Local 34 Elections - 2008

Update 5/1/2008: Joe Weston, Elections Chair, and volunteers, Betty Pharr, Vern Wagner, Vicki Moore and myself, sorted and counted all of the ballots received from our members for this years contested officer elections.  The results of the elections are as follows:

Membership Secretary:                    
            Candidates:    Kathleen (Katie) Farber, Kela Williams

            Elected to Office:    Kathleen Farber

Sergeant-at-Arms: 

            Candidates:    Chalmers Davis,     Margaret Yzaguirre

            Elected to Office:    Chalmers Davis

(Co) Chief Steward (2 positions):

                  Candidates:        Cathy Cowden, Ester Killion, Clifford Robinson

                  Elected to Office:       Cathy Cowden,  Clifford Robinson

Thank you to all the members who were nominated and agreed to run for office.  We are a very lucky local to have members who care enough to want to serve their sisters and brothers.  Congratulations to those folks elected to office. Jean Diederich, Local 34 President
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Local 34 held their final nominations for officers at our March General Assembly meeting. The results are as follows. Voting will be done by mail-in ballot - see formal notice below for further information and voting instructions.

Contested Races:

Membership Secretary (1 position): Kathleen Farber, Kela Williams

Sgt-at-Arms (1 position): Chalmers Davis, Margaret Yzaguirre

Chief Steward (2 positions): Cathy Cowden, Clifford Robinson, Ester Killion

Elected by Unanimous Ballot:

President: Jean Diederich

Vice President (2 positions): Mary Kay Windels, Wesley Volkenant

Recording Secretary: Rita Salone

Treasurer: Patrick Regan

Members-at-Large (6 positions): Andrea Lazo-Rice, Angel Alexander, Betty Pharr, Ibrahim Adam, Jacquelin Poole

Trustee (3 year term): Osman Aweis

Central Labor Union Council Delegates (7 positions): Andrea Lazo-Rice, Chalmers Davis, Jean Diederich, Patrick Regan

Central Labor Union Council Alternates (7 positions):

St Paul Trades & Labor Assembly Delegates (5 positions): Jean Diederich, Laurie Simon, Lindsay Schwab, Robert Velez

St Paul Trades & Labor Assembly Alternates (5 positions):

The uncontested offices were elected by white ballot.

We will have a mail ballot election in April 2008. Joe Weston, our Elections Chair, will have a short article in the April newsletter with information about voting. Ballots will be sent out to all members with voting instructions. If you have moved and are not sure that we have your correct address, please contact me, via e-mail, so that we can make sure you are sent a ballot.

If anyone can assist Joe on the Elections Committee, please let me know right away. Those duties will mainly consist of checking all the returned envelopes against our membership list, opening all the envelopes and counting the ballots. It is a one-night commitment (unless a run-off election is necessary).

Thank you, Jean Diederich, President, AFSCME local 34.

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Local 34 Election Notice

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO

Hennepin County Social Services Employees

AFSCME Local 34, AFL-CIO

Box 15222, Commerce Station

Minneapolis MN 55415

January 18, 2008

TO:   Members of AFSCME Local 34

During the period April 7^th, through April 28^th, 2008 an election will held for any contested offices.

Nominations will be made by the Nominations Committee at the General Membership meetings February 6^th, 2008, at 5:15 PM, in room 112 of the HSB (Health Services Building), 525 Portland Ave. S., Minneapolis MN and March 5^th, 2008, at 5:15 PM, in Room 110, HSB (Health Services Building), 525 Portland Ave S., Minneapolis MN.  All interested parties may contact the Nominations Committee Chairperson, Deanna DeLoach, at 612-348-2194 or attend the February or March membership meetings.  To be eligible for nomination to any office, other than delegate, a member must be in continuous good standing for one year immediately preceding the February nomination meeting.

Voting will be done by mail-in ballot in the following manner: Beginning Monday, April 7^th, a ballot will be mailed to each member’s last known address. In addition to the ballot there will be 2 envelopes in the mailing.  A self addressed stamped envelope will be provided to return the marked ballot. Members should print and sign the back of the return envelope.  A ballot envelope will be available to keep the voting private.  Members will mark their ballots, seal them in the ballot envelope, place the ballot envelope in the return envelope, print and sign their names on the return envelope, and mail the return envelope. All offices will be voted on by the general membership. Members will have until Monday, April 28^th, to return their marked ballot. Any ballots postmarked after April 28^th will not be counted.

Ballots will be counted on Thursday May 1^st, 2008 at 5:00 PM at the Local 34 office, Room 488, United Labor Center Building, 312 Central Ave. NE., Minneapolis MN.

If you are currently a Fair Share fee payer and would like to sign a dues authorization card in order to be eligible to vote in this election, please contact our Membership Secretary, Kela Williams, at 612-596-0954, or one of the other officers or a steward in your work area.