 Tim
Allen, Senior Business Agent
Tim represents:
Alaska Copper & Brass, American Steel, American Water Services,
Bloch Steel, Bunzl Foods, Chem Central, Coca Cola Bottling,
DHL, Earle M. Jorgensen, Patent Construction, Pepsi Cola, Seattle
Iron & Metal, Seattle School District, Service Paper, Shasta
Beverage, Unisource, Univar, XPEDX
In addition to being a Senior Business Agent for Local 174,
Tim is our Education Director. He is one of the most experienced
members of our staff. He is a graduate of the University of Washington
and worked for a short time teaching and coaching in the Seattle
School District. Tim’s Teamster career started with UPS
in Seattle, where he worked 11 years as a Package Car Driver
and served as a Steward for 8 years. He was hired in 1991 by
then-Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Al McNaughton as the UPS Business
Agent, then moved on to other jurisdictions later in his career.
Those jurisdictions represented virtually every industry in Local
174, which included Air Freight, Beverage, King County Roads
and Solid Waste, Paper, Local Cartage, LTL, Grocery and Steel.
In 1997 Tim went to work for Teamster Local 313 in Tacoma, Washington,
organizing and representing Washington State Correction Employees
primarily in Eastern Washington, and the State Penitentiary was
one of his “barns!” Prior to returning home to 174,
Tim spent 8 years as an elected B.A. working for the members
of Local 162, our sister Local in Portland, Oregon. At 162 Tim
found himself back in the familiar surroundings of UPS, where
he represented the Feeder Drivers as well as the full-time and
part-time Inside Workers at the Swan Island Hub. He also served
as the Teamsters/UPS NW States Grievance Committee’s Recording
Secretary. In addition to his UPS representational duties, Tim
represented the Local 162 members in the Steel industry and at
USF Reddaway, served as the Local’s Benefits Coordinator,
and assisted with the negotiation of several contracts including
helping the JC 37 Beverage Director with the negotiation of the
Portland area’s Soft Drink contracts. Tim was also responsible
for 162’s Educational Programs, the Local’s publications,
and Corporate Campaign strategies.
 Larry
Boyd, Senior Business Agent
Larry represents, along
with Business Agent Tom George: Active Construction, Anthony
Construction, C & E Transport, Cadman, City Transfer, Coluccio
Construction, Continental Dirt, Gary Merlino Construction, Glacier
NW, Hos Brothers, ICON, J.R. Hayes, P.G.H. Northwest, RL Alia,
Safway Services, Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel, Sawdust Supply
Company, Scarsella Brothers, SCI Infrastructures, Seattle Services
Company, Shaughnessy & Company, Stoneway Concrete, Triple
T Enterprises, Tri-State Construction, Valley Pump Inc., Western
Asphalt, Inc., Wharton Trucking, King County-Roads, King County-Signs & Marking,
Lakeside Industries, Lehigh Cement, Meridian Excavating, Mid
Mountain, NW Construction, NW Utilities
I have been in the Teamsters Union since 1966,
working at the following Companies over the years — American
Can, American Wholesale/America Strevell, Associated Grocers,
and Miller Cascade/Food Services of America. I have been a Business
Agent for 11 years since 1997 at Local 174.
 Ted
Bunstine, Senior Business Agent
Ted represents: UPS-BFI, UPS-Feeders,
UPS-Import
Ted is Local 174’s President and its United Parcel Service
Division Director. He has been a Teamster since 1979 when he
was hired by UPS, and has been a Steward and Alternate at UPS.
He was a 174 Business Agent during the Bob Hasegawa and Scott
Sullivan Administrations, and was a member of the Bargaining
Committees during the 1997 and 2002 UPS Negotiations. He was
an Alternate Delegate to the 2006 IBT Convention. He has been
married for 30 years to wife Peggy.
