Craig Gonsalves
Castro Valley, California 94546
May 22, 1997
Chuck Mack
Secretary Treasurer
TEAMSTER LOCAL #70
70 Hegenberger Road
Oakland, California 94621-0170
Certified: P 268 660 320
Re: Request for Names of Stewards
Dear Chuck:
This letter is in response to the letter
of April 25, 1997 from Marty Frates. Marty has indicated that he is
no longer willing to correspond with me regarding my request to be informed
as to the names of the stewards at the Oakland Hub. Marty stated in his
letter of April 25 that he had taken care of the problem of making sure
our members know who their authorized stewards are. This does not appear
to be true. He has informed neither myself, nor any coworkers I am aware
of, as to who the stewards and alternates are for the entire Oakland Hub.
Marty stated in his letter
of April 3, 1997 that he had contacted the appropriate shop stewards
at that time. I was not able to locate anyone that he contacted between
March 31 and April 3, 1997 as he stated.
As you know, it is a basic right of Teamsters to be kept informed of the
identity of their union stewards. Please consider this letter to be a formal
request to provide this information within five work days.
Fraternally,
Craig Gonsalves
cc: Ron Carey, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Erin Belk, I.B.T. Vice President
Bob Blanchet, I.B.T. Representative
Ken Mee, Western Vice President, I.B.T.
Ken Hall, Small Package Division, I.B.T.
Tom Gilmartin, Vice President of Eastern Conference, I.B.T.
Chairman, Ethical Practice Committee
Claude Brown, Office of Strategic Affairs, I.B.T.
Chuck Mack