear violation of CLRC #21-12, item 3, because of his activity for or against the Union.
Why does Rich, and the rest of the ILWU Officers including the Coast, want to keep the information related to grievance procedures and process in the CLRC minutes hidden from their members?
Are they that insecure and desperate to keep power that they won’t share information with their members?
Harry Bridges would never behaved like this, he kept no secrets and accepted all challengers. He would be flat out ashamed of the current leadership with their redacted minutes and lying Officials.
Why would Rich flat out lie to his member, and the NLRB, about the CLRC procedure that allows a longshoreman the ability to be represented by another Class A, or Class B, longshoreman or clerk?
Does Rich think he can lie his way out of this?
Homey don’t play that!
Homey says, Rich gets another smack with the NLRB sock.
Or for those who prefer PDF; NLRB Charge re dispatcher retaliation
More socks to come, Rich……….
Why is Local 94 President, Dirty Danny-boy Miranda, so upset about PMA filing grievances against longshoremen who were involved in the Port Medical benefits fraud?
Why did Dirty Danny-boy Miranda, and the Officers at Local 63, and the Officers at Local 13, all signed a letter saying they will not process any Section 17 Complaints against any of their members, involving Port Medical?
Here is why. Check out this Employer Complaint that PMA filed against past Local 13 President, Chris Viramontes.
Or for those who prefer PDF: EC-0781-2016
This is a BIG deal. This could, and should, get Chris Viramontes deregistered!
Not to mention, this exonerates Eric from Chris’ Section 13.2 conviction based on the “unsubstantiated rumor” that Chris was involved with the Port Medical fraud. Eric got 2 years off work for telling the truth and exposing the fraud.
This is the first of many Employer Complaints related to the Port Medical fraud.
In addition to Chris, 3 other Local 13 members, 1 Local 63 member, and 2 Local 94 members have received PMA Complaints.
Here is the letter Eric sent to the JPLRC upon receiving a copy of EC-0781-2016.
Or of those who prefer PDF: Eric – request to reopen for new evidence-2
If you were involved in the Port Medical fraud, you had better come clean because if you don’t you will be getting an Employer Complaint just like Chris Viramontes did.
You know who you are, and so will PMA because they have all the court documents from the indictment and pleas of the 2 guys who went down first.
Ever wonder why Danny-boy’s member Chris Rice was not named in any of the paperwork, even though it is common knowledge he was involved?
Because he rolled. How do you think they got the first 2 guys?
Either you come clean or PMA will use the court records to come and get you, and if that happens it will not bode well for you.
Come clean and make restitution now, and you stand a chance of keeping your job.
If you wait till they come for you, you will get the Chris treatment. And that silly letter the 3 Locals signed will not protect you.
Here is a copy of 1 of the court documents PMA will be using. Check out the pages listing check numbers and initials.
According to the DOJ Press release re Port Medical fraud, Crisanta Johnson, Regional Director for the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits and Security Administration; “It’s unconscionable that the defendants would game such a sacred program to line their own pockets.”
Do the right thing, or it will cost you your job!
More to come……..
An x-Cop, Mark Jursic, is running for Local 13 President?
Mark has been heard talking about introducing random drug testing, as a way to get a raise in pay for operators in the future.
How is that possible given the language in Article X, Section 2, of Local 13’s Constitution?
“Any Officer or agent, or former officer or agent of a Corporation or Association of Employers, or a deputized city, county, or special police, or men proven to be members of, or former members of vigilante groups, shall be prohibited to membership in this Union.”
Eric got kicked off the Executive Board because he allegedly broke “the oath,” contained in the Constitution, but Jursic is an x-Cop and he is going to get elected President, never mind the Constitution.
Local 13 Officers just use the Constitution to do whatever they feel like, never mind what it actually says.
Kind of like with voting.
The Constitution says you have to be a member in good standing, with all your fines and dues paid, if you want to vote.
But Local 13 Officers say, never mind the fines, let them vote if their dues are paid.
Local 13’s Constitution is as worthless as the paper it is written on.
All I can say is, 5-O must be some ball washer.
And now for something from the WTF department:
Current Local 13 President, Bobby Olvera Jr., informed his members last week that he and the rest of the Local 13 Officers, along with the Officers of the Clerks Local and the Walking Bosses Local, drafted a letter to PMA stating that they are not going to process the Section 17 Complaints filed against members involved with promoting Port Medical in the Dispatch Hall.
Could it be because Bobby’s baby-momma worked at Port Medical?
