Pan American Grain Teamsters Election

Carlos Berríos Polanco filed this request with the National Labor Relations Board of the United States of America.
Tracking #

1272111
Submitted June 21, 2024
Est. Completion None
Status
Withdrawn

From: Carlos Berríos Polanco

Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: Pan American Grain Teamsters Election

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To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

A court document alleges that the NRLB has failed to certify the results of the NRLB-supervised election held at Pan American Grain between November and December 2023: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68870205/1/pan-american-grain-manufacturing-v-national-labor-relations-board/

Therefore, I request the following documents:

1) Any communications, emails, messages, and attachments exchanged between NRLB Region 12 Director David Cohen and other NRLB Region 12 personnel concerning the certification of the NRLB-supervised election held at Pan American Grain between November and December 2023.

2) Any communications, emails, messages, and attachments exchanged between NRLB Region 12 Director David Cohen, Hato Rey Officer in Charger Vanessa Garcia, Regional Attorney Christopher Zerby and personnel from Pan American Grain and the Teamsters Local Union No. 901 or their lawyers and representatives concerning the certification of the NRLB-supervised election held at Pan American Grain between November and December 2023.

Keywords; "Pan American Grain," "Teamsters Local Union No. 901," "Unión de Tronquistas de Puerto Rico," "

This request is for all records produced between November 1, 2023 and the date this request is processed.

This request is not being made for commercial purposes. I am an independent journalist from Puerto Rico and any responsive records will be used in the course of reporting for Heavy Weather, a newsletter covering several topics in the Caribbean: https://heavyweather.ghost.io/

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Carlos Berríos Polanco

From: National Labor Relations Board

Subject: FOIA Request 2024-NLFO-02203

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Mr. Berrios Polanco:

I am writing concerning the above-noted FOIA request received by our office. The fax we received states you initially attempted to file the FOIA request on June 24, 2024 but we did not receive the fax from you until July 22, 2024. In your request, you seek records of communications among Region 12 personnel and between Region 12 personnel and parties associated with an election conducted at Pan American Grain in late 2023. I was hoping to speak with you about this request as I needed to get clarification concerning the specific NLRB case or cases for which you are seeking records. Additionally, if the records sought relate to currently open cases, we may be unable to provide the requested records at this time pursuant to Exemption 7(A) of the FOIA. Once we have clarification concerning the case or cases for which you are seeing records, I can advise you on what records are currently available depending on the case status.

I also wanted to ensure that you have created an account through SecureRelease (https://www.securerelease.us/) which is our current FOIA processing system. Any records produced pursuant to your request would be provided securely through this system.

Please call me at (202) 273-0139 or email me at william.hearne@nlrb.gov<mailto:william.hearne@nlrb.gov> so that we can discuss your request further. I look forward to speaking with you.

Regards,

William T. Hearne
FOIA Attorney-Advisor
National Labor Relations Board
1015 Half St. SE
Washington, DC 20570-0001
Direct: 202-273-0139

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