 Tom
Mann, Senior Business Agent
Tom represents: All American
Insurance, Ballard Transfer, Boilermaker’s Clerical Local #104,
Elliott Bay Transfer, Federated Logistics, Lincoln Moving & Storage,
MacMillan Piper, Markey Machinery, Masins Furniture, Nelson Trucking,
Pacific Delivery, Port of Seattle, Pozzi Brothers, Rail Terminal
Services, Sears Logistics, Sears Market Delivery, Single Source
Transportation, System Transfer & Storage
I am a 31-year Teamster, all with Local 174. I
started my working career as a Teamster with North Star Forwarding
Company, loading freight destined for Alaska and Hawaii. After
6 years on the dock, I was persuaded by my co-workers to be the
Shop Steward as no one else really wanted to serve. Things just
kind of evolved into more involvement over the years, volunteering
to picket when needed, and serving on the 174 Rank and File Organizing
Committee.
I never imagined being a Business Agent and working for the
Teamsters. Even now, I sometimes think, “Am I really doing
this?” Anyway, I was initially hired by Local 174 as an
Organizer and later was hired as a Business Agent. I have worked
at 174 under five Administrations — those of former Secretary-Treasurers
Bob Hasegawa, Scott Sullivan and Dan Scott, and this one of present
Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks — and have served the Membership
in numerous jurisdictions over the years.
 Patty
Warren, Senior Business Agent
Patty represents: Penske, Petermann,
Seattle Times
Patty Warren has worked in Labor Relations
for over 30 years. She started her career with the National Labor
Relations Board and has since then worked for a variety of Unions,
including 6 years with Local 174 in the 1990’s before returning
in 2007 as a Senior Business Agent and 174 Organizing Department
Director. Patty has experience in negotiations, grievance processing,
arbitrations, staff direction, and steward training. She brings
a wealth of experience to the Local and is a valuable resource
for staff and members alike.
 Bill
Byington
Bill represents: UPS-Issaquah, UPS-Kent,
UPS-Kirkland, UPS-Lynnwood, UPS-Pacific, UPS-Redmond
I have been a proud member of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters for 36 years. In 1972
I joined Teamsters Local 599 in Tacoma, where I was employed
at Nalleys Fine Foods for 7 years. In 1978 I was hired at United
Parcel Service as a Package Car Driver, at which time I transferred
into Teamsters Local 174. I became a Shop Steward in 1996, and
served as a Picket Line Captain during the 1997 UPS Strike. I
have been an Activist in Local 174 for 28 years and counting,
and have participated in many Union activities including DRIVE
fundraising and Political Action events.
In 2002 I had the honor of being the
first rank and file member from Local 174 to be appointed to
the National Teamsters/UPS Negotiating Committee by General President
James Hoffa. And in 2007 I entered this new chapter in my career
as a Business Agent for Local 174. It is a pleasure to now be
able to directly represent and service the members of Local 174,
and more specifically the UPS members in my jurisdictional locations
noted above.
 Brian
Davis
Brian represents: Easley Hauling, Herche,
Lasater, Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Peninsula Truck Lines, United
Warehouse, USF Reddaway
I’ve been a member of Local 174 for approximately 12 years,
was a member of the 2000 and 2004 USF Reddaway Negotiating Committees,
was an elected Local 174 Delegate to the 2006 International Teamsters
Convention, and worked with the IBT on a DRIVE campaign in 2003.
I have been a Business Agent since 2007 and am happy to be serving
the members of Local 174 in that capacity in my assigned jurisdictional
areas.
I am excited about this new career commitment, will do my best
to live up to the high standards that have been set by those
who have come before me at 174, and look forward to continuing
to meet the challenges that come to me in the future with enthusiasm.
 Carl
Gasca
Carl represents: ACME, Draper Valley
(Jim’s Hauling), Food Services of America, Nabisco/Kraft, Puratos
Bakery, Rosella’s Fruit & Produce, Ruan Transportation,
Safeway Company
Most recently before becoming a Local 174 Business Agent in
2007, I was employed at Safeway’s Auburn location. During
my years since becoming a Teamster in 1984, I have worked under
National Master Contracts in both Freight and Carhaul at Silver
Eagle, PIE, ABF, CF, Yellow Freight and Allied Automotive.
It concerns me that we have lost membership numbers in recent
years in industries such as Carhaul, Freight and Construction.
We need to focus our efforts on protecting the current industries
we have already organized that have made this Union great, while
looking to future organizing to help build an even stronger Union
in upcoming years. It is an honor to now be a 174 Business Agent
and to personally have the privilege of working with and for
my fellow Brothers and Sisters.
