IN RE: MIKE SCHAFFER,
Protest Decision 2000 EAD 12
Issued: August 7, 2000
OEA Case No. PR071301NA
Mike Schaffer, a member of Local Union 377, filed a pre-election protest pursuant to Article XIII, Section 2(b) of the Rules for the 2000-2001 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election ("Rules") against the Hoffa 2001 campaign. On August 1, 2000, we issued our decision in 2000 EAD 8, finding a violation of the Rules.
On August 3, 2000, the Hoffa 2001 campaign filed an appeal of the decision in 2000 EAD 8 with the Election Appeals Master. In that appeal, the campaign requested a stay of "that portion of the Election Administrator's decision that requires our client to fax signed copies of notices to Local Unions across the country…" The stay was sought pending the Election Appeals Master's consideration of the appeal. As of this writing, no ruling on the stay request has been received from the Election Appeals Master.
On August 7, 2000, at 2:37 p.m., the Hoffa 2001 campaign (in a letter misdated August 4, 2000) requested a stay of the decision in 2000 EAD 8 from the Election Administrator. This stay request is not limited in scope, as is the stay request made to the Election Appeals Master. Instead, the campaign seeks a stay by the Election Administrator of the decision in its entirety.
We grant the stay only to the extent requested from the Election Appeals Master. That is, we stay only "that portion of the Election Administrator's decision that requires [James P. Hoffa] to fax signed copies of notices to Local Unions across the country." This stay shall remain in effect until the earlier of 4:00 p.m., Thursday, August 10, 2000, or the issuance of a ruling by the Election Appeals Master on the Hoffa 2001 campaign's August 3, 2000 stay request, without prejudice to a further request for extension of this stay.
Any interested party not satisfied with this determination may request a hearing before the Election Appeals Master within two (2) working days of receipt of this decision. The parties are reminded that, absent extraordinary circumstances, no party may rely upon evidence that was not presented to the Office of the Election Administrator in any such appeal. Requests for a hearing shall be made in writing, shall specify the basis for the appeal, and shall be served upon:
Kenneth Conboy
Election Appeals Master
Latham & Watkins
Suite 1000
885 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Fax: 212.751.4864
Copies of the request for hearing must be served upon the parties listed above, as well as upon the Election Administrator for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, c/o International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 25 Louisiana Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, all within the time prescribed above. A copy of the protest must accompany the request for hearing.
William A. Wertheimer, Jr.
William A. Wertheimer, Jr.
Election Administrator
cc: Kenneth Conboy
Chris Mrak
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James P. Hoffa
General President
25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
C. Thomas Keegel
General Secretary-Treasurer
25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Randy Cammack
Vice President
845 Oak Park Road
Covina, CA 91724-3624
Fred Gegare
Vice President
1546 Main Street
Green Bay, WI 54302
Chester Glanton
Vice President
300 South Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
Thomas R. O'Donnell
Vice President
1 Hollow Lane
Lake Success, NY 11042
Ralph J. Taurone
Vice President
P. O. Box 30749
Salt Lake City, UT 84130
Jose Cadiz
Trustee
352 Del Parque Street
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00912-3702
Ron McClain
Trustee
2425 Delaware Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50317
John Steger
Trustee
3100 Ames Place, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20018
Patrick W. Flynn
Vice President Central Region
4217 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60609
Walter A. Lytle
Vice President Central Region
2644 Cass Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Dotty Malinsky
Vice President Central Region
9409 Yukon Avenue South
Bloomington, MN 55438
Lester A. Singer
Vice President Central Region
435 South Hawley Street
Toledo, OH 43609
Philip E. Young
Vice President Central Region
4501 Van Brunt Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64130
Robert Bouvier
President Teamsters Canada
2540 Daniel Johnson, Ste 804
Laval, Quebec, Can. H7T 2S3
Garnet Zimmerman
President, IBT Local 31
1 Grosvenor Square
Delta, B.C., Canada V3M 5S1
Joseph McLean, Vice President
Teamsters Canada
460 Parkdale Avenue, North
Hamilton, Ont., Can. L8H 5Y2
Jack Cipriani
Vice President Eastern Region
P. O. Box 35405
Greensboro, NC 27425-5405
Dan DeSanti
Vice President Eastern Region
2003 US Route #130, Suite B
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
John F. Murphy
Vice President Eastern Region
765 East Third Street
Boston, MA 02127
Richard Volpe
Vice President Eastern Region
6 Tuxedo Avenue
New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Ken Wood
Vice President Southern Region
5818 East MLK Jr. Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33619
Tyson Johnson
Vice President Southern Region
1007 Jonelle Street
Dallas, TX 75217
Chuck Mack
Vice President Western Region
P. O. Box 2270
Oakland, CA 94621-0170
Jon L. Rabine
Vice President Western Region
553 John Street, Room #28
Seattle, WA 98109
Jim Santangelo
Vice President Western Region
9960 Baldwin Place
El Monte, CA 91731-2288
Patrick Szymanski
IBT General Counsel
25 Louisiana Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20001
Bradley T. Raymond
Finkel, Whitefield, Selik, Raymond,
Ferrara & Feldman
32300 Northwestern Highway
Suite 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
J. Douglas Korney
Korney & Heldt
30700 Telegraph Road
Suite 1551
Bingham Farms, MI 48025
Barbara Harvey
645 Griswold
Penobscot Building
Suite 1800
Detroit, MI 48226
Mike Schaffer
4580 Rhode Island Drive Apt. 4
Youngstown, OH 44515
Tom Leedham
18763 South Highway 211
Molalla, OR 97038
Hoffa 2001 Campaign
P.O. Box 2829
Alexandria, VA 22301