Or, could it be because Port Medical sponsored Bobby’s boy’s Boy Scout Troop?
Or, could it be because Port Medical sponsored Mondo’s softball team?
Eric did 1 year off work for slander because he said past Local 13 President, Chris Viramontes, was a part owner of Port Medical.
PMA and Local 13 have refused to process Eric’s Section 13.3 discrimination grievance claiming discriminatory application of contract language for over 2 years, but now PMA has filed a grievance of their own claiming that Chris Viramontes used his position to promote Port Medical in the Dispatch Hall.
What do you think they will say when Eric asks for a copy of the PMA Complaint for his case?
Definitely more to come on this…….
Wow, look what I found.
This is great. Now Frank Ponce de Leon and Cam Williams might learn how to process Eric’s Section 13.3 grievances.
Dumb ass Rich Austin might learn that longshoremen can represent other longshoremen at all Section 13 grievance proceedings, including the one he stopped in Seattle back in September 2016.
Go get all smart boys, then come out and play.
We are waiting……
ps: Back in the day, when I worked at PMA, we gave monthly classes on grievance and arbitration procedures. We called them JPLRC meetings, and anyone could attend, for free.
If the ILWU was really serious about educating members, they would give them access to the database of all CLRC meetings and Arbitrations that their members paid for.
Have fun.
We are waiting…..
Two final thoughts: Are those attending GAP training going to be Certified (or at least get a pretty participation ribbon), and do the hours count toward Walking Boss/Formen’s registration?
Come on boys, schedule some grievances. Show us your stuff.
We are waiting….Eh?
When Scott Mason decided to put himself back into the crane to finish the ship, after picking up a semi and dropping it to the dock and knocking the driver unconscious, he broke the law.
In Washington State, when a machine operator has an accident or even a near miss they are required to receive re-training before they are allowed to go back to operating equipment.
Because there is no Terminal Manager at the Matson terminal that outranks past Local 23 President, Scott Mason, he decided to put himself back in the crane after knocking out member Dave Glen.
For that the Employer received the following Safety violation complaint.
Or for those who prefer PDF; WISHA Safety violation complaint – Scott Mason
In the Ports of Tacoma & Seattle the fate of longshoremen is determined by who they are, not what they do, as evidenced by what happened to Scott Mason.
If the same thing had happened to a regular longshoreman, i.e. not an officer or a friend or relative of an officer, he or she would have been removed from the crane and a complaint filed, depending on whether or not they are liked by the current Local Officers.
Robert Wilson has been denied crane training for 4 years because he broke a dog off a hatch cover, while being watched by his trainer, but other past Presidents have dropped cans in the water or ripped off radar antenas and nothing at all happened.
Wonder what the Northwest Seaport Alliance crane productivity agreement will do about this?
NOTHING because Local 23 President, Dean McGrath, is not stupid and he did not sign the Agreement with Local 19’s Chief Ball Washer, Rich Austin.
More to come…
ps: Please check out; https://www.gofundme.com/Eric-and-his-family
It is on.
Local 23 “took it to the outside” on inauguration day, January 20, 2017, when Business Agent, Dave Basher, lied to Eric saying he was on “no dispatch to the SIM,” and that there was a “letter from the Coast.”
Here is the letter Basher claims is form the “Coast” and says Eric is on no-dispatch to the SIM.
Or for those who prefer PDF: PMA no-dispatch letter on Eric 1-19-17.
The Letter is NOT from the Coast, says nothing about the SIM, and cannot be enforced according to the Settlement Agreement reached the last time Local 23 tried to refuse to dispatch Eric in 2015.
Of for those who prefer PDF: NLRB Internet posting rule & NLRB Case 19-CB-107522 et al Settlement Agreement
How anyone at Local 23 could read that, they say they have the right to deny him employment at the SIM while on no-dispatch over his Walking Boss Shape-Up cartoon?
Nubie PMA employee, Bill Nelson got used by someone at Local 23 to put this letter out, just so they could use it to refuse to dispatch Eric.
Local 23 “took it to the outside” when they used a PMA Arbitration to try and stop Eric from working at a non-PMA job.
NLRB charges have been filed against Local 23 and PMA for refusing to dispatch Eric to the SIM.
Or for those who prefer PDF: NLRB Case 19-CB-191596 Charge against Local 23, NLRB Case 19-CA-191591 Charge against PMA.
What does Dave Basher think he is doing?
Did he read the article on Page 3 of Local 23’s webpage newspaper?
According to the article on page 3:
“AN INJURY TO ALL
An injury to one is an injury to all. We can put that principle to work by defending the people Trump is attacking, starting with our own members.”
