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Initiatives Experiencing dogged by Something New suspicions By DON McINTOSH Associate Editor Oregon labor will start preparing in the months to come for a boatload of initiatives expected to appear on the No- vember ballot. Get ready for déjà vu. At least 10 ini- tiative campaigns this year are spon- sored by the same chief petitioners who have filled ballots in previous years — Bill Sizemore, Kevin Mannix, and Russ Walker. The campaigns have the same millionaire funders, and the same for- profit company is gathering their signa- tures — Democracy Direct, run by Sizemore associate Tim Trickey. And just like in years past, measures are headed for the ballot despite suspicions that the law was broken to get them there. Staff members at Our Oregon, a union-funded group that monitors ballot measures, are convinced that laws in- tended to clean up the initiative process are being routinely broken. Shane Proper (above left), a member of Operating Engineers Local Metal Workers Local 16, is a 1999 graduate of Rutgers University in In Oregon, the ballot initiative 701, shows the fundamentals of operating a backhoe at the Women in New Jersey with a degree in women’s studies. She was working as a process is overseen by the secretary of Trades Fair May 3. The annual event is sponsored by Oregon bartender when she came to Oregon Tradeswomen in February state’s Elections Division. Our Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. This year, 414 women people attended the 2007. She wanted a career in the trades, she said, “because it’s complained to that agency in December Saturday session, which is open to the public. Thursday and Friday something I know I can feel really good about for a long time.” Lynch 2005 that Democracy Direct subcon- were reserved for students, and 69 schools — from as far away as started as a Sheet Metal worker in June of 2007, earning $16.14 an tractors were violating a voter-approved LaPine — brought over 1,000 middle school and high school hour, plus health insurance benefits. When she turns out as a ban on the pay-by-the-signature bounty. students. Once there the young women had an opportunity to journeywoman she will make $32.27 an hour, plus fringe benefits. Circulators alledgedly were being paid experience hands-on workshops presented by apprenticeship Eighty-seven exhibitors were at the 2008 fair to recruit and educate in cash out of cars in some cases. In De- programs and employers, and taught mostly by tradeswomen like attendees. Quint Rahberger, apprenticeship coordinator for the cember 2007, the Oregon secretary of Shaz Lynch, pictured above right helping a youngster bend a metal Operating Engineers, said the fair generates lots of interest from state fined two Democracy Direct sub- flower pot. Lynch, a first-term apprentice and member of Sheet women considering a career in the field of construction. contractors $10,900 each, and Trickey (Turn to Page 8) How time flies: Building trades council turns 100 Three generations of construction workers helped celebrate the lators Local 36. Mehrens, a 36-year member of Plumbers and Fit- light-rail, schools and institutions of higher learning, pulp and 100th anniversary of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construc- ters Local 290, led the council through the 1990s, winning election paper mills and high-rise office buildings. The list is endless. tion Trades Council May 10 at the Oregon Convention Center. in 1988 and retiring in 2005. Mohlis, a former business manager “All of us in the building trades take great pride in our work,” Nearly 700 people attended the event. Among them were U.S. of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1, succeeded Mohlis said. “Every one of us has driven by a building we worked Congressman Earl Blumenauer; Portland Mayor Tom Potter, La- Mehrens. on and told our spouse or our children, ‘I helped build that build- bor Commissioner Brad Avakian, and Portland City Councilor Maybe more importantly, however, were the many rank-and- ing.’ “ (and mayoral candidate) Sam Adams. file workers in attendance — the men and women who have had a The Portland Building & Construction Trades Council was first Four decades of building trades council leadership also was in hand in building the Portland metropolitan area into what it is to- chartered with eight organizations representing 800 craft workers the room, including Earl Kirkland, Wally Mehrens and John day. Retirees, journeymen, journeywomen, and apprentices remi- on July 27,1908 — the same year that the National Building Mohlis. nisced about the projects they helped build: from dams on the Co- Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) Kirkland was executive secretary-treasurer from 1966 to his re- lumbia River to the Astoria-Megler Bridge at the coast, hospitals, was established. In the 100 years since, the local council has been tirement in 1988. He is a 60-year member of Heat and Frost Insu- nuclear and electronics plants, shopping centers, courthouses, (Turn to Page 5) Union members don’t just vote — they run for office In Oregon, union members don’t members running for public office in Union members are especially lieutenant of the Portland Police Bu- cal and has served on the bargaining just vote in elections; they run in them. the May primary. Of those running in plentiful in the Oregon Legislature, reau, chairs the Veterans Affairs Com- team. Mitch Greenlick, a retired part- The Northwest Labor Press was able partisan races, all but one are running which meets six months every other mittee and is a staunch defender of time sociology professor, helped to identify almost two dozen union as Democrats. year to make state law and pass state workers rights and public safety. found the union local at Portland State budgets. Oregon has a citizen Legisla- Mike Schaufler, seeking a fourth University in the 1980s. He is running ture, in that lawmakers get a stipend term in House District 48, Happy Val- for a fourth term representing House while they’re in session, but not any- ley, is a building contractor and former District 33, Portland. Chip Shields is thing like a salary. member of the Laborers union. He an AFT member by virtue of having Diane Rosenbaum is the senior chairs the Busi- taught criminal jus- member of the Capitol’s informal “la- ness and Labor tice classes at Port- bor caucus” and a long-time member committee, and The Northwest Labor land State University, of Communications Workers of Amer- last year shep- Press was able to and has close ties to ica (CWA) Local 7901. Rosenbaum herded a package labor overall; he was started as a telephone operator in of bills through identify almost two named a Labor Cam- 1975, and rose to be her union’s vice the House that dozen union members paign Hero by the president and a union lobbyist in were aimed at ex- running for public Oregon AFL-CIO for Salem, and later, chief petitioner on a panding workers his help on the mini- Endorsed by: union-backed ballot measure that right to unionize. office in Oregon’s mum wage ballot x Oregon AFSCME raised the minimum wage. First Greg May primary. measure, and worked x elected to the Legislature in 1998, Matthews, a Gre- for a time for Oregon NW Oregon Labor Council Rosenbaum has served five terms as sham fire fighter Tradeswomen, Inc. x SEIU Local 503 state rep in House District 42, Port- and member of In- Shields is running for x UFCW Local 555 land, and now is running unopposed ternational Association of Fire Fight- a third term in House District 43, Port- x Firefighters Assoc. of Clackamas County Local 1159 for Senate District 21, the seat being ers (IAFF) Local 1062, is unopposed land. And incumbents Carolyn Tomei x Tualatin Valley firefighters Union Local 1660 vacated by Kate Brown. Last year, in the Democratic primary for House in House District 41, Milwaukie, and x Governor John Kitzhaber Rosenbaum worked to pass a law to District 50, Gresham. Matthews will Margaret Carter in Senate District x Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian fight abuses in the initiative system. challenge Republican incumbent John 22, Portland, are also one-time AFT x Rosenbaum is also president of the la- Lim in what is likely to be a competi- members. The Oregonian Editorial Board (April 25, 2008) bor caucus at the National Conference tive race in November. Laurie Monnes-Anderson, a reg- See more endorsements and information at of State Legislatures. Ed Glad, a lobbyist for the Car- istered nurse and member of the Ore- www.CharlotteLehan.com Brad Witt, staff representative at penters Union, is running a vigorous gon Nurses Association (ONA), is United Food and Commercial Work- campaign for the Republican nomina- running unopposed for a second term ers (UFCW) Local 555 and former tion in House District 24, McMin- in Senate District 25, Gresham. secretary-treasurer of the Oregon nville. Glad is one of three running to Mark Hass, running for re-elec- AFL-CIO, is running for a third term fill the seat being vacated by State tion in Senate District 14, Beaverton, as state representative in House Dis- Rep. Donna Nelson, who is running was a long-time member of American b h Bennett Hartman trict 31, Clatskanie. He chairs the for Yamhill County Commission. Federation of Television & Radio Workforce & Economic Development Six legislative candidates are or Artists (AFTRA) as a reporter at Morris & Kaplan, llp Committee, and last year helped pass have been members of the American KATU-TV. Attorneys at Law a number of bills important to labor. Federation of Teachers (AFT). Nancy Nathanson, a University of m k Paul Holvey, on staff at Pacific Michael Dembrow, vice-president of Oregon librarian and former member Northwest Regional Council of Car- AFT-Oregon, is running a strong first- of Service Employees International penters, is seeking a third term in time campaign in House District 45, Union (SEIU) Local 503, is running House District 8 in Eugene. Holvey Portland. Dembrow, long-time presi- for a second term in House District Oregon’s Full Service Union Law Firm chairs the Consumer Protection Com- dent of AFT’s Portland Community 13, Eugene. Representing Workers Since 1960 mittee and has worked to curb preda- College, faces two other candidates Two other state representatives are tory mortgage lending. for the Democratic nomination. Larry at least nominal unionists through past Jeff Barker, former president of Galizio, a full-time Portland Commu- membership in the Oregon Education the Portland Police Association, is nity College journalism instructor, is Association (OEA): Arnie Roblan, running for a fourth term in House seeking third term in House District House District 9, Coos Bay; and Betty SeriousInjuryandDeathCases District 28, Aloha. Barker, a retired 35, Tigard. Galizio is active in his lo- Komp, House District 22, Woodburn. Both were teachers who later became • Construction Injuries school principals. • Automobile Accidents Union members also show up in lo- (Turn to Page 4) • Medical, Dental, and Legal Malpractice • Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents • Pedestrian Accidents

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PAGE 2 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS MAY 16, 2008 Labor agency suspends Don’t Forget to Vote by May 20 ‘Helping Hands’ program Labor’s Community Service Agency has temporarily suspended its emergency assistance program due to lack of cash. Since January the agency, under its newly created “Helping Hands” program, PLEASE VOTE has distributed more than $20,000 in temporary hardship assistance to people in need. For years, that program operated under a dedicated Emergency Assistance Fund. Those monies were earmarked on a one-time basis to help workers facing temporary hardships such as a layoff, strike, illness or other reasons. The fund as- sisted with payments on rent, utilities, buying groceries, and for other needs. The program has been in operation since 1974. Last year it distributed $60,000. MIKE FAHEY “Requests for assistance exceeded the Helping Hands budget for the first quar- ter of 2008, and that level of requests continued throughout the month of April,” said Vickie Burns, office manager of LCSA. “The agency needs time to regroup and recover while gearing up for what we anticipate will be a prolonged period of economic distress for many working families.” PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL Labor’s Community Service Agency is hoping for a large turnout at the 11th annual Labor Appreciation and Recognition Night Saturday, May 31, sponsored POSITION #1 by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council. Proceeds from that event go to the Helping Hands fund. LCSA is a nonprofit agency funded by United Way of the To all my friends in the Labor Movement— Columbia-Willamette, in partnership with the Northwest Oregon Labor Council, First and foremost, I want to thank you for your years of friendship and support. Together we have worked to protect AFL-CIO. “Hopefully, on June 1, we will be in a position to restart the program,” Burns and defend the rights of workers in the City of Portland and the State of Oregon. In the past 45 years as a union said. member, I have seen a broad range of attacks aimed at undermining the economic security of working families. In the meantime, union members in the Portland metropolitan area experi- Together we have turned back attacks on the prevailing wage, minimum wage increases, our public school teachers encing a temporary hardship are asked to call 2-1-1. Similar to 9-1-1 for emer- and government employees, and working conditions.While a State Representative in Salem (and co-chair of the gency services and 4-1-1 for directory assistance, 2-1-1 is the three digit number Labor Committee), I fought legislation that would have limited registered nurses’ decision-making on the best care to dial for health and human service information and referrals for such basic re- sources as food, shelter, employment, or health care. to provide their patients. I aggressively fought every anti-worker bill that was assigned to the Labor Committee. I ac- tively and openly defended PERS (Public Employees Retirement System).This year marked 25 years since we started the Carpenters Food Bank.Together, with all your support, we have kept the doors open feeding 450 to 500 Appreciate someone from families a month and helped our Brothers and Sisters who have been laid off or on strike and our union retirees on fixed incomes. labor on special night May 31 For more biographical information and my stands on current issues please visit one of the following web sites: The Northwest Oregon Labor For more information or to or- http://www.friendsformikefahey.com or http://blog.friendsformikefahey.com Council hosts the 11th annual La- der tickets, call 503-235-9444. (Authorized by Friends for Mike Fahey, 6809 N. Armour St. Portland, Or 97203. 503-289-5626) bor Appreciation and Recognition Night Saturday, May 31, at West- Carpenters, Electricians, Laborers, Glaziers, Sheetmetal Workers, Wo Floorcoverers, Bricklayers, Asbestos Cement Masons, Roofers, moreland Union Manor. Carpenters, Electricians, Laborers, Glaziers, Sheetmetal Workers, Floorcoverers, Bricklayers, Cement Masons, Roofers, Asbestos Workers, Millwrights, Painters, Elevators, Plasterers, Family The dinner and awards cere- mony serves as a fundraiser for Ȅǡ  Labor’s Community Service Agency, which helps union mem-       bers who have been laid off, are on strike, or experiencing some type of financial difficulty.        Dinner tickets are $10 per per- ȋ   Ȍ son. Raffle tickets also are sold for rkers, Millwrights, Painters, Elevators, Plasterers, ͎͡͠͠ǡ͠͠͠ $1 each or seven for $5.

Laborers Local 320 ”‘‘–‹‘”—•–Š”‘—‰Š —‡͕͙–ŠǤ ‘–ƒ –‘—” endorses Kroger, ‘ƒ‡’ƒ”–‡–ƒ– ȋ͙͔͗Ȍ͖͙͗Ǧ͕͗͜͝‡š–Ǥ͔͗͘ Metsger in primary ‘”‘Ž‹‡ƒ–™™™Ǥ‹„‡™—™ˆ —Ǥ ‘Ǥ Laborers Local 320 of Portland has endorsed John Kroger for at- •• Flexible terms •• Rates subject to change torney general and Rick Metsger Ž‡š‹„Ž‡–‡”• ƒ–‡• •—„Œ‡ ––‘ Šƒ‰‡ for secretary of state in the May 20 • • Oregon primary election. • ‘™‡•–‹–‡”‡•–”ƒ–‡•‹Lowest interest rates in • ‡‡‘—”™‡„•‹–‡ˆ‘” —””‡–See our website for current The union, which represents years›‡ƒ”• ”ƒ–‡•rates and ƒ† terms –‡”• workers in heavy and highway ‡ ƒŠ‡Ž’ • • construction, at industrial plants • ‘–Šˆ‹š‡†ƒ†˜ƒ”‹ƒ„Ž‡Both fixed and variable • –‡”‡•–ƒ›„‡–ƒšInterest may be tax Plasterers, Elevators, Painters, Millwrights, rkers, and in the public sector, also rates deductible backed Sam Adams for mayor of ˆ‹ƒ ‡ ›‘—” ”ƒ–‡• †‡†— –ƒ„Ž‡ Portland and Nick Fish for an open seat on the Portland City Council. †”‡ƒ•Ǩ 9955 SE Washington Street In congressional races, the Portland, OR 97216 union supports Democrats Kurt (503) 253-8193 * (800) 356-6507 Schrader in District 5; Earl Blume- nauer in District 3, and David Wu www.ibewuwfcu.com in District 1. Carpenters, Electricians, Laborers, Glaziers, Sheetmetal Workers, Floorcoverers, Bricklayers, Cement Masons, Roofers, Asbestos Workers, Millwrights, Painters, Elevators, Plasterers, Family Carpenters, Electricians, Laborers, Glaziers, Sheetmetal Workers, Floorcoverers, Bricklayers, Cement Masons, Roofers, Masons, Cement Asbestos Bricklayers, Floorcoverers, Wo Workers, Sheetmetal Glaziers, Laborers, Electricians, Carpenters,

MAY 16, 2008 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 3 Union members go bowling, How Presidential Labor raise over $12,000 for MDA Endorsements Stack Up Union members raised $12,287.75 for the Mus- Elevator Constructors Local 23, Teamsters Local BARACK OBAMA cular Dystrophy Association (MDA) April 27 at 162, the Northwest Oregon Labor Retirees United Food and Commercial the Labor Bowl Challenge. Forty-two bowlers Council and the NW Priority Credit Union. from a half-dozen locals participated in the 19th As far as the bowling went, Pat Fuge of Fire Workers; Teamsters; Service Em- annual event. The money raised this year brings Fighters Local 43 won a trophy for men’s high ployees International Union; labor’s total contribution over the years to game (231) and high series (604), and Evie Hill UNITE HERE; Boilermakers; $288,328.75. of American Postal Workers Union Local 128 Portland Fire Fighters Local 43 topped all captured women’s high game (174) and high se- Plumbers and Fitters; Change to fundraisers with $4,460. The National Associa- ries (458). Win labor federation; Utility tion of Letter Carriers Branch 82 collected $3,028 Awards also were presented for low-game and Workers Union; International and had 26 bowlers participate. low-series for both men and women, but we Longshore and Warehouse Union; Other contributors through bowling pledges or won’t go there. lane sponsorships were Plumbers and Fitters Lo- Money raised from the Labor Bowl Challenge Oregon Education Association; cal 290, Bakers Local 114, Bricklayers Local 1, helps provide wheelchairs and braces for young- American Federation of Govern- Tualatin Valley Fire Fighters Local 1660, Ma- sters, medical care, research and MDA summer ment Employees; Oregon AFSCME chinists Lodge 63, Electrical Workers Local 48, camps. Council 75.

