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Parties Involved:
Elaine L. Chao
Plaintiff
Local 30, International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Defendant

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STIPULATION & ORDER OF SETTLEMENT

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

KIRK E. SHERRIFF (SBN 219488)

Asst. United States Attorney

U.S. Courthouse, Suite 4401

2500 Tulare St.

Fresno, CA 93721

Telephone: (559) 497-4000

Facsimile: (559) 497-4099

Attorneys for Elaine L. Chao,

Secretary of Labor, United States

Department of Labor

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELAINE L. CHAO, Secretary of

Labor, United States

Department of Labor,

Plaintiff,

v. 

LOCAL 30, INTERNATIONAL

LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION,

Defendant.

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Case No. 1:06-CV-01689 OWW TAG

STIPULATION & ORDER OF

SETTLEMENT

Plaintiff Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor (“Secretary”),

and defendant Local 30, International Longshore & Warehouse Union

(“Local 30"), by and through undersigned counsel, and in order to

resolve this action without the necessity of further litigation,

hereby stipulate and agree to settlement of this dispute as

follows, and respectfully request that the Court so order:

WHEREAS, the Secretary filed this action on November 21,

2006, under Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and

Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. §§ 481 et seq. (hereinafter

“the Act”), seeking an order declaring void the results of

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Local 30’s regularly scheduled election for the office of

president conducted on May 10-11, 2006, and further seeking an

order directing Local 30 to conduct a new election for that

office under the supervision of the Secretary; and 

WHEREAS, the Secretary contends that Local 30 violated the

adequate safeguards provision of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 481(c),

during the conduct of the election, including by: (i) failing to

account for and keep a record of all ballots generated for the

election; (ii) failing to account for the number of ballots used

and unused in the election; (iii) failing to retain unused

ballots; (iv) failing to maintain adequate control over the voted

ballots; (v) failing to secure the voted ballots in a locked and

sealed ballot box immediately following the initial May 10-11,

2006 vote count; (vi) failing to accurately record the votes cast

for the office of president; (vii) failing to retain scratch

and/or tally sheets used by Local 30’s balloting committee in

their initial vote count on May 11, 2006; and (viii) failing to

secure and retain the original envelope in which ballots were

allegedly placed after the initial vote count.

WHEREAS, the Secretary contends that Local 30 violated the

records retention provision of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 481(e),

during the conduct of the election in failing to preserve all of

its election records for a period of one year; 

WHEREAS, Local 30, by entering into this Stipulation, does

not admit that it violated any of the aforementioned provisions

of Title IV of the Act in its May 2006 election of officers;

WHEREAS, the parties to this action now wish to resolve this

litigation fully and amicably without the necessity of further

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litigation;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED TO AND AGREED, by and between the

parties to this action, through their undersigned counsel, and IT

IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:

1. The Secretary and Local 30 have entered into this

Stipulation and Order of Settlement for the sole purpose of

resolving the issues in this action and for no other purpose. 

2. Local 30’s next regularly scheduled election of

officers is to be held in May 2008. Local 30 shall conduct the

election for president in May 2008, in conjunction with its

regularly scheduled election of officers, under the supervision

of the Secretary. Such supervised election is to be completed no

later than June 15, 2008. Such election shall be conducted in

accordance with Title IV of the Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 481 et seq.)

and, insofar as is lawful and practicable, in accordance with

Local 30's Constitution and General Rules and the Constitution of

the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (“ILWU”). The

winner of the supervised election shall serve a full term of

office as specified in Local 30’s Constitution and General Rules.

3. All decisions as to the interpretation or application

of Title IV of the Act, as to the conduct of the supervised

election for the office of president, are to be made and

determined by the Secretary or her representative. All decisions

as to the interpretation or application of Local 30's

Constitution and General Rules and/or the ILWU International

Constitution, as to the conduct of said election, are to be made

and determined by the Secretary or her representative after

seeking and considering Local 30's interpretation or application

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of the respective Constitutions and its General Rules. The

decision of the Secretary or her representative in all such

matters shall be final, unless and until any such decision is, on

application of Local 30, set aside by the Court.

4. The Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action

following the entry of this Stipulation and Order of Settlement. 

After completion of the election specified in paragraph 2 above,

the Secretary shall certify to the Court the name of the person

elected in said election, and she shall further certify that such

election was conducted in accordance with Title IV of the Act and

with the provisions of Local 30's Constitution and General Rules

and the ILWU International Constitution to the extent lawful and

practicable. Upon the Court’s receipt and approval of such

certification, it shall enter a final judgment declaring that

such person has been elected, as shown by such certification, to

serve a two-year term of office. Such judgment shall further

provide that each party will bear its own fees and expenses

incurred by such party in connection with any stage of this

proceeding.

5. Within 30 days of entry of a final judgment in this

action, the Secretary shall return to Local 30 all original

Local 30 documents in the Secretary’s possession concerning

Local 30's May 10-11, 2006 election for the office of president.

Entry Stipulated and Consented to:

FOR DEFENDANT FOR PLAINTIFF

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STIPULATION & ORDER OF SETTLEMENT

ATTORNEY NEIL M. HERRING McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

/s/ Neil M. Herring By: /s/ Kirk E. Sherriff 

NEIL M. HERRING KIRK E. SHERRIFF

Asst. United States Attorney

Counsel for Defendant

Local 30, International Counsel for plaintiff

Longshore & Warehouse Union Elaine L. Chao,

Secretary of Labor

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 30, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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