OFFICE OF THE ELECTION SUPERVISOR
for the
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
IN RE: MICHAEL IBARRA, ) Protest Decision 2021 ESD 146
) Issued: September 26, 2021
Protestor. ) OES Case No. P-173-091721-FW
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Michael Ibarra, member of Local Union 848, 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 (“Rules”). The protest alleged that Toyota Logistics Services violated the parking lot access provision of the Rules by limiting access to the TSA-secure area of its Long Beach CA facility.
Election Supervisor representative Bruce Boyens investigated this protest.
After clarification of the terms of access, the protestor was able to campaign in the secure area, under terms applicable to all campaigners.
By email dated September 22, 2021, the protestor requested to withdraw the protest. Concluding that withdrawal is consistent with the purposes of the Rules, we deem this protest WITHDRAWN.
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:
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, 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.
Richard W. Mark
Election Supervisor
cc: Barbara Jones
2021 ESD 146
DISTRIBUTION LIST (BY EMAIL UNLESS NOTED):
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
Fred Zuckerman
fredzuckerman@aol.com
Ken Paff
Teamsters for a Democratic Union
ken@tdu.org
Scott Jenkins
scott@oz2021.com
Michael Ibarra
Calhunter13@yahoo.com
Teamsters Local Union 848
Eric Tate
Tate32@hotmail.com
Jeffrey White
Toyota Logistics Services
Jeff.white@toyota.com
Michael Miller
Miller.michael.j@verizon.net
Deborah Schaaf
dschaaf@ibtvote.org
Bruce Boyens
boyensb@aol.com
Jeffrey Ellison
EllisonEsq@gmail.com