HILLARY CLINTON Roger G. Worthington, P.C. leads the fight to find a cure AFSCME; American Federation of Teachers; Amalgamated Transit Union; Bricklayers; National Associ- ation of Letter Carriers; Machinists Mesothelioma Union; Office and Professional Em- for cancer ployees; Painters and Allied Trades; caused by asbestos exposure Sheet Metal Workers; Transporta- tion-Communications Union/IAM; Theatrical Stage Employees; United Since 1989, we have been dedicated to helping asbestos cancer patients Transportation Union; Operative get justice in the courtrooms and help in the hospitals. In the last ten years, Plasterers and Cement Masons In- we have recovered over $725 million for our clients. ternational Association. $34 Million: 60 year-old Navy veteran and carpenter $20 Million: 54 year-old engineer $12.6 Million: 69 year-old psychiatrist exposed at home ...Union label candidates $10 Million: 54 year-old woman exposed via father’s clothes (From Page 2) for Senate District 23, Portland; and $8.4 Million: 60 year-old Navy veteran and crane operator cal races. five incumbent state reps running for In Portland, City Council Position re-election: Peter Buckley, House Dis- 1 has two union members running: trict 5, Ashland; Brian Clem, House Mike Fahey, and Amanda Fritz. Fa- District 21, Salem; Dave Hunt, House hey, a former state representative, is a District 40, Clackamas County; Tina 800-831-9399 retired member and leader of the Car- Kotek, House District 44, Portland; penters Union, and continues as a and Ben Cannon, House District 46, For a free booklet of medical/legal information, including medical experts, trustee of the union pension fund and Portland. director of a union food bank. Fritz, a Three candidates in statewide races patient profiles, clinical trials and asbestos products, call us or visit our website. registered nurse, is a member of the also belong to Working America: Oregon Nurses Association who was Lewis & Clark law professor John www.mesothel.com active in the 2001 nurses strike at Ore- Kroger, running for attorney general; gon Health & Science University. In State Sen. Ben Westlund, running for City Council Position 4, incumbent state treasurer, and Oregon House Randy Leonard, former president of Speaker Jeff Merkley, running for Portland Fire Fighters Local 43, is fa- U.S. Senate. Merkley was the first Mesothelioma typically We’ve helped hundreds vored to win. state legislator in Oregon to join develops 20 to 60 years of patients find the best And running for Multnomah Working America. after the first asbestos doctors, coast to coast County Commissioner, District 3, Not every union member running exposure. Each year and we’re known for Portland Habilitation Center public af- for office has backing and endorse- fairs director Mike Delman is a for- ment from organized labor, but most about 3,000 new cases providing up-to-date mer part-time staffperson at the Amer- do. of mesothelioma are medical information ican Federation of State County and “There’s nobody like union mem- diagnosed in the U.S. and patient education. Municipal Employees (AFSCME). bers to know how to do the hard work Besides union members, a number it takes to get people elected,” Rosen- Asbestos lawyers for life. of office-seekers are members of the baum said. AFL-CIO’s community affiliate, Offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Dallas, Texas • Lawyers licensed in California, Oregon, and Texas Working America. Among them are seven legislative candidates, including Broadway Floral Oregon Bus Project founder Jefferson Roger G. Worthington, P.C. has donated more than $2.5 Million to medical research for the BEST flowers call Smith, running a first-time campaign working on a cure for mesothelioma — more than all the asbestos companies combined. in House District 47, Portland; State 503-288-5537 Rep. Jackie Dingfelder, now running 1638 NE Broadway, Portland

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(From Page 1) States, but also to discuss problems the country was facing. re-chartered twice. The first time was in 1938 “By 1908, President Roosevelt had under- with 20 affiliates; then again in 1973, with 21 stood that we were kind of running out of gas; affiliates. The Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council currently has that we had some problems. He needed a new 28 affiliated organizations representing ap- vision for his century,” Blumenauer said. “It proximately 20,000 members employed by was out of that 1908 plan that we developed the more than 2,000 signatory employers. large hydroelectric projects; the seeds were Today ... “these members earn more in planted for an interstate highway system. He wages and benefits in an hour than most of developed a vision for keeping our country those first 800 earned in one month,” the cen- moving forward for that century; one that you tennial program noted. are celebrating this evening.” “You folks built the middle class of Amer- Blumenauer said it’s now time for a new ica,” said guest speaker Portland Mayor Tom plan if the United States is going to survive this Potter. “Our blue-collar, white-collar workers century. “We have an unprecedented challenge are the backbone of America. You’re the that faces us, to make sure that we get back on strength. You’re the people who pay the taxes. track, that we start investing in our infrastruc- You’re the people who do the heavy lifting. ture the way that the rest of the world is doing. Thank you for that.” And we need your help.” Potter said with baby boomers retiring, Ore- Because of the successes in the Portland (ABOVE) Wally Mehrens, Earl gon is about to experience a demographic metropolitan area, Blumenauer said the nation Kirkland and John Mohlis change that is unprecedented in its history. will be looking here for ideas. gather for a photo at the 100th “It’s important for our trade unions to be in- “You have created a showpiece,” Blume- anniversary party of the volved in that change,” he said. “We need you nauer said. “There is not a week that goes by Columbia Pacific Building and to help train the next generation of workers.” when we don’t have a delegation from some- Construction Trades Council. Keynote speaker U.S. Rep. Earl Blume- where around the world looking at the build- The three represent 42 years of nauer thanked the building trades for its ings, at the light rail, at the street cars, at the en- leadership as executive secretary- achievements over the past 100 years, then vironmental protection; at the way that we have treasurer of the Council, of which asked leaders to help him with crafting a plan crafted the builtin environment in a way that Mohlis currently holds the post. for rebuilding America over the next century. enhances and enriches the quality of life, that Kirkland also received a 60-year “We are facing an infrastructure crisis,” he stretches tax dollars, that has created jobs that membership pin from his union, said. “We are spending less today (less than 1 aren’t going to be exported overseas.” Heat and Frost Insulators Local percent of Gross Domestic Product) than at any Said Mohlis: “We are proud of and grateful 36. (LEFT) Calvin McKinnis, other time in our history. We are losing the in- to the men and women who built this industry business manager of Plasterers frastructure race internationally.” up for us over the past 100 years. I hope a cen- Local 82, looks at anniversary Blumenauer said it was about this time 100 tury from now the men and women who are in program with Dave Ritchey, years ago that President Theodore Roosevelt the leadership positions we now hold will look business manager of Laborers met with his top political brass in Washington, back and be proud of the work that we have Local 335, and Laborers or- D.C., to celebrate the progress of the United done.” ganizer Bill Hoffman.

