On August 31st the bal-lots of the State-Wide Con-tract Vote for Franz Bakery were counted in Tukwilla, Washington. The pro-posed contract offer was rejected by the membership across the state. Contract update meetings were held on September 15th &16th with Teamsters Local 690 Business Repre-sentatives Ron Vevoda, Mark Brandt, Secretary-Treasurer Val Holstrom, and your Negotiating Commit-tee Members to hear the

member’s contract concerns and will begin negotiating modifications to the reject-ed proposal on October 1st. We ask for your contin-ued support during these negotiations as we strive to bring you the best possible contract offer.

LOCAL UNION NO. 690

Val Holstrom Secretary–treasurer OCTOBER 2015

  There are many con-tracts that are currently being negotiated or that have recently been rati-fied. Your Business Represent-atives and Negotiating Committee members have been working very hard to bargain for fair wage and benefits increases, as well as working conditions. The following Contracts have recently been rati-fied:

The following Companies have or will have their con-tracts opening for negotia-tions:     

  After a Federal Judge issued a preliminary injunc-tion blocking Sysco’s acqui-sition of US Foods, Sysco announced on June 29th that they terminated its merger agreement with US Foods. This is a huge win for Teamsters. Following a two-year National Campaign by the International Broth-erhood of Teamsters, rally-ing all Teamster Locals across the country that have members that would have been adversely affected by the merger, the 2,500 po-tential jobs that could have been at risk, are now pro-tected because of the

failed merger. “Although this deal is severed , ” Teams ter s Warehouse Division Direc-tor, Steve Vairma, cau-tioned members that “there will be challenges ahead as the companies try to refine their plans.” Teamsters Local 690 put out a “Call to Action” and asked for volunteers to come out on the Nation-wide Rally Days to protest the merger. Thank you members that stood in solidarity at the rallies and showed your support.

CURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONSCURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONSCURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS SYSCO/US FOODS MERGER

U.S. BAKERY (FRANZ) NEGOTIATIONSU.S. BAKERY (FRANZ) NEGOTIATIONSU.S. BAKERY (FRANZ) NEGOTIATIONS

The summer and fall has been a busy time for your Local Union. We’ve been in negotiations with many of your employers, both in the public and private sector. Business Agent Joe Kuhn and I have been successfully working, in solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters from other Local Unions, during this current bargaining cycle with Spokane County. Local 690 is also in bargaining or have settled many contracts in the private sector such as Lee & Eastes, Ban-ner Fuel, Mondelez, Central Pre-Mix, Sysco, Waste Man-agement, Franz Bakery and Bonner General Hospital, just to name a few. As we fight to protect our members and enhance our contracts I can’t stress the importance of having the sup-port of you, the members. Employers know when the bar-gaining committee has the backing, support and solidari-ty of its members, which in turn gives your committee greater leverage to reach the goals given to us in our proposal meetings. I want to thank everyone who attended our Shop Steward Seminar on October 3rd. The topics covered were the most interesting and informative we’ve had in recent memory, according to the assessments received from our members. One of the things we learned was we, the middle class and Labor, are still being attacked on many fronts in the legislature and media with slick, politically correct sounding campaigns promising “Payroll Protection” and “Family Friendly” legislation that is actu-ally targeting the middle class. Groups with deceiving names like the “Freedom Foun-dation” which are actually funded by individuals like the Koch Brothers, have budgeted hundreds of millions of dollars to support candidates and legislation that will hurt working men and women. They support legislation like “Right To Work for Less”, both on a State and Local level. For example, there was an initiative to bring “Right To Work” to Anchorage and in Washington State, several Counties tried to pass “Right To Work” initiatives. But, through the vigilance of our Joint Council and soli-darity of Teamster Local Unions and our members, we have beaten them back. Right here in Spokane, our elected Representative, Mi-chael Baumgartner, has tried to introduce this harmful “Right To Work” legislation. Thankfully we are watching and educating our members, and with the support of oth-er elected officials and “Action Days” in Olympia, we have stopped this from coming to Washington. We need to pay attention so we can do more to protect the free-doms and rights we have on the job today. If you are interested in volunteering for one of the “Action Days” in Spokane or Olympia or for one of the Local Union’s charity events, call the Hall and give us your contact information. You can make a difference! Page 2

PUBLIC SECTOR UPDATE

The following Public Sector Contracts were just re-cently ratified: ● City of Cheney Dispatch

● Whitman County Corrections

● Spokane County Fire District No. 4

● Colville Sworn and Non-Sworn - 1 year rollover

Stevens County Deputies began their first round of negotiations on September 29, 2015.

