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[X174driver]

Let me be the first person to congratulate Rick Hicks and his Administration on an election victory before the ballots are even in the mail. With 1 1/2 Slates running against him, TDU couldn't decide who was more TDU. One of the groups has called themselves "Truck drivers for none of the above" this of course was the group of drunken fools that think when running for Local Union Office the first thing you should do is get drunk before you come to the nominations meeting. This "Partial Slate" plans to not campaign. Of course their S-T candidate was nominated by the former S-T, TDUDan. The other group is lead by a part-time UPSer who hasn't worked in months due to his termination from UPS for unemployment fraud. Of course Local 174 is in the process of spending thousands of dollars arbitrating his case. This is the same guy that was fired from his UPS BA job at Local 174 by the former TDU S-T TDUDan Scott. Yes Dan Scott, the same guy who lost the 2006 Delegates Election, 2006 VP at Large Election with Tom Dumbdum, and then his Local Union Election with a Local 174 record vote count margin. What a glowing endorsement.

HICKS2009

[alex_y]

Rick Hicks sails a tight ship and is very membership oriented as the Secretary Treasurer of 174. Nevertheless, in a political Local you work hard and then you campaign real hard because you cannot do a job for the members unless you get elected to office.

[apostle]

When a Union Representative works hard every day to represent union members to the best of their ability and for the good of the union it is evident at election time, any member in good standing can run for election, in the case of local 174, everyone running illustrates what a great leader and union representative Rick Hicks is, GO RICK........

[alex_y]

apostle, on Oct 28 2009, 06:46 AM, said:

When a Union Representative works hard every day to represent union members to the best of their ability and for the good of the union it is evident at election time, any member in good standing can run for election, in the case of local 174, everyone running illustrates what a great leader and union representative Rick Hicks is, GO RICK........

Does the Rick Hicks slate have a web site? Post up the link if they do. Thanks.

[X174driver]

Here you go Alex_y

http://www.rickhicks2009.com/

[X174driver]

I called it October 11, 2009.

Rick Hicks and his entire Slate won re-election to a three (3) year term with 79% of the vote. The funny part of this election is the candidate "endorsed" by TDUDan Scott; a former TDU S-T at Local 174 got 181 votes to Rick's 2028 votes. If that isn't funny enough, the other S-T candidate "endorsed" by TDUBob Hasegawa; another former TDU S-T and current District 11 State House Representative, got 340 votes to Rick's 2028. It looks like it's not who you know but who votes for you.

Great job Rick and good luck to your team for another TDU free three (3) more years at Local 174. The membership clearly recognizes REAL Leadership.

[Barking Dog]

X174driver, on November 17 2009 - 04:00 PM, said:

I called it October 11, 2009.

Rick Hicks and his entire Slate won re-election to a three (3) year term with 79% of the vote. The funny part of this election is the candidate "endorsed" by TDUDan Scott; a former TDU S-T at Local 174 got 181 votes to Rick's 2028 votes. If that isn't funny enough, the other S-T candidate "endorsed" by TDUBob Hasegawa; another former TDU S-T and current District 11 State House Representative, got 340 votes to Rick's 2028. It looks like it's not who you know but who votes for you.

Great job Rick and good luck to your team for another TDU free three (3) more years at Local 174. The membership clearly recognizes REAL Leadership.

Some have said tht he used to work for TDU Bob Hasegawa at local 174 and in the late 90's even campainged for Ron Carey? Is this true?

[local138]

X174driver, on November 17 2009 - 04:00 PM, said:

I called it October 11, 2009.

Rick Hicks and his entire Slate won re-election to a three (3) year term with 79% of the vote. The funny part of this election is the candidate "endorsed" by TDUDan Scott; a former TDU S-T at Local 174 got 181 votes to Rick's 2028 votes. If that isn't funny enough, the other S-T candidate "endorsed" by TDUBob Hasegawa; another former TDU S-T and current District 11 State House Representative, got 340 votes to Rick's 2028. It looks like it's not who you know but who votes for you.

Great job Rick and good luck to your team for another TDU free three (3) more years at Local 174. The membership clearly recognizes REAL Leadership.

TDU dead in Local 174 means 174 will live !

[X174driver]

Yes, Rick worked for TDUBob and as soon as the BAs realized what a scum bag he was they ran against him in 1997. Due to three Slates running against Bob he won and all the BAs were fired except for one. Rick ran again against TDUBob as VP of the Local with Scott Sullivan and won in 2001. TDUDan Scott won in 2004 and again Rick went back to his package car. Rick ran a rank and file Slate against TDUDan, who was running with TDUTom, for the 2006 Convention. Rick and his entire Slate won. Then later in 2006 Rick's Slate ran against TDUDan for the Local Union Officer's election and won. He took office January 1, 2007.

TDUDan and his buddies tried the "Rick was in management" thing and it fell on deaf ears then just like now. Rick was a part-time sup for about 15 minutes before becoming a full-time driver. For fucks sake, he was in school and young. Have any of you made decisions when you were young you regret today. I believe this was over 20 years ago. In addition, Rick never hid from this issue, when asked about it, just like everything else he does, he was honest and up front with his answers.

Unlike one of the recent candidates that ran against him for S-T that is currently terminated from UPS for "unemployment fraud" or something like that "as the story goes".

