IN RE: MARIA MARTINEZ,
Protest Decision 2001 EAD 419
Issued: August 1, 2001
OEA Case No. PR062612NA
Maria Martinez, member and secretary-treasurer of Local 556, 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"). The protest alleges that the IBT has endorsed the Hoffa Unity slate ("Hoffa slate") by using words and phrases in its convention materials and presentations that are slogans of the Hoffa slate. On July 27, 2001, we issued our decision on the merits granting the protest and ordering relief. Martinez, 2001 EAD 414.
On July 31, 2001, the IBT filed a timely appeal with the Election Appeals Master and requested that we stay the remedy ordered pending resolution of the appeal. We GRANT THE STAY pending resolution of the appeal.
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 all other parties, as well as upon the Election Administrator for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 727 15th Street NW, Tenth Floor, Washington, DC 20005 (fax: 202-454-1501), 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
2001 EAD 419
DISTRIBUTION LIST VIA NEXT DAY AIR:
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
Penobscot Building
Suite 1800
645 Griswold
Detroit, MI 48226
Betty Grdina
Yablonski, Both & Edelman
Suite 800
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tom Leedham c/o Stefan Ostrach
110 Mayfair
Eugene, OR 97404
Todd Thompson
209 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20003
Maria Martinez
IBT Local 556
1750 Portland Street
Walla Walla, WA 99362
IBT Local 556
1750 Portland Street
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Jeffrey Ellison
65 Cadillac Square
Suite 3727
Detroit, MI 48226