Here is a copy of the memo Eric sent to Dean McGrath after the phone call he had with him on March 1, 2018;
Eric faxed the memo to Local 23 along with a copy of the Pacific Rail Ramp Agreement and the posting and Settlement Agreement from Case 19-CB-1075222 et al.
Dean must have noticed that Eric sent a copy to his lawyer because he decided to respond in writing.
Dean, you really should have considered the consequences of putting your lies in writing.
Here is Deans response to Eric;
For starters, Eric is not some job hunter looking for “work opportunities at the Port of Tacoma,” he is a dues paying, voting, member in good standing of the ILWU, and has been so since 1999.
Eric was not deregistered from “the industry.” Eric was deregistered under the PCLCD.
In case no one told you Dean, “the industry,” is bigger that just the ILWU/PMA Agreement.
Also, in case no one told you, being deregistered DOES NOT have anything to do with Union membership. The words registered and/or deregistered do not appear in the Constitution of Local 13, or the International’s Constitution.
The first charge related to Local 23 refusing to dispatch Eric to the non-PMA SIM rail ramp resulting in NLRB Case 19-CB-107522 et al Settlement Agreement and the following posting, was based on the truth;
The NLRB decisions referred to in Dean’s memo are based on his lie, contained in the last sentence of his memo.
Dean claims Eric is not allowed to be dispatched to the non-PMA SIM rail ramp job because he is “not eligible to line up for dispatch out of the Tacoma JPLRC dispatch hall.”
The non-PMA SIM rail ramp job is NOT dispatched out of the Tacoma JPLRC dispatch hall, it is dispatched “through the office of the Union.”
The words “JPLRC dispatch hall” do not appear in the Rail Ramp Terminal Agreement because it is NOT a PMA Agreement
The proof that Deano is a liar, is the letter PMA wrote in response to a claim that Eric working at the SIM was a violation of the Arbitration Decision placing him on no-dispatch to PMA jobs.
In January 2017, Eric was placed on 1 year no-dispatch for his political cartoon about the Walking Boss shape-up going on every night in Los Angeles.
Eric came up to Tacoma, told the dispatcher he was on no-dispatch to PMA but he was a member in good standing and was dispatched to the non-PMA SIM rail ramp.
Eric worked for 2 weeks, until Dave Basher told him he was not allowed to be dispatched because of an alleged letter from the CLRC. A letter that does not exist.
Local 13 and John Seixas claimed that Eric’s working at the SIM was a violation of the Arbitration Decision placing him on no-dispatch.
PMA responded with the following letter;
According to PMA there is no work record for Eric from January 1, 2017, forward.
PMA has no knowledge of Eric working at the SIM rail ramp because it is a non-PMA job, is not dispatched through the ILWU/PMA dispatch hall, and the payroll for work done at the SIM is not processed by PMA.
Dean is a liar.
Eric was not deregistered from the industry, and the job Eric is seeking is not dispatched through the Tacoma JPLRC dispatch hall.
Interesting how Dean is so concerned abut his family that he begged the Coast to pay for his kids to fly to San Francisco, and when he was turned down he and Dave Basher decided to steal the money from the members of Local 23, but he does not give a damn about Eric’s family when he refuses to dispatch him based on lies.
Dean is a liar and a hypocrite, pretending to be a Union leader.
Harry Bridges’ statue should be removed form Local 23, they do not deserve it.