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MAY 16, 2008 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 5 Official Fire Fighters 452 Laborers 483 Metal Trades Council Portland City & Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at 2807 Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at IBEW NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash. Municipal Employees Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Metropolitan Employees Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at the Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Monday, June 9, at 189 Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. NOLC board room, 1125 SE Madison, Portland. Notices General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, May Fire Fighters 1660 27. Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, June 12, at 4411 SW Laborers/Vancouver 335 Molders 139 Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10. Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, June 2, preceded by a Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, pre- Meetings are at 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancouver ceded by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Car- Auto Mechanics 1005 Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. penters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, preceded Roofers & Waterproofers by a 9 a.m. shop steward training class. Shop stewards Glass Workers 740 must attend training class and regular meetings to be PLEASE NOTE: The June 2008 meetings are “Spe- Lane County Multnomah County 49 compensated. ELECTION: Election of delegates to the cial Call” for the purpose of voting on a contract pro- posal. Labor Council Employees 88 Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5. 37th Convention of the Grand Lodge of the IAM will be Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12. held May 17, the same day as our regular meeting. Polls Executive Board members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, at General membership meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, May June 5, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. 1116 South A St., Springfield. 21, preceded by a 6 p.m. stewards’ meeting. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave, Portland. (Phone: will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. 503 232-4807) Executive Board meets Wednesday, June 11, at 4:30 Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5 Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, June p.m. All meetings are held at our union hall, 3645 SE at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. 4. Meetings are at 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. 32nd Ave. Portland, Oregon. Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, June 2, at Lane, Coos, Curry & PLEASE NOTE: Rochelle Conrad will be available Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Spring- Douglas Salem Building & from 8 a.m. to noon during the regular lodge meeting to field. NOTE DATE CHANGE. Northwest Oregon answer any questions you have concerning health, wel- Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Building Trades Construction fare and pension plans. Candalaria Terrace, Suite 204, 2659 Commercial St. SE, Labor Council Salem. NOTE DATE CHANGE. Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, May 28, at the The May meeting has been canceled. Trades Council ELECTION OF LOCAL UNION OFFICERS Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Pkwy., Spring- field. Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, June 5, at the Bricklayers and Allied AND DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 5 OFFICERS IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy 99E, Tangent. WILL BE HELD SATURDAY, JUNE 28, AT DES- Operating Engineers 701 Craftworkers 1 IGNATED POLLING SITES. Linn-Benton-Lincoln Members meet 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Local Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at 12812 NE 701 Union Hall, 555 East First St., Gladstone for the Sheet Metal Marx St., Portland. Labor Council Semi-Annual meeting. Workers 16 Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, pre- Iron Workers 29 Portland area VOC meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, Carpenters 247 Members meet 7 p.m., Thursday, June 5, preceded by ceded by a 7 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Painters & Drywall Salem Ave., Albany. at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE Portland. the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. Ainsworth Cir., #200, Portland. Finishers 10 Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at the In- the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Linoleum Layers 1236 sulators Hall at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR. Portland. Carpenters 1388 Iron Workers Members will receive a free T-shirt or sweatshirt for at- Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, May Medford area members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, June Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at 276 tending a qualified number of membership meetings. 11, at Wild River Pizza, 2684 N. Pacific Hwy., Medford. Shopmen 516 22, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE Shirts are also available for sale at the office. Warner-Milne Rd., Oregon City. NOTE: This meeting will be SPECIAL CALL for Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, June Members meet 7 p. m. Thursday, May 22, at 11620 PLEASE NOTE: FROM MAY 16 THROUGH MAY 12, at the Local 16 Hall, 4748 Franklin Blvd., Eugene. NE Ainsworth Cir., #300, Portland. nominations of Local Union 1236 and District Council 5 31, THERE WILL BE COMPUTER SYSTEM officers and voting on District Council bylaw changes. Coos Bay area members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, June Clark, Skamania & PLEASE NOTE: Nominations for the 2008 Elec- CHANGES TAKING PLACE. PLEASE CALL 19, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St., Coos Bay. tion of Officers will be held 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, June 2, at AHEAD TO SEE IF THE OFFICE IS OPERATING W. Klickitat Counties the Meeting Hall at Ironworkers Apprenticeship Train- 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. AT NORMAL HOURS DURING THESE TIMES. ing Center, 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., Portland. Nomi- Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, June YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED. Sign Painters & Labor Council nees must have been in continuous good standing for the 26, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Election of Lo- Elections for the following positions, if needed, will cal 1236 officers and District Council #10 officers will Delegates meet 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22, preceded past two (2) years. An April or May 2008 dues receipt be held Saturday, June 28, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., at the Paint Makers 1094 must be shown at the door to enter. NO EXCEP- be held Saturday, June 28 at designated polling sites. Insulators Hall, 11145 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR. by an Executive Board meeting, at the ILWU Local 4 The June 26 meeting is NOT “Special Call.” Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 19, in the Hall, 1205 Ingalls St., Vancouver, Wash. TIONS. IUPAT District Council #5 Business Manager/Secre- District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. tary-Treasurer; Business Representative; 10 Delegates Machinists 63 for IUPAT District Council #5. Columbia-Pacific Local 10 President, Vice-President, Financial Secre- Labor Roundtable of Executive Board meets 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 11. tary, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Warden, three Southern Oregon Building Trades Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14. Trustees, five delegates for the Clark, Skamania & West Meetings are at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, May 20, May 27, Southwest Washington Klickitat Central Labor Council, two delegates for the Central Labor Council and June 3 at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Delegates meet 8 a.m. Friday, May 23, at Hometown Longview-Kelso Central Labor Council, three delegates Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at the Labor Portland. Buffet, 7809-B Vancouver Plaza Dr., Vancouver, Wash. Machinists 1432 for the Portland & Vicinities Metal Trades Council, two Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. delegates for the Northwest Oregon Labor Council, two Swing and graveyard shift members meet at noon delegates for the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Electrical Workers 48 Wednesday, June 11. Council, and two delegates for the Longview-Kelso Regular membership meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, June Marine Unit meets 5 p.m. Monday, May 19, in the Laborers 320 Building Trades Council Southwestern Oregon Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at Joe 11. Meeting Hall. Shop stewards’training session 9 a.m. Saturday, May Electrical Women of Local 48 meets 6 p.m. Tuesday, Edgar Hall, Teamsters’ Complex, 1850 NE 162nd Ave., Central Labor Council Portland. 17. Plasterers 82 May 20, at NIETC, 16021 NE Airport Way, Portland. Meetings are at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the Bay Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, May Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at 12812 Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend. 21 and June 4, in the Executive Boardroom. NE Marx St., Portland. Bylaws Committee meets 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, in the Executive Boardroom. General Membership Meeting, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Transit Union 757 May 28, in the Meeting Hall. Charter members meet 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 19, in Coast Unit meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at As- Retiree Meeting Notices the Machinists Building, 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. toria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Charter day members meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 20, Electrical Workers Minority Caucus meets 6 p.m. at Schoppert Hall, 1801 NE Couch, Portland. Wednesday, June 11, in the Executive Boardroom. Salem members meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at Residential Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED ELECTRICAL WORKERS 280 June 4, at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Port- the West Salem Branch Public Library 395 Glen Creek in the Dispatch Lobby. AMERICANS OREGON CHAPTER Retirees meet between 11:45 a.m. land for a brief business meeting and Road, Salem. Sound and Communication Unit meets 6:30 p.m. Eugene members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May Wednesday, June 11, in the Meeting Hall. Retirees meet 10 a.m. Thursday, and noon Monday, June 9, at The Old lunch at a restaurant to be determined 21, and Eugene day members meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Vancouver Meeting, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at May 22, preceded by a 9 a.m. Execu- Country Buffet on Lancaster in at the meeting. May 22, at the Woodworkers Local Lodge, 1124 South Shanahan’s Pub, 209 W McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver. A St., Springfield. Wasco Unit meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at tive Board meeting, at Westmoreland Salem, which is next to Michael’s Corvallis members meet 7:45 p.m. Thursday May 22, the Northern Wasco PUD, 2345 River Rd., The Dalles. Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd Ave., Craft Store. NORTHWEST OREGON LABOR at Woodstock Pizza, 1045 NW Kings Blvd, Corvallis Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, un- Medford members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 22, less otherwise noted. Portland. All retirees are welcome to If you have any questions, please RETIREES COUNCIL at the Hampton Inn, 1122 Morrow Rd., Medford. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: The following death as- attend. give Don Ball a call at 541-327-3388. Business meeting from 10 a.m. to Portland School Bus members meet 6 p.m. Thursday sessments have been declared for May and are payable May 22, at Rigler School, 5401 NE Prescott, Portland at 50 cents: No. 2175; Lloyd O. Anderson; No. 2176, Executive Board meets 10 a.m. 11 a.m. Monday, June 9, in the North- Vancouver members meet 7 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at Thomas R. Bloye; and No. 2177, Leslie P. McIntosh. Thursday, June 12 at the Northwest GLASS WORKERS 740 west Oregon Labor Council board the Laborers Hall, 2232 NE Andresen, Vancouver, WA. Tillamook members meet 1:00 p.m. Sunday, May 25, Oregon Labor Council, at 1125 SE Retirees meet 11 a.m. Tuesday, June room, at 1125 SE Madison #100G, at the Odd Fellows Hall, next door to the Bay City Fire Electrical Workers 280 Madison, Portland. 17, at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 Portland. Hall in Bay City. Eugene Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at AMR Northwest Josephine County, LAMAR Adver- the LU 290 Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, NE Halsey, Portland. tising and Valley Transit- Springfield. CARPENTERS OREGON AFSCME See your liaison officers. Executive Board meets 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at Retired Carpenters meet for lunch INSULATORS 36 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, PLEASE NOTE: ATU members are invited to at- 32969 Hwy. 99E, Tangent, OR. tend any of the above-listed meetings. Bend Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the 11 a.m. Monday, June 9, at JJ North’s Retiree breakfast 9:30 a.m. Thurs- May 20, at the AFSCME office, 6025 IBEW/UA Training Center, 2161 SW First St., Red- Grand Buffet, 10520 NE Halsey, Port- day, June 5, at the Dockside Restau- E. Burnside, Portland. Call Michael mond. Joint Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, at land. rant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland. Arken for information at 503-239- United Steel Workers 33309 Hwy 99E, Tangent. 9858, ext. 124. 1097 ELECTRICAL WORKERS 48 LINOLEUM LAYERS 1236 Members meet 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, pre- ceded by a 3:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Elevator Constructors 23 We will not have a June meeting as Retiree lunches will not be held dur- TRANSIT 757 Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5, preceded by union office, 91237 Old Mill Town Rd., Westport. a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE it is a busy month with the Rose Fes- ing the summer months. The next Retirees meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Whitaker Way, Portland. tival. Plan to attend the big IBEW pic- lunch is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 10. June 4, at Westmoreland Union nic in July at Oaks Park. For further Manor, 6404 SE 23rd, Portland. USW 8378 Exterior & Interior MACHINISTS Members meet 12:15 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 5:15 p.m., and information, please call Vera Larson 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, at the A-Dec Building at the Specialists 2154 (503) 252-2296. Retirees meet 10 a.m. Wednesday, Fairgrounds in McMinnville. Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at 1125 SE Madison, Suite 207, Portland.

