Terry Nile is a Union Representative at Local 305. Terry is a 31-year Teamster who worked for Distribution Trucking Company (Fred Meyer) for 23 years, served as a long-time Shop Steward and was a Class A driver. His representational duties are focused on the dairy industry.
Terry earned his BA in Political Science with a minor in Anthropology from Washington State, and a Juris Doctorate from Lewis and Clark Law School.
Union Representative Alan Rueschenberg has been a Teamster since 1994. He started his Teamster career at the age of 19 at the Portland Albertsons Distribution Center. Alan worked as a warehouseman for 26 years, in a variety of roles, including Shop Steward and for many years he served on the negotiating committee.
As of 2020, he has held a Union Representative position for Teamsters Local 305. He currently represents Albertsons and many other Warehouses in the Portland metro area as well as in the Food Processing and Materials Industry.
Jeannie Trapold has been our Contract Administrator and Website Administrator for Local 305 since the beginning of 2023. She previously worked as the Office Manager / Editor for the Teamsters Joint Council 37.
Prior to that, Jeannie had over 25 years of union experience as a shop steward, organizer and union representative during her time working at United Food and Commercial Workers Union. She is now the Union Representative for the Movie People, American Airlines counter and gate employees, Avis Budget Group, Hertz, and SP+, Global and Radio Cab.
Scot Dodgion is a 3rd generation Teamster and has been a Teamster himself for over 20 years as a driver with Locals 162 & Local 305. Most recently, Scot was a member of Local 305 as a transport driver with Franz Bakery since 2012, and Shop Steward since 2016.
He has served on the Executive Board of Local 305 since February of 2022 and is currently a full-time Business Agent for Teamsters Local 305 serving the Bakery, Laundry, Food Service, Truck Maintenance and Tanker Drivers. Scot is looking forward to serving the members of Local 305.
Mark Carr has been a teamster since 1994, he began his career at Parr Lumber as a forklift operator/truck driver. He held the role of shop steward for a couple of years and participated in contract negotiations for several contracts. Mark spent 8-years working for Lumber Products as a truck driver.
In 2011 he went to work for Pride Disposal where he learned how to operate all types of trucks in the garbage industry and served as shop steward. Currently Mark is a Union Representative for Teamsters Local 305, representing all the members in the solid waste industry.