I don't know who he campaigned for in 1991 or 1996. I do know he didn't campaign for THREE TIME LOSER TDUTom Dumbdumb in 1998, 2001, or 2006. Ron Carey is dead and so is TDU.

[X174driver]

You seemed to be focused on the past my brother or sister. Over 20 years in the past. The "15 minutes" comment was an example of how short it was compared to Rick's years as a dues paying Teamster representing hard working men and women at UPS and Local 174. My main point is they tried "he was a UPS Supervisor" in 2006 twice and again this time. Rick has been upfront about his short stint as a part-time sup from day one. There are hundreds if not thousands of current and former Teamsters that hired on at UPS part time while going to school and took a part time sup job because it paid more, only to find out what a skull fucking you get. Does that make all those Teamsters "less than Teamsters" in your mind? I will remind you this was over 20 years ago.

[X174driver]

Not sure how old he was except that it was a long time ago. I'm also not sure why he took the job. The pay thing is just a guess, or at least it seems to be a reason most do it while they are in school. Clearly you are focused on issues that most don’t agree with. I’ve got a question for you, “Is it possible that you are wrong and 80% of the members of Local 174 are right”?

"174realreformer" as a guest you wouldn't know that when Rick posts on here he does so under his own name. I retired out of Local 174 several years ago and moved to Southern California. I'm an early retiree "80 and out" that went back to work and am now enjoying my monthly pension check and working part-time/casual and a member of Local 63 to pay my RWT-Plus premiums. Thank you for accusing me of being Rick, it was a thoughtful comment.

[alex_y]

SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

By BILL McCARTHY, Communications Specialist
(November 13, 2009) Yesterday the votes were tallied, and when the dust had settled the membership of Local 174 had overwhelmingly re-elected its current Secretary-Treasurer, Rick Hicks, to a second three-year term as their Chief Executive Officer. They also elected all the other six members of his Teamsters 4 Leadership Slate overwhelmingly, too.

The ballot sorting, validating and tallying took place under strict procedural controls as called-for in the 174 Election Guidelines, in the Tukwila JC-28 Building’s Main Auditorium. The process started about 8:30 a.m., and results were known by about 5:00 p.m.

The landslide victory by the Hicks Team followed a vigorous campaign. After the votes were counted and the results were confirmed, Hicks, on behalf of his tired but very happy Slate of candidates, thanked the members who voted.

“We are grateful to all those who took the time to vote, and for being given the opportunity by them to lead this great Local Union for the next three years,” S-T Hicks said.

“We accomplished a lot during 2007-2009 in our first term. But we are well aware that there are many continuing old challenges, and new challenges coming up on the horizon, with which we’ll have to deal very soon during our second term from 2010-2012,” he continued. “We assure everyone that we will be ready to face them head-on with all of our energy and skill.”

There were 2,725 total votes cast in the 2009 Local 174 Officers Election. There will be extensive coverage of the Election and the Plans of the Hicks Administration for 2010-2012 in the next issue of the Local 174 Teamster Record Newspaper.
2009 VOTING RESULTS
Following is a breakdown of the vote totals tallied in the 2009 Local 174 Officers Election.
SLATE VOTES
RICK HICKS 2009 TEAMSTERS 4 LEADERSHIP: 1,941
HOBE WILLIAMS REAL TEAMSTERS FOR CHANGE: 307
BRET EYERLY REAL TRUCK DRIVERS FOR NONE OF THE ABOVE: 144

INDIVIDUAL VOTES

RICK HICKS 2009 TEAMSTERS 4 LEADERSHIP

* Secretary-Treasurer
Rick Hicks, 2,028
* President
Ted Bunstine, 2,016
* Vice President
Ken Marshall, 2,014
* Recording Secretary
Carl Gasca, 2,033
* Trustee
Abe Taylor, 2,010
* Trustee
Gary Bolen, 2,010
* Trustee
Terri Zinter, 2,001



HOBE WILLIAMS REAL TEAMSTERS FOR CHANGE

* Secretary-Treasurer
Hobe Williams, 340
* President
Larry Fontana, 342
* Vice President
Sue Morrison, 357
* Recording Secretary
Gary Ploegsma, 358
* Trustee
Chuck Bowman, 382
* Trustee
Lynn Trusty, 367
* Trustee
Ryan McConnell, 347



BRET EYERLY REAL TRUCK DRIVERS FOR NONE OF THE ABOVE

* Secretary-Treasurer
Bret Eyerly, 181
* President
Mike Waine, 182
* Vice President
Nick Walen, 174
* Recording Secretary
No Candidate
* Trustee
Dan D’Andrea, 197
* Trustee
No Candidate
* Trustee
No Candidate

[Farley]

I see that toodleoo Hobe Williams was outpolled...... even by everyone on his own toodleoo slate....says a lot about the falling reputation of the toodleoo. Let us hope the rest of the west coast takes a lesson and ties a can to the ass of the toodleoo whenever it raises its destructive dishonest head. I see that the toodleoo has assembled a group of unqualified misfits to take a run in Local 690 and take that Local back to the dark ages they experienced the last time the toodleoo fooled enough members to vote for them. The results should be in, in a week or two...