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Join Congressman
Rick Larsen on September 13th
Washington State Congressman, 2nd District, Rick Larsen will be at the Teamsters Headquarters (14675 Interurban Ave. South, Tukwila) on Monday, September 13th from 9:30-10:30 am.
Please join Teamsters Joint Council No. 28, UFCW 21, SEIU State Council, and the Washington State Labor Council in support of this terrific Congressman. RSVP by September 9th to Hannah Jackson at (206) 364-2344.
August 17, 2010 Primary Results
(Top two advance. WSLC-endorsed candidates in bold. Read the complete latest results here.)
U.S. SENATE |
STATE SENATE -- 38th LD |
STATE HOUSE (1) -- 22nd |
U.S. HOUSE -- CD 2 |
STATE SENATE -- 44th |
STATE HOUSE (2) -- 28th |
U.S. HOUSE -- CD 3 |
STATE HOUSE (1) -- 1st |
STATE HOUSE (1) -- 48th |
| [No content in this cell] | STATE HOUSE (2) -- 1st Heidi Munson (R) 48.22% Luis Moscoso (D) 26.17% Dave Griffin (D) 25.60% |
STATE HOUSE (2) -- 48th Pat Sullivan (D) 55.46% Rodrigo Yanez (R) 44.54% |
U.S. HOUSE -- CD 8 |
STATE HOUSE (2) -- 2nd |
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| Teamsters early political endorsements - 2010 | |
| Teamsters Local Union No. 174 - Early Political Endorsements |
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State House Races District 28 - Tami Green |
King County Council District 4 - Larry Phillips |
Teamsters Joint Council No. 28 – Early Political Endorsements |
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State Senate Races 29-Steve Conway 32-Maralyn Chase 41-Randy Gordon 46-Ken Jacobsen 33-Karen Keiser 37-Adam Kline 36-Jeanne Kohl-Welles 34-Sharon Nelson
King County |
State House Races 23-Sherry Appleton 43-Frank Chopp 34-Eileen Cody 44-Hans Dunshee 11-Zack Hudgins 22-Sam Hunt 31-Christopher Hurst 49-Jim Jacks 21-Marko Liias 38-John McCoy 30-Mark Miloscia 49-Jim Moeller 3-Timm Ormsby 21-Mary Helen Roberts 38-Mike Sells 47-Geoff Simpson 47-Pat Sullivan 33-Dave Upthegrove 46-Scott White |
Why It Matters To You
LOCAL 174 D.R.I.V.E Campaign
During
the week of February 8-12 Local 174 UPS Business Agents Matt
Webby, Jeff Sullivan, Bill Byington along with Local 174 President
and UPS Division Director Ted Bunstine visited UPS locations
throughout Local 174’s jurisdiction, signing up members onto
the International Brotherhood of Teamsters D.R.I.V.E. program. D.R.I.V.E.
or Democratic Republican Independent Voter Education is the
political action committee of the Teamsters Union.
D.R.I.V.E was first started back in the 1960’s by General President James R. Hoffa’s wife Josephine, when she realized the importance of the Teamsters Union and its members having a strong and powerful voice in the political arena. The Teamster D.R.I.V.E. Program’s mission is to support political candidates and issues that are important and vital to the Teamsters and Organized Labor. This support starts at the local level from City Council Candidates all the way to supporting the candidate
D.R.I.V.E. committees are formed to meet those goals through
activities such as screening and recommending favorable candidates,
launching registration drives and developing plans for get-out-the-vote
campaigns in primary and general elections. Funding is strictly
voluntary and kept separate from dues.
Several of the important concerns and issues throughout the years that D.R.I.V.E. has been an intricate part of are, The Employees Free Choice Act, the enactment of the Family Medical Leave Act, the support of legislation in the State of Washington to fight off laws that would allow the State of Washington s to become Right to Work state.
Teamsters Local 174 has continued to introduce D.R.I.V.E. language into several of their Collective Bargaining Agreement, which in turn allows the Local to sign up employees and for the employee’s convenience, have the employees DRIVE contribution submitted directly to the Local same as dues check off.
Local 174 members need to realize that the Union and its members have an ongoing fight with big corporations and their political allies as they continue in the attempt to erode workers rights and benefits by out spending organized labor at a ratio of 11-1 to push their issues and candidates.
