IN RE: DAVID KREMER, ERIC JENSEN, and WADE LASZLO, Protestors.
Protest Decision 2011 ESD 168
Issued: March 20, 2011
OES Case Nos. P-101-013111-MW & P-109-020211-MW
David Kremer, Eric Jensen, and Wade Laszlo, members of Local Union 320 and candidates for delegate on the Anybody But Hoffa slate, filed pre-election protests pursuant to Article XIII, Section 2(b) of the Rules for the 2010-2011 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election ("Rules"). The protest filed by Kremer and Jensen alleged that the local union violated Article VII, Section 7(a)(4) governing campaign access to an email address list maintained by the local union. Laszlo's protest alleged that the local union's website impermissibly linked to another website that contained campaign advocacy.
Election Supervisor representative Joe Childers investigated these protests.
Pursuant to Article XIII, Section 2(f)(2), we deferred decision on these protests until after the delegates and alternate delegates election at Local Union 320, thereby treating these matters as post-election protests pursuant to Article XIII, Section 3. Except for protests alleging threats, coercion, intimidation, violence or retaliation, post-election protests shall be considered and remedied only if the alleged violation may have affected the outcome of the election.
All candidates on the Anybody But Hoffa slate won their elections for delegate and alternate delegate. Accordingly, the alleged violations, even if proven, did not affect the outcome of the election.
Accordingly, we DISMISS these protests.
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 168
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
David Kremer
3838 Fremont Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55412
kreme011@umn.edu
Erik Jensen
4345 11 Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
jense028@umn.edu
Wade Laszlo
5425 152nd Avenue
Ramsey, MN 55303-6115
steward320@msn.com
Sue Mauren, Secretary-Treasurer
Teamsters Local Union 320
3001 University Avenue SE #500
Minneapolis, MN 55414
smauren@teamsterslocal320.org
Joe F. Childers
Getty & Childers, PLLC
250 West Main Street
1900 Lexington Financial Center
Lexington, KY 40507
childerslaw@yahoo.com
William C. "Bill" Broberg
1108 Fincastle Road
Lexington, KY 40502-1838
wcbroberg@aol.com
Michael Zajac
P.O. Box 3012
Syracuse, NY 13220
zajac.mike43@yahoo.com
Mark May
337 Westbrook Hills
Syracuse, NY 13215
markmay@twcny.rr.com
John DePietro
6878 Sand Hill Road, Apt. 4
East Syracuse, NY 13057
cosmo2121@yahoo.com
Gary Staring, Secretary-Treasurer
Teamsters Local Union 317
P.O. Box 11037
Syracuse, NY 13218
gstaring@twcny.rr.com
Deborah Schaaf
1118 Coddington Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
debschaaf33@gmail.com
David F. Reilly
22 West Main Street
Wickford, RI 02852
dreilly@dfresq.com
Maria S. Ho
Office of the Election Supervisor
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 421 L
Washington, D.C. 20006
mho@ibtvote.org
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
