OFFICE OF THE ELECTION SUPERVISOR
for the
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
IN RE: CHRISTOPHER CONNOLLY, ) Protest Decision 2021 ESD 180
) Issued: December 1, 2021
Protestor. ) OES Case No. P-017-073020-NE
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Christopher Connolly, member of Local Union 804, 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 Canada Dry violated the Rules by barring parking lot campaign activity at a facility in Melville NY where Teamster members are employed.
Election Supervisor representative Bruce Boyens investigated this protest.
Findings of Fact and Analysis
OES undertook efforts to resolve this protest promptly so as to permit campaigning in an area permitted by Article VII, Section 12(e) of the Rules and federal court order. Those efforts were unavailing.
By email dated November 30, 2021, protestor Connolly consented to withdraw the protest.
We deem this protest WITHDRAWN, which affects this protest only and does not impair the protestor’s ability to assert that a future occurrence violates the Rules.
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 180
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
Christopher Connolly
gmenczntix@gmail.com
Canada Dry
c/o Andrew GraBois
GraBoisA@PEPSI-NY.com
Jim Surdi
Teamsters Local Union 812
Jimsurdi812@gmail.com
Peter Marks
pmarks@ibtvote.org
Bruce Boyens
boyensb@aol.com
Jeffrey Ellison
EllisonEsq@gmail.com