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About PTE Local 17
Jump To: Union Representatives and Assignments Regional Executive Committee (REC) Union Administration Program Directors Organizational Structure Local 17 members are a group of diverse, public sector, professional and technical employees. Their jobs range from engineers to information technology experts, to environmental and health specialists. Local 17: Local 17 is operated in accord with the rules defined in its constitution and policies. Constitutional changes are made by a membership wide vote. Policies are enacted by the appropriate governing or administrative entities of the local. COPPEA: PTE Local 17 has partnered with COPPEA to provide union representational services through 2013. The City of Portland Professional Employees Association is a union comprised of over 700 professional and technical classifications throughout the City of Portland. Union Governance Executive Director Regional Executive Committee (REC) - The REC is the union’s primary policymaking body. It is composed of delegates who are selected by union members at the chapter level, in numbers proportional to the number of members within each chapter’s jurisdiction. Executive Board - This body is the equivalent of the union’s board of directors. The Executive Board makes policy decision between REC meetings and exercises financial oversight of union operations. This Board currently consists of a President (Allan Yamaguchi), Vice-President (Lois Watt), Secretary-Treasurer (Sean Simmons), and three trustees (Hossein Barahimi, Ray Ceaser, Elizabethe Geier). Each is elected by a membership-wide vote and serves a three-year term of office. The Executive Board meets monthly. Back To Top Staff (See contact info) The union staff is structured by the Executive Director and reports to the Executive Director (Joe McGee, mcgee@pte17.org). It is organized as follows: Union Representatives These are the labor relations professionals who are responsible for assisting members with contract negotiations and administration, including grievance processing, and representation at meetings and hearings, including arbitration and agency proceedings. Program Directors Thse are staff specialists in defined areas of expertise responsible for specific strategic activities such as communications, legislative affairs, training and organizing. Administrative/Financial Specialists, Assistants These are staff employees responsible for performance of specialized internal tasks such as membership administration, accounting, financial reporting, accounts payable, document processing, information technology functions, etc. Stewards Member-leaders selected through election or appointment to assist in the day-to-day administration of bargaining collective agreements and to serve as critical links in the union’scommunications network. Stewards are agents of the union and are vital links in keeping the union strong and moving it forward. The steward network is structured by bargaining unit and typically there is one steward for each department or work unit. Stewards may be removed Chapters Through chapters, which are ideally structured by so that members of each chapter have a common employer, members have a forum to discuss issues pertaining to their workplaces and their collective bargaining agreements. Chapters provide member access to union governance through the election of delegates to the REC. Chapters can be established or disestablished by the REC. Advisory Bodies Negotiating Committees Negotiating committees are composed of members selectedby each bargaining unit to coordinate contract negotiation efforts with staff union representatives. Negotiating committees sometimes continue after new agreements are ratified to advise on matters between contract negotiations. Policy Committees Policy committees are comprised of members selected to discuss, advise, and coordinate with staff union representatives on an ongoing basis on issues of unit-wide significance. They seek to achieve consensus on a wide variety of issues that affect unit members and serve as an important adjunct to the union’s staff representation functions. Back To Top
Lisa Jacobs - City of Seattle Vince Oliveri - Union Representative and state legislative director |
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