IN RE: DAVID DETHROW,
Protest Decision 2002 EAD 551
Issued: January 4, 2002
OEA Case No. PT112611SO
David Dethrow, a member of Local Union 688, filed a post-election protest pursuant to Article XIII, Section 3 of the Rules for the 2000-2001 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election ("Rules") against Local Union 688. The protest alleges the local retaliated against Monica Droege, a supporter of the Tom Leedham Rank & File Power slate ("Leedham slate"), by barring her from a gym operated by the local's Insurance & Welfare Fund for the fund's members.
Election Administrator representative Jeffrey Ellison investigated the protest.
Investigation shows that Walter Strosnider, the person in charge of the gym, barred Droege from the gym, saying that Joseph Galli, the local's secretary-treasurer, would not want her to use the gym because of her political beliefs. Strosnider has since advised Droege in writing that his statement was inappropriate and inaccurate, and that she will continue to be admitted to the gym on the same terms that she was admitted previously. On this basis, we deem this protest RESOLVED.
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 (facsimile: 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 551
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Washington, DC 20001
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Suite 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
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Korney & Heldt
30700 Telegraph Road
Suite 1551
Bingham Farms, MI 48025
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Penobscot Building
Suite 1800
645 Griswold
Detroit, MI 48226
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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
Matt Ginsburg
Tom Leedham Campaign
P.O. Box 6678
Arlington, VA 22206
James L. Hicks, Jr., P.C.
Suite 1100
2777 N. Stemmons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75207
IBT Local 688
300 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Labor Health Institute
In Town Facility
Attn: Gym - Walter Strosnider
Teamster Local 688
300 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Monica Droege
2833 Championship Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63129
Daniel Aschenbrenner
2833 Championship Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63129
Joseph Galli
IBT Local 688
300 S. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Jeffrey Ellison
65 Cadillac Square
Suite 3727
Detroit, MI 48226