December 5, 1996
VIA UPS OVERNIGHT
Doreen May
December 5, 1996
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Doreen May
Teamsters Local Union 166
18597 Valley Boulevard
Bloomington, CA 92316
Lloyd Ring
Price Club
12700 Day Street
Moreno Valley, CA 92553
Ralph Ferri
865 W. Mirada Road
San Bernardino, CA 92405
John T. Stephens, Corporate Counsel
Price Costco
4455 Mornea Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92117
Mark Spedding, Mgr. of Labor Relations
Price Costco
999 Lake Drive
Issaquah, WA 98027
Doreen May
December 5, 1996
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Re: Election Office Case No. P-1310-LU166-CLA
Gentlepersons:
A pre-election protest was filed pursuant to Article XIV, Section 2(b) of the Rules
for the 1995-1996 IBT International Union Delegate and Officer Election (“Rules”) by Doreen May, a member of Local Union 166. Ms. May alleges that Lloyd Ring, an assistant warehouse manager working in Price Costco’s Moreno Valley store, prohibited employees from posting campaign material on union-employee bulletin boards and wearing campaign buttons.
This protest was investigated by Regional Coordinator Dolly M. Gee.
Doreen May
December 5, 1996
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In a letter dated December 4, 1996, Price Costco agreed that its Moreno Valley facility would “allow its employees to wear campaign buttons and to post campaign materials on the union/employee bulletin boards through the end of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters election process, which is anticipated to end on December 11, 1996.” Thus, Price Costco has agreed to permit all IBT members to wear campaign buttons and to post campaign materials on union-employee bulletin boards to the extent mandated by the election Rules.
Accordingly, this protest is RESOLVED.
Any interested party not satisfied with this determination may request a hearing before the Election Appeals Master within one day of receipt of this letter. The parties are reminded that, absent extraordinary circumstances, no party may rely upon evidence that was not presented to the Office of the Election Officer in any such appeal. Requests for a hearing shall be made in writing and shall be served on:
Kenneth Conboy, Esq.
Latham & Watkins
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10022
Fax (212) 751-4864
Copies of the request for hearing must be served on the parties listed above as well as upon the Election Officer, 400 N. Capitol Street, Suite 855, Washington, DC 20001, Facsimile
(202) 624-3525. A copy of the protest must accompany the request for a hearing.
Sincerely,
Barbara Zack Quindel
Election Officer
cc: Kenneth Conboy, Election Appeals Master
Dolly M. Gee, Regional Coordinator