OFFICE OF THE ELECTION SUPERVISOR
for the
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
IN RE: OZ SLATE ) Protest Decision: 2026 ESD 118
) Issued: August 3, 2026
Protestor. ) OES Case No. P-151-060426
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
Edward Gleason, on behalf of the O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United 2026 Slate (the “OZ Slate”), filed Protest P-151-060426 (“P-151”) on June 4, 2026, against the Fearless Slate and individual candidates Evette Avery and Jeff Schenfeld. The protest alleges that the Fearless Slate failed to fully comply with compliance obligations imposed by Election Supervisor Decision O’Brien, Zuckerman, et al., 2026 ESD 77 (May 8, 2026)77 (“ESD 77”). ESD 77 resolved Protests P-097-030226 and P-105-030326, which found violations of the Campaign Contribution and Expenditure Reporting requirements of Article XI of the Rules for the 2025-2026 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election (the “Rules”).
Joe Dever, representative of the Office of the Election Supervisor (“OES”), was assigned to investigate this protest.
The IBT Convention was held June 15-18, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The following day, the duly elected and certified delegates to the Convention cast their ballots for all contested offices. After the counting of the ballots, no candidate from the Fearless Slate gained at least 5% of the ballots cast by delegates, the threshold for appearing on the ballot for an International IBT election by IBT members. As a result, all candidates from the OZ Slate were deemed duly elected.[1] The OZ Slate subsequently submitted a letter notifying the OES of its voluntary withdrawal of this protest based on the outcome of the Convention and in an effort to facilitate timely certification of the 2026 election.
We find that withdrawal furthers the purposes of the Rules and deem this protest WITHDRAWN.
APPELLATE RIGHTS
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. Any party requesting a hearing must comply with the requirements of Article XIII, Section 2(i). All parties are reminded that, absent extraordinary circumstances, no party may rely in any such appeal upon evidence that was not presented to the Office of the Election Supervisor. Requests for a hearing shall be made in writing, shall specify the basis for the appeal, and shall be served upon:
Election Appeals Master
Barbara Jones
Election Appeals Master
IBTappealsmaster@bracewell.com
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. Service may be accomplished by email, using the “reply all” function on the email by which the party received this decision. A copy of the protest must accompany the request for hearing.
Timothy S. Hillman
Election Supervisor
cc: Barbara Jones, IBTappealsmaster@bracewell.com
2026 ESD 118
DISTRIBUTION LIST (BY EMAIL UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE):
Evette Avery
Jeffrey Schenfeld
Richard Hooker
John Palmer
Edward M. Gleason, Jr.,
James Donovan
David Suetholz
Will Bloom
Ken Paff
Thomas Kokalas
Hon. Timothy S. Hillman (Ret.)
Paul Dever
Joe Childers
Joe Dever
Kelly Hogan
[1] The results of the IBT Convention have not yet been certified as there are outstanding protests.