Category: Local 13 Stuff

Bobby O Jr. and Mark Williams are going all out to make sure that Eric does not win the Vice-President election re-run.

They are reinventing the procedure and allowing new candidates to run, candidates who did not run in the Spring 2014 Vice-President race.

The last time Big Bob ordered an election re-run in Local 13, the procedure was to allow only the candidates who ran in the original race to participate in the re-run.

This time Bobby O and Mark Williams are using the “what ever I feel like” procedure to open the re-run up to new candidates, and Bobby actually asked some members to run against Eric in an all out effort to see he does not win.

Bobby O went so far as to recruit the other twin to run in place of his brother, who sadly and unexpectedly passed away right after the Spring election.

Bobby O and Mark Williams are allowing Mondo Porras to participate even though it was his violation of the rules that caused Big Bob to order the re-run. I am pretty sure if it was Eric that broke the rules, the decision to allow him to participate would have been different.

Be that as it may, Local 13 will get the kind of Union Official they deserve.

If the Local wants to continue to crumble under the weight of corrupt officials who lie to members, that is their choice.

If the Local wants to continue down the path to defeat as outlined in the article by the UCLA Center for Social Theory and Comparative History, that is their choice.

If the Local wants to stand tall and feel proud, they should empower new leadership and start by electing Eric as Vice-President in the re-run.

At the end of the day, the Local 13 rank-and-file will get the kind of leadership they deserve.

UCLA article on Grain Agreement

AP article – Deal on Health Care Aids Port Contract Talks

 

Check out Danny Imbagliazzo’s latest flier dated 8-7-14. (click the hyperlink below)

Danny has not figured out that he is part of the problem, which is probably one of the reasons he is no longer a caucus delegate.

If only they had listened to you Danny, everything would be different. It’s PMA’s and Coast Arbitrator John Kagel’s fault that Health Benefits Officer Jerry Avila and the rest of the ILWU Officials at Local 13 and the International watched your members, and some corrupt medical providers, defraud the ILWU Benefits Plan of over 50 million dollars and did nothing, or participated.

Hard to say what they are talking about at the “secret” negotiations, but it is probably not benefits fraud because of the recent indictment and ongoing  DOL and FBI investigations. PMA has the union right where it wants them as it relates to benefits.

Danny the steady man has not figured out, there is no free lunch.

Danny is trying to sell his “free insurance”, which is so much on the up and up, that the only bank willing to due business with the insurance company is located in the Cayman Islands.  What does that tell you?

All this nonsense is directly related to the secret negotiations being conducted by Big Bob and his side kicks, Leal and Ray.

Danny Imbagliazzo’s 8-7-14 flier

 

 

Yup, thats right, Bobby O. and Mark Williams have done it again.  This time they used their “what ever I feel like” policy to corrupt the Local 13 Trial Committee Procedures in order to screw “The Greek”.

Yesterday, Bobby and Mark’s hand picked (dog and pony show) Trial Committee, which includes several current Local 13 officers, met for the first time. We are not sure what they did other than run around the office asking for the Trial Committee rules.

Yesterday, Mark Williams and the entire Executive Board also received a letter from a Local 13 member (in good standing, with fines and assessments paid) protesting the way the Trial Committee was hand picked by Mark Williams, in complete violation of the rules.

The procedure requires that the Trial Committee be selected at a membership meeting, by members, in front of the membership, not by a couple of secretaries and Mark Williams in secret.

The sign up sheet had 15 spots for volunteers to sign up for the Trial Committee. Eric was the 15^th person to sign the sheet, and when he got up to sign there was no one in line. As soon as Eric signed, 5 more members jumped up and signed up, even though they were told by Mike Hernandez that there were only spots for 15 volunteers.

The procedure for selecting Trial Committee members, when more volunteers sign up than there are spots for, is to conduct an election at the membership meeting where the Trial Committee is being selected, and current elected officials are not permitted to participate, per President Mike Mitre and Local 13’s lawyers.

Bobby O Jr. and Mark Williams are trying to manipulate the Trial Committee by holding a drawing, in secret, in Mark’s office using Local 13 OPEIU office employees Paula Pope and Taylor Agajanian, to select the Trial Committee members, and they are allowing currently elected officials to participate, which they know is not allowed. (Ask Mike Mitre)

The Executive Board needs to hear about this and take immediate action to re-do the Trial Committee selection at the next membership meeting, in front of the membership, in accordance with the agreed to procedures.

If you can’t attend the next Executive Board Meeting, call Mark Williams or Bobby O Jr. and tell them they need to re-do the Trial Committee selection, and this time follow the actual rules. 310 830-1130 ex-131 Tell him hi from me.

 

 

Jerry Avila, Local 13 Health Benefits Officer, is a liar, who watched crooked ILWU Officials and their Doctors defraud the ILWU medical plan of at least 50 million dollars, and needs to be replaced.

Jerry Avila, and his cronies have screwed up the ILWU medical benefits plan so badly, it may never recover, especially if it is up to Big Bob and his coconspirators, Leal Sundet and Ray Ortiz (Chris Viramiontes’ uncle) to fix it. If they can not figure out how to hire a neutral professional arbitrator to hear discrimination cases, what make anyone think they can fix the medical plan?

Read an unsolicited email I received from one of the Los Angeles medical practitioners.