PAGE 6 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS MAY 16, 2008 Saturday, June 14 in Portland Unions for Kids Poker Run raises money for sick kids Are you playing in too many sion, Portland. Following that check- by Portland area musicians Patrick scramble golf tournaments? How in, it’s back to the union hall for fun Lamb, Linda Hornbuckle, Norman about mixing it up a bit by trying a and games. Sylvester and Michael Allen Harri- motorcycle poker run. Win this motorcycle! After the ride, door prizes are son. A poker run is similar to a charity handed out and a silent auction is Also this year, Hood River Water- golf tournament: A group of folks get held. One person will win a 2008 Play will set up two wind-surfing together who share a common inter- Dyna Low Rider FXDL 105th an- simulators — one for kids and one for est; in this case, the enjoyment of rid- niversary limited edition Harley- adults. And, if the weather cooperates, ing a motorcycle. They trade stories, Davidson motorcycle. For several a radio-controlled race car track will share laughs at checkpoints, admire months, members of the Unions for be set up. each others’ motorcycles, and basi- Kids Poker Run committee have been The chili cookoff pits chefs from cally have some fun while raising selling motorcycle raffle tickets for various building trades unions against money for a good cause. $10 each. Only 3,500 tickets will be each other. Participants get to vote on The sixth annual Unions for Kids sold. the best chili. Hamburgers, hot dogs Poker Run and Chili Cookoff will be Tickets also can be purchased at and beverages also are available. held Saturday, June 14. The start and any of the aforementioned checkpoint The raffle gets under way at 3 p.m. finish are at the IBEW Local 48 stops, as well as at the IBEW and and the drawing for the Harley will Union Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, United Workers Federal Credit take place at 4 p.m. Portland. Registration is from 9 to 11 Union, 9955 SE Washington St., Port- All of the money raised goes to a.m. and costs $10 to enter. land; or the Teamsters Credit Union, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. To The poker run itself consists of a 1866, NE 162nd Ave. (off Glisan), date, the poker run has donated more scenic 90-mile ride starting at the Lo- Portland. than $71,000 to the hospital. cal 48 hall. At each checkpoint, par- loon on Sandy Blvd., in Fairview. Tavern in Springdale. From there, it’s Tickets are going fast, and once For more information about the ticipants receive a playing card. At Then it’s up I-84 into the Columbia all backroads to the third stop at Gate- they are sold, there are no more. poker run or raffle, call Lee Duncan at the end of the ride, the best — and Gorge to Bridal Veil. At that point, way Pub in Sandy. The fourth stop is In addition to the raffle, there is a 503-260-5905 or Dave Tully at 503- worst— poker hands win cash prizes. riders will head to Crown Point and the Carver Hangar in Carver; then silent auction. This year one of the 310-2246 or e-mail them at: The first stop is the Stagecoach Sa- onto the second stop at Springdale over to Pub 181 on 184th and Divi- auction items includes a guitar signed [email protected].

Oregon Alliance keeps retirees attuned to current issues Union involvement doesn’t have to ton, D.C., plus 14 field staff through- tion Act. ARA opposed passage of the ARA sends out periodic legislative well each have 97 percent. In the U.S. end when pension checks start to ar- out the country that assist the group’s law, which accelerated the creeping alerts, and rates members of Congress House, Oregon’s four Democrats and rive. Millions of union members stay 28 state chapters. Some states, like privatization of Medicare and added a for their votes on legislation impor- Southwest Washington Democrat connected in union retiree groups, California and New York, have ARA drug benefit for seniors but prohibited tant to retirees. Sen. Ron Wyden (D- Brian Baird all have lifetime ratings and in the Alliance for Retired Ameri- chapters that are active enough to the government from trying to get a Ore.) has voted in agreement with the of 90 percent or higher, while Repub- cans (ARA) — an umbrella group support their own staff. Others have good price for drugs. ARA position 91 percent of the time lican Greg Walden has a 3 percent rat- aimed at union retirees. staff who work for the national organ- This year ARA plans to speak out since the ratings began in 2001. U.S. ing. [For details about the votes ARA ARA was started by the AFL-CIO ization. against proposals by Republican pres- Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) has a 24 chose for the rating, see “Congres- in 2001 as an independent non-profit To help build the Oregon chapter, idential candidate John McCain to percent rating. Washington U.S. Sen- sional Voting Record” at their Web organization, and as a successor to the the national organization last month privatize Social Security. ators Patty Murray and Maria Cant- site, www.retiredamericans.org.] National Council of Senior Citizens hired a part-time organizer, Andrew (a union-allied retirees group that was Gonzalez. Gonzalez was introduced active from the early 1960s to the late to members April 26 at Oregon 1990s.) ARA’s 5th annual convention. ARA is an avenue for union re- Verna Porter, president of the Ore- Machinists, Boeing open contract talks tirees to participate in a kind of cross- gon chapter, said the organization has SEATTLE — Formal negotiations between the Ma- cent over the past five years. union political activism focused on also adopted a new donation policy chinists Union and Boeing Company opened May 9 for In a press release, Boeing outlined the proposal it de- core economic justice issues like af- above and beyond the $10 dues fee. more than 26,000 employees in the Seattle area, Portland, livered to the Machinists Union. The list included a per- fordable health care and retiree eco- Members who contribute $100, $250 Ore., and Wichita, Kan. formance-based incentive pay plan in lieu of wage in- nomic security. or $500 or more will receive a special The contract opener was held a month earlier than pre- creases for top-paid employees; a separate contract for David Blank, the group’s spokes- certificate of membership. Donor vious negotiations in an attempt to provide both sides IAM-represented employees in Wichita; a contract longer person, said ARA has 3.5 million members will be listed in the annual more time to resolve several complex issues that they face. than three years; establishing a new retirement program members. Any individual can join convention program. The Oregon Al- The current 36-month labor agreement expires at 12:01 and discontinuing early-retiree medical coverage for new ARA by signing up online at re- liance is a 501 (c) (3) organization, a.m. Sept. 4. hires; and exploring ways to increase health care costs tiredamericans.org. Dues are $10 a and any donations beyond the $10 “We are cautiously optimistic as we enter this round paid by employees. year. Even those who aren’t retired or dues are tax deductible. of bargaining,” said IAM District 751 President Tom Boeing said it also proposed to maintain much of the aren’t union members can join. But “The Oregon Alliance exists be- Wroblewski. “We are in the strongest bargaining position existing contract without changes, including more than the overwhelming majority of ARA cause retirees still care and want to be we have had in years. By any measure, Boeing is one of 150 articles, sub-sections and letters of understanding. members belong because they are re- informed and involved in the issues of the most successful companies in the world — sales, prof- “Their negotiation strategy of posturing to take away tired members of international unions the day,” Porter said. its, backlogs — and our members are a huge part of that.” hard-fought benefits is as flawed as their 787 production that are paying sliding scale per capita ARA has a more grassroots politi- Wroblewski said it hasn’t been easy for members dur- model,” Wroblewski said, noting that Boeing parted out dues for all their retirees to belong. cal orientation than the larger and bet- ing the last two rounds of contract bargaining. “After the the 787 because they wanted to save a buck, but wound up When members of participating ter-known retiree organization AARP 9/11 attacks, our members had to face a company deter- having to buy out suppliers and pay late delivery penalties unions retire, they receive a letter wel- (American Association of Retired mined to take away hard-fought benefits and contractual that cost them billions. coming them to ARA signed jointly Persons). Unlike AARP, ARA doesn’t rights,” he said. “Both need a positive direction, which the Machinists by their union’s president and ARA maintain paid lobbyists; its focus is The Machinists motto this year is: “IT’S OUR TIME Union can provide to secure a positive outcome for all,” President George Kourpias, a retired more on the political activism and ed- THIS TIME!” Wroblewski said. “With Boeing posting profits second president of the International Associa- ucation of members. Wroblewski said Boeing has rebounded and is experi- only to the gas and oil companies, ‘It’s Our Time This tion of Machinists. In 2003, ARA was at odds with encing tremendous profits, which have increased 828 per- Time!’ “ ARA has a staff of 25 in Washing- AARP over the Medicare Moderniza-

MAY 16, 2008 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 7 ...Group questions signature-gathering methods Steelworkers’

