RON CAREY, AUGUST 3. 13, CONTINUED rage. We offer these initia! proposals in the hope that from the ensuing dialogue would emerge an acknowledgement of the grim realities of our situation and the urgency with which we must take chose measures necessary to ensure our survival. APPENDIX E-WRITTEN STATEMENT OF JOEL LEFEVRE, SECRETARYTREASURER/PRINCIPAL OFFICER, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 840 Testimony of Joel LeFevre before the Subcommittee on Oversight and March 26, 1998 My name is Joel LeFevre. I want to thank the chair and the members of the committee for their time. I am the elected principal officer, Secretary Treasurer of The Technical Industrial Service Agency and Allied Workers Local 840 affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. I am also administrator of Local 840's affiliated Pension and Health Funds and Chairman of those Boards of Trustees, and I am a Trustee of the Joint Council 16 Teamsters Pension Fund. I draw no salary from any of those positions. I am solely paid as the Secretary Treasurer of Local 840. I have been with this Local union since 1986. Prior to 1986 I served on the professional staff of 2 other local unions in other internationals since 1976. I am from New York City, but I grew up in Aurora Colorado. I was fortunate enough to get into to Columbia College on a scholarship. The only way I finished was because of a tuition benefits clause in my Union contract where I worked full time at Barnard. Full time school full time job. In my first Union job I was elected shop steward, then senior steward. I went across the street to the main campus with some Union cards, got 95 people to sign up went down to the Union and said make me an organizer. I haven't stopped since. Along the way the Union paid for my Labor studies work at Hofstra while I was organizing at Columbia I came to Local 840 as the Organizer in 1986. There were 35 companies under contract covering just over 1150 members. 21 of the 35 companies under contract in 1986 are no longer in business in New York, with the loss of 706 jobs. Teamster Testimony JDL.doc Page 1 03/24/98 |