“I have been providing quality chiropractic and physical therapy services to ILWU members for a decade now. I have watched as Local 13 has been hijacked by a bunch of corrupt thugs who have single handedly masterminded the heist of tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars from the trust fund with their fraudulent puppet clinics chiefly port medical. I have worked with hundreds of workers across multiple clinics and count several previous presidents of local 13 among past and current patients. I believe the scale of fraud perpetrated by this corrupt regime of individuals has destroyed the current benefit plan while endangering the benefits and finances of thousands of workers that play by the rules with their benefits not to mention how many legitimate offices have been railroaded out of business to make way for Ports cronies. I have heard story after story about Chris Viramontes, Chris Rice among several others. Patients that called to complain of bogus charges were told “don’t worry about it the bill was paid” Chris was blatantly offering members Rolex watches to bill their insurance. It’s disgusting to watch how much is swept under the rug or blame placed on others. I believe that the so called destruction of records by Cigna employees during the changeover to Zenith is nothing but a cover for the actual destruction of crooked employees working in the claims offices to cover the tracks of bogus claims payments. It is truly a wonderful thing that you are doing exposing the tactics of these criminals and hopefully they will meet their end. I could go on and on but again it’s refreshing to see someone actually report what’s going on behind the scenes as most are in the dark or too afraid to question or break rank. In my practice I have hired ERISA lawyers to fight for payments as we will not ruin our patients credit or stick them with bills that ought to be paid because Zenith and TC3 want to screw everyone to replenish the funds raided by these clowns.”

If the members of Local 13 re-elect Jerry Avila as Health Benefits Officer, they will get what they deserve.

 

 

Bobby Olvera Jr., ILWU Local 13 President, read his Trial Committee charge against “The Greek” last Thursday at the August membership meeting, in front of his new best friend, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was at the meeting to thank Local 13 for their $250,000 donation (and for the votes), and to receive his free ILWU Local 13 jacket.

Bobby’s grievance charges “The Greek” with being on 2 payrolls at the same time, and with using his Business Agent position to strong arm employers to put him in for bump pay related to in lieu of payments.

It seems that Bobby O and his crew are trying to rig the Trial Committee, like they did in Eric’s case against Mondo, in an attempt to have “The Greek” disqualified from running in the up coming September 2014 Local 13 election.

It also seems that Bobby O underestimated “The Greek’s” reaction to the charges.

“The Greek” responded by providing a picture of “Scary Jerry” and Mayor Garcetti, and a picture of his pay check stub: then explained that, on May 28, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, hosted a luncheon at City Hall to thank Bobby O Jr. for the $250,000 donation from ILWU Local 13 and to celebrate their successful elections.

Mayor Garcetti invited the entire Executive Board to the luncheon, along with other selected Local 13 Officials including “The Greek’ and “Scary Jerry”, and  Bobby invited his mother.

At some point during the luncheon, Bobby decided to show off his big union boss status and offered to put “The Greek” and “Scary Jerry” on the payroll for taking care of his mother, and I suspect to impress his new friend Mayor Garcetti.

Bobby O Jr., used his position as Local 13 President and called company 740, Pasha steel dock, and strong armed them into putting both “The Greek” and “Scary Jerry” on the payroll, for ghost lashing jobs, bypassing the Dispatch Hall, in complete violation of the dispatch rules.

Bobby O Jr., knows the Dispatch Rules.  In 2003 Bobby was demoted from Chief Dispatcher, then removed from his regular Dispatcher position all together, for inappropriate behavior, but he knows the rules.

Bobby O Jr. is now about to find out what happens to the President of a longshore Union Local, that uses his position to strong arm an employer to put friends on the payroll, for ghost lashing jobs, bypassing the Dispatch Hall, in complete violation of the dispatch rules. Can you spell RICO violation?

People who live in glass houses should not throw rocks, Bobby.

Bobby O Jr. put on the full dog and pony show at the Executive Board meeting and had his favorite prop, Local 13’s million dollar a year lawyer, standing right beside him to make it look like what he was saying was approved by “the lawyers”.

Bobby O threatened the E-Board by saying that what was going on with “The Greeks” payroll was a violation of the LMRDA, and if the Trial Committee did not take care of this he would have to turn the Local in for violating the LMRDA.

Great new variation on PMA made us do it, Bobby.

Seems like using the PMA made us do it scam works so well, Bobby has decided to use it with his new friends the LMRDA.

Well Bobby, the PMA does not make the ILWU do anything and neither does the LMRDA.

Beware Bobby, some members do not like being bullied, you might want to think twice before you invite “The Greek” down the alley.

People who live in glass houses should not throw rocks, Bobby.

The emergency E-Board meeting yesterday at Local 13 seems to have been about going after one of their Business Agents for payroll fraud, for being on more than 1 payroll at the same time.

It appears Business Agent, Angelo Andrikos aka “The Greek”, is being accused of being on more that one payroll at the same time.

Local 13 President, Bobby O Jr., could not act on his own, so he called in the lawyers, at $225/hr, and the E-Board, and they all decided to convene a Trial Committee to deal with Angelo.

Funny thing, because Danny Imbagliazzo has been doing the same thing for years, and the Union Officials do not have any problem with him being on more that 1 payroll at the same time.

According to Arbitration Award SC-10-97, Danny Imbagliazzo was found to be on more that 1 payroll at the same time in violation on the PCLCD and banned from steady employment for the rest of his career, but Local 13 never implemented the decision and steady man Danny Bags continues to be on more that 1 payroll at the same time with impunity. How does that work?

Looks like “The Greek” has fallen from favor, and the corrupt Local 13 Officials are out to get him now.

Stay tuned for more, there are no secrets on the waterfront.

 

Bobby has called for an emergency E-Board meeting on Tuesday August 5th at Noon.

The lawyers will be meeting with Bobby and some of the other Officers from 8 till Noon to discuss what ever it is that Bobby has called the meeting for.

Time to come clean about the Unions involvement in the 50 million dollar insurance fraud indictments?

Or time to discuss the DOL investigation into the last election?

There are no secrets on the waterfront, so just tell everyone what you are up to, Bobby.

Use your Facebook for something useful.