1998 Election
In 1998, the international office of the OPEIU had its first contested election since 1947.
A slate of incumbents, led by Patrick Tully—an international vice president and secretary-treasurer from Local 32 in Newark, New Jersey—challenged incumbent president Michael Goodwin and his top officers from control of the union.
The primary issue in the election was the organization of new members, with Tully claiming that the union was not doing enough to grow.
On June 16, 1998, delegates re-elected Goodwin to a second three-year term as president, 78 percent to 22 percent.
A nearly identical voting margin re-elected incumbent secretary-treasurer Gilles Beauregard to his fifth term over Ron Tuckwood, another international vice president and president of Local 378 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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