ELECTION APPEALS MASTER

FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

Jose Perez, member of Local 769, filed a pre-election protest pursuant to Article XIII, Section 2(b) of the Rules for the 2020-2021 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election (the “Rules”).  The protest alleged that Local 769 business agent Dan Vera impermissibly interfered with campaigning by Perez and another member on behalf of the O’Brien-Zuckerman 2021 slate and caused or contributed to the decision of UPS contract security to remove them from the parking lot.

On September 3, 2020, Patrick J. Szymanski, PLLC, on behalf of Local 769, filed an appeal with the Election Appeals Master and also requested a stay from part of the remedy ordered pending resolution of the appeal.  On September 3, 2020, the Office of Election Supervisor submitted a response opposing the stay.  Having considered the arguments presented by the parties in their submissions, we hereby DENY the requested stay.

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:

Hon. Barbara Jones (Ret.)

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, all within the time prescribed above.  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.

DATED:         September 3, 2020

                                                                                    Hon. Barbara S. Jones (Ret.)

                                                                                    Elections Appeals Master

cc:        Richard Mark

            Election Supervisor

DISTRIBUTION LIST (VIA EMAIL):

Bradley T. Raymond, General Counsel

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

braymond@teamster.org

Edward Gleason

egleason@gleasonlawdc.com

Patrick Szymanski

szymanskip@me.com

Will Bloom

wbloom@dsgchicago.com

Tom Geoghegan

tgeoghegan@dsgchicago.com

Rob Colone

rmcolone@hotmail.com

Barbara Harvey

blmharvey@sbcglobal.net

Kevin Moore

Mooregp2021@gmail.com

F.C. “Chris” Silvera

fitzverity@aol.com

Fred Zuckerman

fredzuckerman@aol.com

Ken Paff

Teamsters for a Democratic Union

ken@tdu.org

Jose Perez

jp305cemex@yahoo.com

Dan Vera

office@teamsterslocal769.org

Roly Pina

office@teamsterslocal769.org

Josh Zivalich

jzivalich@teamsters769.org

Craig Holmes

UPS Labor & Employment counsel

cholmes@ups.com

Dolores Hall

dhall@ibtvote.org

Jeffrey Ellison

EllisonEsq@gmail.com