In September, Teamsters Local 690 won a wrongful termination arbitration against Central Pre-Mix, which returned a 24 year employee back to work. After be-ing off work for 19 weeks, the arbitrator awarded full back-pay, and benefits with no loss of seniority to our member. The termination was reduced to a time-served two week suspension!

Local 690 Shop Steward Seminar

SECRETARY-TREASURER MESSAGE

ARBITRATION VICTORY

SHOP STEWARD SEMINAR

On Saturday, October 3rd, Teamsters Local 690 held a Shop Steward Seminar at the Oxarc Training Center.

Guest speaker Lily Wilson-Codega from Joint Council 28 spoke on “Right to Work for Less” and gave a Legislative Update. State Representative Timm Ormsby and Spokane City Council Presi-dent Ben Stuckart were in attend-ance and spoke on many upcoming

legislative issues. Karin Jones from the IBT Educational Department presented the 3rd Part in her series of Teamsters History. Attorney Jack Holland of Reid, McCarthy, Ballew & Leahy spoke about the 10 things an effective Shop Seward needs to know for filing grievances and the rules for just cause.

Teamsters Local 690 con-tinues honoring our mem-bers with their years of ser-vice pins. We have had some questions on the pro-cess of the pin distribution. Our database only allows us to generate the names by initiation date. If you were a transfer from anoth-er Local, there is a chance that we don’t have an initi-ation date in the system. Since we only began this recognition process last year and if we missed your anniversary, you will come up on your next milestone anniversary. Here are some of our most recent presentations. Congratulations Members!

RECOGNIZING OUR MEMBERS WITH YEARS OF MEMBERSHIP PINS

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Broken Wheel

Remembering our members, retirees and friends we’ve lost recently.

With our deepest sympathies ~

Sharon Conley - UPS, Lewiston

Tyler Juhasz - URM-Warehouse Eugene Hardwick - Archway Cookies Meroll Ferderer - Cenex Don Potvin - Retired Peninsula Truck Jack Delp - Retired Waste Management

Mark Malmoe - 35 Yrs (UPS)

Warren Rockstrom - 20 Yrs (URM-Warehouse)

Ray Wilcox - 15 Yrs (Construction)

Richard Buckley - 15 Yrs (FSA)

Nick Veltri - 15 Yrs (URM-Warehouse)

Toni Poffenroth - 25 Yrs (Whitman Co. Corrections)

Matt Ray - 15 Yrs (URM-Warehouse)

RECENT RETIREES

Michael Funston - 40 Yrs (UPS)

 

William Palmer - 25 Yrs (URM)

Teamsters Local 690 will be hosting our Annual Membership Appreciation Meeting & Christmas Party for Members, Retirees and Family on Saturday, December 12th

at 11 a.m. at the Girl Scouts Gym. 1404 N. Ash, Spokane, Washington. Please mark your calendar!

MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION MEETING & CHRISTMAS PARTY

Michael Johnson-15 Yrs (FSA)

Bill Feehan - 15 Yrs (FSA)

Troy Haws - 25 Yrs (URM - Warehouse)

Kelly Rosenquist - 35 Yrs (Peirone Produce)

Rueben Longoria (US Foods) pictured here with his Restored Classic 1972 Chevy Nova.

Rodger McDaniel -23 Year 690 Member (ALSCO)

John Willis 20 Yrs (ALSCO)

Craig Hamilton - 20 Yr Teamster- 15 Yr 690 Member (ALSCO)

Bonnie Demasi - 35 Yrs (UPS)

NEXT MEETINGS Local’s Hall in Spokane 6:00 p.m.

October 15th November 12th

December 12th - Girl Scouts Bldg

Pasco Construction Meeting

October 27, 2015 @ 6:30 pm.

839’s Meeting Hall

DUES PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE WITH DEBIT OR CREDIT CARDS

TEAMSTERS Local Union No.690 Affiliated with IBT 1912 N. Division St. Suite 200 Spokane, WA 99207

 

 

 

 

PRESORTED STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #1221 Spokane, WA

“Long” Live to Ride and Drive Poker Run

The Annual “Long Live to Ride and Drive” Charity Poker Ride was held on September 12, 2015.

We had 40 participants this year and raised approximately $1,200.00 for Cancer Care Northwest.

The winners of this year’s ride are: Marnie J. Oya - Highest Hand $300; Vaughn Miller - 2nd Highest Hand $200; and 3rd Place with the Lowest Hand was Robin Jackson $100.

Teamsters Local 690, along with the “Long Live to Ride and Drive” Committee, would like to thank all the participants, spon-sors and businesses that donated to benefit this worthy cause.

We would especially like to thank Shasta Fasolo for her hard work in organizing this event and the Happy Hatter for printing the T-Shirts!

Visit our Web Page www.teamsterslocal690.org