Why is Local 23 attacking one of their “own members” instead of defending him?
Is this another case of; do as I say, not as I do?
As soon as the NLRB starts doing affidavits the gloves will come all the way off, and you will be able to read the 19 page appeal PMA filed trying to protect Eric from his own union.
Unfortunately all the appeals were unsuccessful and Eric had to go back to the SIM to work to support his family, while he decides what to do.
Now Dave Basher and Local 23 have taken that away from Eric by refusing to dispatch him to the SIM.
Did they forget that 2 years ago they allowed one of their members to work at the SIM while he was on no-dispatch to all PMA companies for assault?
We are doing what we need to do.
You can help by visiting Eric’s GoFundMe page and making a donation.
https://www.gofundme.com/Eric-and-his-family
Up until yesterday I thought that the following JOC article about increased productivity and the ILWU/PMA early talks was wishful thinking at best.
Early ILWU-PMA talks offer means to fix productivity problems
That was until I read the following Agreement between Local 19 and the Northwest Seaport Alliance.
According to the Presidents Report from the May 12, 2016, Local 19 Membership Meeting Minutes, the Northwest Seaport Alliance Agreement is the result of a meeting held on May 11, 2016, with the Northwest Seaport Alliance who was seeking to increase crane productivity.
Or for those who prefer PDF format: Local 19 & NW Seaport Alliance Crane Productivity Improvement Agreement
Who would have thought that the key to increased crane productivity would be a NON-PMA member group seeking to “increase Port marketability by driving production to world class levels.”
I hope the NON-PMA agriculture group and/or the NON-PMA retailers group are paying attention, they might learn something.
Never mind that the Agreement is a hip-pocket agreement in violation of Section 24.2 of the PCLCD.
What kind behavior would “demonstrate the need for further instruction/coaching?”
What kind of measurements are “they” going to use and how is the measuring going to be done?
These questions are usually answered through the collective bargaining process, but that did not happen here.
Do the morons that wrote; “The Parties recognize that this is a unique, non-precedent setting, stand-alone program,” really think they can stop others from demanding the same from other Locals with that language?
What is Rich Austin going to get out of this?
How about an all expense paid vacation to God knows where, to help the Northwest Seaport Alliance increase Port marketability? First Class of course.
Way to go Rich. Ask your Union buddies how they feel about your Local agreeing to set minimum production standards (crane moves per hour) for the first time on the West Coast?
More to come….
Nice JOC puff piece about the chassis situation in the Ports of New York and New Jersey.
Carrier-port agreement for NY-NJ chassis rejected
No one is talking about chassis on the West Coast because Big Bob ordered his ILWU mechanics NOT to cause any problems.
ILWU mechanics have been ordered to not question any truck driver who says his chassis is “company” owned, which makes the chassis exempt from the mandatory ILWU roadability inspection.
The chassis issue is like most problems that go away by themselves, they also come back by themselves.
I predict the chassis issue will be back for the 2019 negotiations.
Cute article in the JOC about the ILA’s stance against “fully” automated docks. Sounds like work slowdowns and/or work stoppages are about to start, because of the East Coast’s failure to deal with automation on the docks.
The ILA could take a page from the ILWU play book known as the M&M Agreement.
Harry Bridges had the insight to see what mechanization was going to do to the waterfront and negotiated the M&M agreement which was signed October 18, 1960.
Here is the JOC article, it is worth reading. ILA automation stance signals tough labor talks
The New York Times would rather write about “On the Waterfront” and the alleged mob connections to the ILA, which is kind of interesting but does nothing to shed light on what is going on today.
More bullshit media peddling fear and drama?
There are no mob connections on the West Coast to write about.
The only corruption on the West Coast is the ILWU going after the Union’s premier activist by ordering the Arbitrators to give the man 1 year off-work for a political cartoon.
The flier distributed about the on-the-job “shape-up” being run by Local 94 Walking Boss President, Danny Miranda, and some of his members got Baby Boy Danny so upset he went crying to Big Bob to demand that he do something.
Did Big Bob order his Arbitrators to give the Activist 1 year off-work for the following flier?
Why is it that no “journalists” want to write about the lack of free speech in the ILWU, despite the letter Big Bob wrote to President Obama about supporting civil rights and the Standing Rock protesters?
More do as I say, not as I do Unionism from the ILWU, because PMA had no problem with the cartoon?
I for one can hardly wait for the ILA contract fun and games to start, especially now that Trump is in charge.
More to come….