IN RE: VERNON GAMMON, Protestor.
Protest Decision 2011 ESD 119
Issued: February 18, 2011
OES Case No. P-140-021411-AT
Vernon Gammon, member, secretary-treasurer, and delegate candidate in Local Union 391, filed a pre-election protest pursuant to Article XIII, Section 2(b) of the Rules for the 2010-2011 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election ("Rules"). The protest alleged that the New Generation slate conducted a campaign mailing to local union members without using the procedure for such mailings established by the local union election plan.
Election Supervisor representative J. Griffin Morgan investigated this protest.
Investigation showed that the mailing was conducted using the mailing list OES provided to the campaign of General President candidate Sandy Pope in accordance with Article VII, Section 3 of the Rules. Such use of the mailing list does not require the campaign to utilize the procedures for mailings set by local union election plans.
On February 18, protestor Gammon requested to withdraw this protest. We find that permitting withdrawal of the protest is consistent with the purposes of the Rules. Accordingly, we deem this protest WITHDRAWN.
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 Supervisor 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
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, New York 10022
Fax: (212) 751-4864
Copies of the request for hearing must be served upon the parties, as well as upon the Election Supervisor for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 421 L, Washington, D.C. 20006, all within the time prescribed above. A copy of the protest must accompany the request for hearing.
Richard W. Mark
Election Supervisor
cc: Kenneth Conboy
2011 ESD 119
DISTRIBUTION LIST (BY EMAIL UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED):
Bradley T. Raymond, General Counsel
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
25 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
braymond@teamster.org
David J. Hoffa
Hoffa Hall 2011
1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 730
Washington, D.C. 20036
hoffadav@hotmail.com
Ken Paff
Teamsters for a Democratic Union
P.O. Box 10128
Detroit, MI 48210-0128
ken@tdu.org
Barbara Harvey
1394 E. Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207
blmharvey@sbcglobal.net
Fred Gegare
P.O. Box 9663
Green Bay, WI 54308-9663
kirchmanb@yahoo.com
Scott D. Soldon
3541 N. Summit Avenue
Shorewood, WI 53211
scottsoldon@gmail.com
Fred Zuckerman, President
Teamsters Local Union 89
3813 Taylor Blvd.
Louisville, KY 40215
fredzuckerman@aol.com
Robert M. Colone, Esq.
P.O. Box 272
Sellersburg, IN 47172-0272
rmcolone@hotmail.com
Carl Biers
Box 424, 315 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
info@SandyPope2011.org
Julian Gonzalez
Lewis, Clifton & Nikolaidis, P.C.
350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1800
New York, NY 10001-5013
jgonzalez@lcnlaw.com
Claude Gray, President
Teamsters Local Union 391
P.O. Box 35405
Greensboro, NC 27425
cgray65663@aol.com
Vernon Gammon, Secretary-Treasurer
Teamsters Local Union 391
3910 Teamsters Place
Colfax, NC 27235
vgammon@teamsterslocal391.org
Mike Webb
1200 Oak Grove Church Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
d2h2w2@yahoo.com
J. Griffin Morgan
Elliot Pishko Morgan
426 Old Salem Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
jpmorgan@epmlaw.com
Maureen Geraghty
426 Old Salem Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
mg@geraghtylawfirm.com
Kathryn Naylor
Office of the Election Supervisor
1801 K Street, N.W. Suite 421 L
Washington, D.C. 20006
knaylor@ibtvote.org
Jeffrey Ellison
214 S. Main Street, Ste. 210
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
EllisonEsq@aol.com