Date Posted
To All Members:
The American Arbitration Association has completed its tally of the CWA Local 1298 Executive Board election. A total of 1580 ballots were returned. The election results are as follows:
President J. Bannon 280 M. DiNicholas 536 D. Weidlich 757 void/blank 7
Secretary-Treasurer L. Coelho 147 M. Duffy 436 L. Gibson 480 E. McGinn 153 J. Palazzo 349 void/blank 15
VP Plant 2 D. Coffin 256 R. Soucie 224 void/blank 2
Headquarters-Mobility R. Lechowicz 110 F. Oliva 153 void/blank 3
Commercial/Marketing/Yellow Pages K. Montalbano 314 A. Ponelli 33 void/blank 0
Proposal #1 No 1 Article XVII Amendments to Local By-Law
Yes/Accept 1146
No/Reject 277
Blank/Void 9
Total 1432
Proposal #2 Article XII Section 1 Meeting Agenda
Yes/Accept 1158
No/Reject 262
Blank/Void 12
Total 1432
Proposal #3 Article XIV Local Officers, Business Agents, Chief Stewards, Stewards and their Duties. Section 2 Business Agents
Yes/Accept 741
No/Reject 681
Blank/Void 10
Total 1432
Absent a challenge to the election, the tentative certification shall become final in 10 days. Because no candidate for President or Secretary-Treasurer received a majority of the votes cast, a runoff election will take place between the two candidates who received the most votes. These candidates are Dave Weidlich and Miriam DiNicholas (President) and Louise Gibson and Mike Duffy (Secretary-Treasurer).
Runoff election ballots will be mailed November 22 and must be received at AAA by December 13, 2017. The same election rules and guidelines will remain in effect during the runoff election.
Thank you,
CWA Local 1298 Election Committee
Steve Cohen Gina Thomas Tom Lozott