 Tom
George
Tom represents, along with Senior Business
Agent Larry Boyd: Active Construction, Anthony Construction,
C & E Transport, Cadman, City Transfer, Coluccio Construction,
Continental Dirt, Gary Merlino Construction, Glacier NW, Hos
Brothers, ICON, J.R. Hayes, P.G.H. Northwest, RL Alia, Safway
Services, Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel, Sawdust Supply Company,
Scarsella Brothers, SCI Infrastructures, Seattle Services Company,
Shaughnessy & Company, Stoneway Concrete, Triple T Enterprises,
Tri-State Construction, Valley Pump Inc., Western Asphalt, Inc.,
Wharton Trucking, King County-Roads, King County-Signs & Marking,
Lakeside Industries, Lehigh Cement, Meridian Excavating, Mid
Mountain, NW Construction, NW Utilities
I started my driving career in 1969
after the Air Force but I got my first Teamster job driving log
trucks in 1974. Since then I have had Union jobs in all types
of equipment including Greyhound bus, grocery, flatbeds, bulk
concrete, new truck delivery, and dump trucks. I have a Bachelors
Degree in Transportation Management and have served on Negotiating
Committees at Fred Meyer-Portland and Active USA. I’ve
also been Shop Steward at Active USA and City Transfer Inc.,
and served on the Local 174 Rank and File Benefits Committee
for two years.
I’m excited about the new opportunity
my Business Agent job has given me to help make Local 174 the
Northwest’s premier Construction Local Union.
 Michael
Gonzales
Michael represents: Cedar Grove Composting,
Columbia Distribution, K & L Beverage, King County-Solid
Waste, King County Landfill-Cedar Hills, Pacific Rendering
I have been a Business Agent and Organizer
at Local 174 since 2007 under the Rick Hicks Administration.
I also am the 174 Political Action Director. This is my second
stint working in this type of job. Back in 2003 under the previous
Scott Sullivan Administration, I was an Organizer for the Local.
I got lots of valuable experience and was instrumental in the
Columbia Distributors Drive, a major organizational triumph which
added 250 new members to Local 174.
I have been a Teamster since 1996,
working most of those years at K&L Distributors. During my
12-year Teamster and 8-year Shop Steward years, I also completed
several Labor training courses. I am a “jack of all trades” at
Local 174 when it comes to member representation, organizing,
and political efforts.
 Dave
Jacobsen
Dave represents: Armstrong Lumber, Ballard
Oil Company, Blue Linx, BMC West, Boeing, Cascade Fuel, Eastside
Masonry, Foss Maritime, Genessee Fuel & Heating, Glendale
Oil Company, Huttig, Lee & Eastes, Limback Lumber Company,
Olson Fuel, Pacific Ship Repair, Praxair, Rossoe Energy Systems,
Pacific Heating & Oil, Sound Oil, Suburban Propane, Todd
Shipyard, Tri-County Truss, Utility Vault, Washington State Ferries,
Woodinville Lumber
I have been Teamster for approximately 18 years, starting out
working for 3 years at Longacres as a member of Local 117. Then
in 1993, I was hired as a driver for Airborne Express, which
is now known as DHL, where I worked until being hired in 2007
as a Local 174 Business Agent by Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks.
I have three important tasks as a Business Agent — making
numerous shop visits, educating members on why they should support
our Union, and assisting 174 in being the strongest Local Union
in Joint Council 28.
I have participated in two Airborne Express negotiations, in
1997 and in 2003. I was an elected Shop Steward for 12 years,
an elected 174 Delegate to the 2006 IBT Convention, and an elected
member of the Safety Committee for DHL from 2002-2006.
I earned my AA and AM degrees (Law and Justice) from Highline
Community College in 1993, and attended additional classes at
Central Washington University. Additionally, I graduated from
the Washington State Police Academy in 1996. I hold leadership
positions with the Irish Heritage Club of Seattle, the Knights
of Columbus, and St. Bernadette’s Parish Council. I am
currently President of the Irish Heritage Club and a Grand Knight
of the Knights of Columbus. I enjoy spending my free time with
my family, wife of 11 years Gabby, and our beautiful daughters,
Daisy, 9, and Diana, 7, as this is being written in the Spring
of 2008. We enjoy taking extended family vacations to exotic
places, and taking our boat on outings especially during the
Summer.