(From Page 1) presumption that signatures are valid. swearing they witnessed all the signa- “When the process is abused like it deal at plant Here’s how the process works. This tures. Then staff randomly select 1,000 has been in the past, especially with Bill and Sizemore $250 each. year, 92,769 valid signatures are re- signatures, and send copies of the sheets Sizemore, the voters of Oregon begin to may unravel Fines of $250 are a slap on the wrist, quired to qualify a statutory measure, to the 36 county elections offices. For question the process — and the job said Our Oregon Executive Director and 110,358 for a constitutional meas- each signature, county elections clerks some of our state elected officials are McMINNVILLE — Members of Kevin Looper, and are little deterrent. ure.When the initiatives’ chief petition- see if there’s a voter registration card on doing,” said Oregon Education Associ- the bargaining team for United Steel- “I’m immensely frustrated that we’re ers think they have enough signatures to file, and compare the ation President workers Local 8378 thought they had facing as many ballot measures as we get on the ballot, they deliver boxes con- signature to the one on Larry Wolf, who a deal April 30 with Schnitzer Steel are, with really very little evidence that taining signed petition sheets to the Sec- the card. Signatures met with Bradbury. Industries, owner of Cascade Steel signatures have been collected within retary of State’s office in Salem. Elec- that don’t match don’t “I would like to Rolling Mills. But as this issue went the intent of the law,” Looper said. tions Division staff move quickly count toward qualify- do more,” Bradbury to press, it appeared to have unrav- Staff at Our Oregon say the secretary through the petition sheets, counting the ing the measure. If the told the NW Labor eled. of state’s 15-person Elections Division signatures and looking to see if basic measure fails to qual- Press. “I’m not go- The previous contract, which had follows statutes, rules, and procedures rules have been complied with, like ify based on that sam- ing to say we’ve been extended day by day, expired to the letter, but seems to work on the whether someone signed the sheet ple, a second random done everything we April 28. Cascade announced it sample is generated in could do.” would stop collecting union dues as which 5 percent of the Bradbury said of May 4 and start advertising for re- total signatures are the Legislature has- placement workers — a move the checked. n’t given his office union interpreted as a provocation. Quest But what if signa- the resources to po- But then the two sides reached a ten- tures in the samples lice the initiative tative agreement after an all-night Investment match the ones on file process. His office session with a federal mediator. because they were asked the Legisla- In the tentative agreement, man- Q agement backed off from its demand forged? Maybe a reg- ture to fund an in- Management, Inc. istered voter signed vestigator in 2003 for a wage freeze, and union bargain- one petition, and then and 2005, but not in ers agreed to accept annual increases paid signature gather- BILL SIZEMORE 2007, when Democ- of 3.5 percent over the four-year con- } Serving• Serving Multi-Employer Multi-Employer ers copied the signa- rats controlled both tract as part of a package deal in ture onto other petition chambers. which both sides made concessions Trusts Trusts for for Over Twenty Twenty Years Years sheets. As of now, no part of the initiative on other issues. Workers in Sizemore’s organizations certification process is designed to de- Local 8378 President Joe Munger- CamCam Johnson Greg Greg Sherwood did just that on several 2000 ballot tect signature forgery. There are no said the 3.5 percent wage offer was the best the union had seen in 30- Adrian Adrian HamiltonHamilton Monte Monte Johnson measures, as revealed by a a civil law- plans to look for fraud or forgery in the suit filed by the Oregon Education As- current batch of 1.2 million initiative some years, but added that some DougDoug GoebelGoebel BillBill ZenkZenk sociation and American Federation of signatures that are in boxes in the office members weren’t happy with it. Cas- Garth Nisbet Pat Worley Teachers-Oregon. A forensic signature basement. No government agency con- cade Steel Rolling Mills is highly analyst demonstrated that Sizemore em- tacts voters to see if they signed peti- profitable right now, and the stock of ployees forged signatures, and the jury tions. The secretary of state has one staff its parent company, Schnitzer Steel OneOne SWSW ColumbiaColumbia St., Suite 1100,1100 Portland,Portland, OR 97258 found Sizemore’s groups guilty of en- person assigned to investigate initiative Industries, is up to $95 a share, dou- 503-221-0158503-221-0158 gaging in a pattern of criminal activity. abuse, and he’s not looking for forgery. ble what it was a year ago. In 2002, the union-supported watch- He’s doing criminal background checks Besides the annual wage hike, the www.QuestInvestment.com www.QuestInvestment.com dog group Voter Education Project on paid circulators and asking paid peti- deal increased starting pay, sick pay, mailed copies of turned-in petitions to tioners to show a badge they’re required and life insurance; committed the over 15,000 individuals whose signa- to carry. company to use all existing employ- tures were selected for the random sam- That requirement is one of several ees before contracting out for mainte- ples, asking them if they had signed the reforms contained in the Initiative Re- nance, and promised to bring contrac- Zachary enclosed petitions — 198 wrote back form and Modernization Act, a law the tors in-house if they continue for an saying they had not. The project’s ef- Legislature passed last year to help extended time; improved safety train- Zabinsky forts led to the convictions of several crack down on lawlessness in the initia- ing and the functioning of the joint la- signature gatherers. tive industry. bor management safety committee; • Social Security Our Oregon, the political successor The new law gives the secretary of extended the company’s production • SSI - Disability Claims to the Voter Education Project, keeps state the right to demand payroll records bonus to workers on light-duty or Personal Attention To Every Case tabs on signature gathering efforts, and to prove initiative campaigns aren’t pay- who work less than full time because tries to observe election workers when ing by the signature. Bradbury was au- of military obligations; and gave the Working For Disability Rights they validate petitions. This year Our thorized to request payroll records when option of automatic payroll deduction Since 1983 Oregon staff say they’re seeing some the law took effect in July, but didn’t ask to members who want to contribute to NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY disturbing things. Whole sheets of sig- for the records until Jan. 2. the union’s political action fund. 621 SW Morrison, Portland natures have all the address information “The goal was to give them enough The union didn’t get the increase filled out in the same handwriting. In time to have records to turn in,” said in the boot allowance it had sought, some cases the filled-out information Scott Moore, spokesperson for the sec- and gave up its proposal that the con- doesn’t appear to be same handwriting retary of state. tract continue if the mill is sold. as the person who swears on the bottom A number of initiative campaigns The union announced April 30 it of the sheet they are the circulator. On failed to produce the requested records, would recommend the deal to the lo- quite a few petition sheets, voter infor- so on Jan. 22 and 23, the Secretary of cal’s 400-plus members and set a rati- mation appears to have been written us- State’s office applied the one sanction it fication vote for May 9. But shortly ing sheets of carbon paper. On one oc- has under the law: It prohibited the cam- before the vote, management said it ramers/metro casion, an Our Oregon observer pointed paigns from gathering more signatures hadn’t agreed on one item the union K out sheets on which the signatures of until they comply. The prohibition may thought it had agreed to. The vote was mailing service one prolific circulator were obvious for- be meaningless for some initiative cam- canceled, and the two sides scheduled 3201 N.W. YEON geries. These particular sheets were paigns, because they’ve already turned a meeting May 12 to see if they could PORTLAND, OREGON 97210 resolve the disagreement. At the (503) 274-1638 FAX (503) 227-1245 pulled by elections workers, but there in enough signatures to qualify. For sev- was no investigation. eral others, failure to comply may keep meeting, management stuck to its ver- THE ONLY UNION MAILER Mindful of the level of initiative them off the ballot. sion of the offer. A new date of May fraud and abuse exposed in the past, Come this fall, a lot of union re- 15 was set for members to vote on IN OREGON union leaders have met with Secretary sources will ride on which ones make it management’s last offer; this time, Visit our Web site at www.kramersmailing.com of State Bill Bradbury several times in to the ballot and which ones don’t. the union would be recommending a MEMBERS OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 223 the last year to plead for more vigorous The Secretary of State’s office has “no” vote. The results of the vote — Eric Brending, Owner — enforcement. until Aug. 2 to certify measures for this weren’t known as of press time.

