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Gordon A. Baxter
Gordon A. Baxter, owner of Count Consulting, began his labor union career while a student, and later a worker, at UCLA in the late 1960's. He helped organize university employees into AFSCME (American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees}.
In 1975 Gordon moved to Seattle and became an active member of Service Employees Union Local 6 and then Retail Clerks (now UFCW) Local 1001. In 1976 he went to work for Washington Natural Gas and joined UA (United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters) Local 32, serving as a shop steward. Gordon was appointed as a Business Representative by Business Manager Al Sexton in 1986. He represented shipyard members in Puget Sound, Washington Natural Gas Co. workers and workers in county and state government.
In 1994, He became a General Representative for the Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO with responsibility west of the Mississippi River. He was responsible for 25 Metal Trades Councils, representing workers in the Federal government (primarily U.S. Navy shipyard civilian employees) and the private sector. The private sector included many shipyards, U. S. Department of Energy facilities (including Hanford), oil refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants, and manufacturing facilities.
Gordon has been a delegate from his local union to the King County Labor Council for almost twenty years. He has served as a delegate to the King County Building Trades Council, the Puget Sound Maritime Trades Council, the Puget Sound Metal Trades Council and three UA International Conventions.
In January 2001, Gordon formed Count Consulting to provide services to labor unions. He is currently lobbying the Washington State Legislature on behalf of the IBU, ILWU, MMP, MEBA.
Patricia A. Warren
Patricia (Patty) A. Warren began working for the National Labor Relations Board in the Seattle, Washington Regional Office in 1976 as a legal secretary. She went through a three-year program (the Bridge Program) which consisted of on-the-job training and college classes at night. At the end of the program, she graduated to professional status and became a Field Examiner, conducting elections and investigating unfair labor practice charges. Patty began her union activity with the National Labor Relations Board Union, Local 19, as Clerical Vice President, in 1977 and served on the NLRBU National Executive BoardPatty left the NLRB in 1986 when she started working for Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 8. The Local was in trusteeship, and Patty was one of a team who established and trained rank and file negotiating committees and successfully neogitated over 75 separate contracts using member committees for the first time in the history of the local. She served as Director of Representation Services and supervised a staff of 10 Business Agents.
Patty started her own business in 1990. She was available to unions on a consultant basis for negotiations, arbitrations, staff trainings and NLRB matters. She helped supervise the first direct election of officers by members in the history of the Teamsters Union.
Patty began working for Teamsters Local 174 in 1992. She was hired by a reform administrative and helped bring member involvement to a new level. With reform leadership newly elected on both the Local and International it was an exciting time to be a Teamster. She negotiated contracts and represented members in a variety of industries, including sand and gravel, fuel oil, food distribution, and garbage.
Patty started her business back up again in 1998, once again offering consultant services to organized labor. She worked for a variety of unions, helping to negotiate contracts in the textile industry and the State prison sytem. She also provided training to the Metal Trades Department's Avondale Shipyard Committee on negotiation preparation, strategies and tactics.
Patty worked for IBEW Local 77 from mid-1999 to mid-2000. She represented Puget Sound Energy employees and was instrumental in the fight against Puget to keep the IBEW jobs from being contracted out.
Patty currently works for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1001 as a negotiator. She created this website.
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