On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, past President Louis Walter is pictured swearing in the newly elected Officers, Executive Board, Examining Board and Business Manager Don Guillot. Congratulations to Business Manager Don Guillot, President Rick Johnson, Vice President Walt Aho, Recording Secretary David Wheeler, Treasurer Lynne Moore, Executive Board members Pat Darling, Steve Easton (not in photo), Karl Freudenstein, Rick Kenny, Gary Lawson, and Bill Shaffer, Examining Board members Phill Arkin (not in photo), Walter "Jim" Cowan, David Hersh, Paul Kiss, and Bill Meyer. Your current leadership of IBEW Local 77 expresses their appreciation for your continued support.
Labor Neighbor Walk
For Chris Reykdal
Candidate for the 22nd LD House Rep. Position 1
Sunday, August 1, 2010, 1:00-5:00 PM
WFSE Council 28
1212 Jefferson St. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
POTELCO MECHANIC CONTRACT
July 22, 2010
Potelco cancelled our meeting today. Please stay tuned for updates, we should have more information next week.
Rick Strait
Seven Local 77 members and three Business Reps took part in the Grace Carroll Rocky Mountain Labor School. The school was held in Lewiston, Idaho from July 11-16, 2010, on the Lewis Clark State College campus.
Local 77 School Attendees
Bottom Row (Left to Right): Business Rep Rachel Proctor and Business Rep Jeff Cash, both of Seattle.
Second Row (Left to Right): 77 Member Mayo Rinaldi, of Avista, and Assistant Business Manager Suzanne Brunner, of Spokane.
Third Row (Left to Right): Ben Little, of Avista, Michael Blalack, of Northern Lights, and Joe Spallino, of Seattle City Light.
Top Row (Left to Right): Heath Schillereff, Chad Hall, and Dan Hannon, all of Kootenai Electric.
Washington School Attendees (Left to Right)
Joe Spallino, of Seattle City Light, Assistant Business Manager Suzanne Brunner, of Spokane, Business Rep Rachel Proctor, of Seattle, and Business Rep Jeff Cash, of Seattle.
A memorial service was held for Bill Green, retired Puget Power Western Division Service Lineman, on July 16,2010 at the Bremerton Elks Lodge.
Brother Green initiated with Local 77 in September of 1953 and retired from Puget Power in December of 1992. Puget Sound Energy Service Linemen from Port Townsend, Poulsbo, and Port Orchard saluted Brother Green at the entrance to the Elks Lodge with raised buckets.
*ATTENTION PSE MEMBERS*
The Small Committee will be meeting with the Employer on July 28 & 29 in Bellevue.
*ATTENTION POTELCO MECHANICS*
POTELCO MECHANIC CONTRACT
On July 9, 2010 at the Seattle Hall, John Tully from Potelco Fleet Operation and I met with Potelco Representatives, Mark Soetenga and Steve Steedley, to begin the process of negotiating a contract between Potelco and IBEW Local 77 for representation of the Mechanics and other non-construction classifications.
At this meeting we discussed the basic ground work for an agreement. The Union made a proposal to add the above mentioned classifications to the existing contract which currently represents the Engineer Technicians, Design Techs, Admin Techs, Interns, Warehouser and Storekeepers.
This proposal was tentatively agreed to. Remember there is No Deal until a final agreement is reached on a complete contract.
John and I will meet again with the company on July 22, 2010 to further the negotiations process. Updates will be posted here on this web site as they become available.
Once the negotiations are complete you will be notified and given the opportunity to vote on the contract. If accepted, you would be required to travel your membership from Local Union 89 to Local Union 77. More information on that process will be available when applicable.
Rick Strait
On June 14-16, 2010, four delegates from IBEW Local Union 77 attended the 2010 Convention Call of the Idaho State AFL-CIO in Boise, Idaho.
Pictured above at the far left is Jason Pimental and fourth from the right is Larry Harrison, both of Avista Utilities.