PAGE 8 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS MAY 16, 2008 Battista jumps NLRB ship to join largest union-busting law firm WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s long been urging Democratic leaders not to talk directly with each other?” been an open secret in the labor confirm any NLRB nominations until movement that the National Labor 2009 — when a new president is in • “Point out the indirect costs of Relations Board (NLRB) under Presi- office. unionization that you want to avoid: dent Bush has been staffed by people With confirmation going nowhere, executive time spent in bargaining ses- intent on destroying unions and work- Battista asked Bush to withdraw his sions; work time of employees spent on ers’ right to form unions. nomination. union business; costs of hiring lawyers Now there’s proof that at least one Shortly thereafter, Littler Mendel- and other labor relations experts; member of the Board has been wait- son announced that Battista was join- Money spent on such costs obviously ing for the right moment to join ing its law firm. They praised Battista cannot go to the employees in higher forces with those who openly oppose for his influence in “several important wages.” unions. NLRB Chair Robert Battista labor law decisions,” listing the Oak- has left to work for Littler Mendel- wood Health Care and Eugene Regis- • “Emphasize that your employees son, a notorious union-busting law ter-Guard cases. are free to vote either for or against the firm headquartered in Washington, “Now Battista can make money union. The company will not retaliate D.C. (with offices in 45 major metro- telling employers how to exploit the in any way against union supporters; politan markets.) law he helped to weaken in order to thus, there is no reason to vote for the Battista has served on the NLRB prevent their workers from organiz- union simply to protect the jobs of open Helping to stamp out hunger since 2002. During his tenure, the Re- ing,” wrote Erin Johansson on the union adherents.” Retired letter carrier Pat Horne unloads bags of food at the Troutdale publican-dominated Board has taken blog American Rights At Work. Post Office May 10, part of the National Association of Letter Carriers away the rights of so-called supervi- To illustrate Littler Mendelson’s The ILCA noted that the union- one-day “Stamp Out Hunger” national food drive. For the 16th year sory workers to be represented by disdain for unions, the blog posted a backed Employee Free Choice Act in a row, members of Letter Carriers Branch 82 picked up sacks of unions (Oakwood Health Care case); five-page “Do’s and Don’ts” list the (House Resolution 800 and Senate non-perishable food while delivering the mail on Saturday, May 10. banned unions from using workplace law firm gives to clients. The Interna- Bill 1041), supported by a bipartisan The sacks, delivered earlier in the week, were paid for partly by e-mail to communicate with their tional Labor Communications Asso- coalition in Congress, would require donations from two dozen labor organizations. Letter carriers members (Eugene-Register Guard); ciation, AFL-CIO, went over that list that employers and unions agree on a returned the bags of food to their home stations, where more made it harder to form unions through and selected its favorite recommenda- first contract within a specific time- volunteers separated the donations and loaded them onto trucks majority sign-up; limited the ability tions. They are: frame or else go to arbitration. And it headed for the Oregon Food Bank. As of press time, 700,000 pounds of of illegally-fired workers to recover • “Tell employees that there will be would establish stronger penalties for food had been collected in the Portland metropolitan area. The goal back pay; and allowed employers to no automatic pay increases, no auto- violation of employee rights when this year is 2 million pounds of food statewide. Last year’s food drive discriminate against union supporters matic improvements in fringe benefits, workers seek to form a union and dur- brought in 1.6 million pounds of food throughout Oregon and in the hiring process. and no automatic union contract if the ing first-contract negotiations. Southwest Washington. Among those volunteering to load and unload Battista’s term expired in Decem- union wins an election. Everything will mail trucks in Troutdale was Cody Howlan, son of Delores Howlan, a ber. When he was re-nominated by depend on what happens in collective NALC Branch 82 shop steward. President Bush in January, Sen. Ed- bargaining negotiations.” ward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman Tell AFL-CIO what of the Senate Health, Education, La- • “Explain to employees that they bor and Pensions Committee, blasted will be required as union members to you think: Take the the move. follow the orders of union officials; 2008 ‘Working “It’s unbelievable that President they will effectively have another Bush would renominate Mr. Battista ‘boss.’“ Woman Survey’ IN MEMORIAM to the Board after he led the most anti-worker, anti-labor, anti-union • “Remind employees that every If you are a working woman, are Cliff Puckett, a longtime member A memorial service for Margaret Board in its history,” Kennedy said. person put between you and the person you worried about finding a job that of Cement Masons Local 555, died of Ulrika ‘Peggy” Dereli will be held at The nomination requires Senate you are trying to talk to makes it more pays your bills and provides benefits? a heart attack at his Salem home on 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 30 at St. confirmation. Democrats control the difficult to get your point across. Why Or concerned about the rising cost of Thursday, April 17. He was 66. Michael The Archangel Church, 424 Senate, and the national AFL-CIO has not dispense with the middleman and health care? Maybe you’re frustrated Puckett was a 30-year member of SW Mill St. Portland. you can’t find time to do your job and the union. He served as president of the Dereli passed away on Mother’s spend time with your family. Or are local from May 1987 through April Day, May 13, 2007, due to complica- you tired of working as hard as your 1990; as business agent/financial sec- tions related to Alzheimer’s disease. We support Mike Delman for male counterparts and not getting paid retary from January 1992 through She was 70. Multnomah County Commissioner District 3 as much? April 1993; and as apprentice coordi- In the early ‘70s Dereli was a three- The AFL-CIO and Working Amer- nator from April 1990 through Sep- term Democratic state legislator from ica’s just-launched online 2008 “Ask a tember 1994. He retired Oct. 1, 1994. Salem’s District 32. After leaving the Working Woman” survey enables you Born in Egypt, Ark., on April 9, Legislature she moved to Portland and to share workplace concerns about is- 1942, he was the son of Cliff and Dol- worked as a consultant and lobbyist sues such as equal pay and stronger lie (Jones) Puckett. He moved with his representing several building trades family and medical leave laws. family to Dinuba, Calif., when he was unions and Amalgamated Transit Go to aaww.questionpro.com/ to 14. Union Local 757. She later went to take the survey. He married Debbie Paine on Aug. work for Kaiser Permanente, where she 15, 1975, in Reno. remained until her retirement in 2000. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, camp- Her companion of nearly 20 years ing, beachcombing and spending time was Lloyd Knudsen, a retired political with family. and legislative director of the Oregon In addition to his wife, Puckett is AFL-CIO. GENE PRONOVOST, JOE DEVLAEMINCK, DICK SPRINGER, survived by a son, Cliff of Salem, a Former State Sen. Dick Springer will speak at the memorial. GARY HANSEN, LORI RICE, R.N., UFCW LOCAL 555, member of the Carpenters Union; a daughter, Angela Nyseth of Salem; his Dereli is survived by her daughter, OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION Suzan Dereli, son-in-law, Donald mother; a brother, Lee of Florida; a sis- Meservey, and grandsons, Aaron and ter, Linda Garrison of Dinuba, Calif.; And Congratulations, Mike, on your endorsement by the Simon Eskenazi, all of Mercer Island, and five grandchildren. Multnomah County Corrections Officers Association Wash. To leave online condolences, visit Dereli’s family encourages dona- www.macyandson.com. Vote for Real Change. Vote for Mike Delman tions in her name to the Alzheimer’s www.mikedelman.com Association of America.