 Ken
Marshall
Ken represents: Allied Waste, Baker
Commodities, Emerald Disposal, Federal Way Disposal, Kent Disposal,
Meridian Valley Disposal, Rabanco, Recycling NW (RST Disposal),
SeaTac Disposal, Sphere Solid Waste, US Disposal Service, Waste
Management-Sno-King, Waste Management-Welders, Waste Management-Woodinville/Fife,
Waste Management - NW, Waste Management-Eastmont, Waste Management-Seattle
I have been a Teamster member since 1994, an was an active Shop
Steward from 2000 until starting my present 174 Business Agent
job in 2007. I was also a member of the Allied Waste Negotiations
Committee in 2006. I am a firm believer that Teamster Solidarity
wins strong contracts, and am happy to be able to help fight
for our Local’s Solidarity from my new Business Agent vantage
point.
 Roger
Pardo
Roger represents: ABF, Lanier Brugh,
Horizon Lines, Roadway, Yellow Freight
Since 2007 I have been a Local 174 Business Agent, but my experience
has come in two Locals. I was a Local 741 Executive Board member
prior to the merger with 174. I was also the Recording Secretary
of the JC-28 Chapter of the Teamsters Women’s Caucus from
May 2004 through May 2006. I was a member of the 741-174 Merger
Policy Advisory Committee from October 2002 through January 2004.
I was an elected Delegate to the 2002 IBT Special Convention,
and an elected Delegate to the 2001 IBT Convention, a Volunteer
Organizer on several campaigns both with Local 741 and Local
174. Before my present Business Agent duties, I was Driver-Sales-Steward
at ABF Freight System, Milne Truck Lines, Best Way Motor Freight,
and System 99 Freight Systems.
I am a 32-plus-year second generation Teamster who was working
under the NMFA most of my career. My objective now as a Business
Agent is to use my knowledge and experience to uphold the principles
of the Teamsters Union, and to serve the rank and file members
of our fine, merged Local from my unique two-part perspective.
I hope to help enhance Local 174’s strength at the Bargaining
Table, in Organizing Campaigns, and in the Political Arena.
 Jeff
Sullivan
Jeff represents: UPS-Feeders, UPS-Import,
UPS-Redmond, UPS-Seattle
My family history goes back many generations in Local 174. In
July of 1980, I was able to gain employment with UPS, thus personally
becoming a Teamster member of Local 174 like my Father, Brothers,
Uncles, Aunts, and Great Uncles were, too.
My 26-year career in the field prior to beginning my present
office job as a 174 Business Agent began as a part-time Box Liner
for the UPS East Center in Seattle just prior to the opening
of the UPS Redmond Building. In 1984 I became a Package Car Driver
in North Center, also in the Seattle Building. In 1993 I became
a Feeder Driver with Domiciles in Seattle, Redmond, Pacific,
and during one peak season in Tukwila.
During all of my years as a Teamster, I have been a Steward
or Activist. I now have the great honor of working for the members
of this Local in the UPS jurisdiction as a Business Agent. I
am enjoying this new challenge, and hope to meet as many members
of this great Teamster Local as possible as time goes on.
 Matt
Webby
Matt represents: UPS-Kent, UPS-Pacific,
UPS-Seattle, UPS-Southcenter/North
I was a UPS part-time worker from 1993-1996, and a UPS full-time
Package Car Driver from 1996-2006 at which time I became in 2007
a Local 174 Business Agent. I was while working for UPS a Shop
Steward, and was a Driver’s Representative on the Local
174 UPS Bargaining Committee.
As a Business Agent for Local 174’s UPS Division I have
several goals — getting to know the members in my jurisdiction,
getting a feel for the issues the membership wants the Local
174 UPS Agents to be focused on, educating the membership about
not only their contractual rights but also their rights and responsibilities
as Teamsters, and creating more continuity between our Shop Stewards.
Holding this huge United Parcel Service Company accountable
for their actions is always made easier when the membership works
together for a common cause. Whether you work in the warehouse,
wash trucks, clerk, or drive a truck — it is vitally important
that we learn from each other. In the end, enforcing the contract
and assuring that UPS respects our members is what I strive to
accomplish for the membership of Local 174.
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