MAY 16, 2008 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 9 Bend newspaper spurns union ad supporting bus drivers By DON McINTOSH 16? Now McCraw-Legg wrote that it sets the record straight.” In the ad, parable district. That’s why to begin ($23,000 more per worker per year), Associate Editor couldn’t run April 16 either — the ad Paratransit praises its record of partner- catch up, the union is proposing a $1- that’s more than union math can fig- BEND — Amalgamated Transit managers were both out of town and ing with the Bend community to pro- an-hour raise in the first year. That’s ure. Oh, and the funeral for the em- Union Local 757 wanted to tell its side wouldn’t be able to look at it until vide transportation services. Paratran- 6.7 to 9 percent, not the 44 percent ployee’s family member? To the best of the story. The 40 or so bus drivers Monday. sit “cares about its employees,” the stated repeatedly in the editorial. As of the union’s knowledge, it was paid and support staff of Bend Area Transit “We’re thinking the contents of the Paratransit ad says. “Example — paid for how a $1-an-hour raise for 40 for out of Paratransit’s “Sunshine voted 15 months ago to join ATU, but ad are timeless,” Alexander wrote for an employee’s family member’s fu- workers could add up to Paratransit’s Fund,” funded by employee contribu- they still don’t have a union contract. back, “so instead of using it to get peo- neral when they did not have the “additional $2.8 million in expenses” tions. To appeal to the community, ATU de- ple to the rally we might want to use it funds.” cided to place a large ad in the April 15 for general information.” But then the Portland union came to issue of the community’s daily news- When would the Bulletin be able to town. paper, the Bend Bulletin. publish it, Alexander asked. McGraw- “Paratransit Services is currently BARGAIN COUNTER The ad was supposed to be entitled, Legg answered: after the directors ap- engaged in contract negotiations with a FREE “Why Take From Those Who Already prove the content. Shortly thereafter, large union out of Portland, Oregon,” Have The Least?” It would criticize she e-mailed Alexander again: “I the ad says. “The Portland union con- Free classified ads to subscribers Bend City Council plans to freeze spoke to my manager who went over tinues to characterize the drivers as wages for bus drivers and eliminate the materials that you provided. He earning an $11 an hour wage rate,” but DEADLINE: Friday prior to publication Sunday bus service for the disabled. said that we will require verification of “a number of Paratransit Services’ em- Published 1st and 3rd Fridays And it would publicize a union rally your information and not a list of ployees earn well over that amount, scheduled for April 16. phone numbers and people to call.” some earning at least $14.80 an hour.” Now accepting e-mails On the morning of Thursday, April All this trouble to place a one-time Employees have received a 3 to 4 Send to: [email protected] 10, ATU staffperson Catharine Alexan- ad, for which the union would pay percent annual increase the last five der e-mailed the text of the ad to the $570? ATU was about ready to scrap years, the ad says, and “the Portland Mail to: NWLP, PO Box 13150, Portland OR 97213 Bulletin’s ad department. the idea of running an ad in the Bend union” rejected Paratransit’s offer of (Please include union affiliation) Bulletin account executive Lisa Bulletin. “very significant wage increases” McCaw-Legg wrote back just before Then, on April 20, the paper’s edi- ranging from 9 to 15 percent. “The • 15-20 words • No commercial or business ads • 1 ad per issue noon to say the union would need to torial board spoke, in a one-sided edi- Portland union continues to insist on • All lower case (NO CAPITAL LETTERS, PLEASE) • back up the claims made in the ad. torial entitled, “Union makes a big re- wage and benefit increases that Alexander sent supporting documents quest.” The editorial chastised the amount to approximately an additional Ads MUST include area code or they will not be published less than two hours later. That wasn’t union for demanding a “44 percent $2.8 million in expenses over a three- enough. They would need line-by-line raise” for bus operators at the same year period,” the ad said, and “is now OLD WOODWORKING TOOLS, planes, levels, folding detail, McGraw-Legg wrote. Again, time a budget shortfall was forcing the threatening a strike if they don’t get Automotive rulers, chisels, handsaws, slicks, adzes, old leather tools, shaves, tool chests. 503-659-0009 Alexander complied, numbering each layoff of other city workers. Local 757, what they want.” ‘77 GOLDWING, 34k miles, $4,000; ‘94 Explorer 4x4, claim, circling supporting facts in red headquartered in Portland, was called What happened to the painstaking $2,000; ‘94 Taurus, 78k miles, $2,000 OBO. 360 624- 8379 or 503 936-1937 pen, providing phone numbers for fur- out as a “Portland union.” No mention factual rigor the Bend Bulletin de- ‘90 TOY 4R, lots of good parts, side mirrors for Dodge Sporting Goods ther backup. In all, supporting docu- was made of the drivers’ out-of-town manded as a condition of publishing PU, best offers. 503 892-1945 ‘96 CAMPER, 11 foot, side ent queen, full self con- ‘73 CHEV 454 block and crank, cleaned and magd, tained, air electric jacks, excellent cond. $5750. OBO ments came to 16 pages. employer. Private not-for-profit Para- the union ad? ATU officials say both heads, pan and new parts to assemble, misc. ‘56 Chev 503 232-3685 By now it was mid-day Friday. Mc- transit Services, based in Bremerton, the editorial and the Paratransit ad parts. 503 658-6108 WINCHESTER RIFLE Model 1886, cal. 40-65 manuf. Graw-Legg wrote back to say they Washington, runs the city’s contracted- were full of untruths, half-truths, and ‘91 FORD AEROSTAR van, electronic 4 wheel drive, ex- 1889 $2,500; several Colt and Smith & Wesson 32-20 tended cab, $800. 503 830-4880 dbbl action 1920s. 360-667-0744 were bumping up against the deadline out bus service. Twice more, the edito- distortions. The “3 to 4 percent raises” JEEP SOFT TOP, fits ‘00 – ‘05, still in box, $600; 5th 12 GA WEATHERBY over/under w/full and improved for ads in the Tuesday edition. Could rial mentioned the “44 percent raise.” are step increases for individual em- wheel 16k Husky, $300. 503 625-0972 modified chokes, beautiful claro walnut stock, like new, $850. 360 225-5108 the ad run April 16 instead? No, And the editors made sure readers ployees who stay on, not increases in ‘05 CUSTOM HARLEY Softail, flat black/red graphics, Alexander replied. McCraw-Legg knew of the union’s internal troubles the underlying pay scale, frozen now Housing 80 cu in, EVO, all new, $12,000. 503 257-7390 wrote back that the ad manager and ad — a secretary-treasurer was removed for five years. The driver starting wage ‘71 SIDEWINDER SKI boat, 4cyl, 120 hp Merc O/D, col- ROCKAWAY BEACH house, 3 bed, 2 bath, sleeps 9, lector ready to ski, easy on gas, offer or trade. 360 225- director would need to review every last year and is being prosecuted for — $11 an hour five years ago — is great amenities, minutes to beach. 503 355-2136 or 503 5976 page of the documents, and they misappropriation of funds. $11 an hour today. The “very signifi- 709-6018 C. 1970 REMINGTON Model 552 auto loading .22 rifle, 380 ACRES, FIELDS, pasture land, juniper trees, $1000 wouldn’t be able to do that in time to Then, on April 28, the Bend Bul- cant” 9 to 15 percent wage offer is in has tubular feed, beautiful walnut stock, very accurate per acre, terms. 541 468-2961 shooter, $165. 503 363-4994 (Salem) run the ad. letin published an ad from the em- reality for a 3 to 5 percent annual cost- PINE HOLLOW reservoir, 3 bed home w/garage, 1800 sq ft, very nice, view, lake 100 ft. $337,000. 360 737- Okay, Alexander wrote back, what ployer — the same size ad ATU had of-living increase — over a three-year 1930 if the union does agree to run it April planned, entitled “Paratransit Services period. It does nothing to address the WARRENTON, fishing seasons coming soon, reserve Miscellaneous union’s contention that Bend drivers now, 3 bed,2 bath,furnished. 503-244 8663 WOOD STOVE, great for a shop, $100; never used CB FIXER, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, over 1,600sf on 1/4 acre, 414 N. radio, $50. 503 572-5745 make far less than drivers at any com- Farragut St., Aberdeen, WA $45,000. 360-575-3992 RIGID TRIPOD, also Warren snatch block. 503 708- 2719 ROUND RATTAN TABLE with glass top and four chairs. Could a REVERSE MORTGAGE Wanted $125. 503-956-1022 CARHARTT SANDSTONE Detroit jacket, brand new, Bend labor forum THE WIFE wants tins of old buttons. 503 653-1506 large, w/embroidered Carpenters Local Union 247 logo, Work for You? S&W 317, 442, 640, 638, 657, 617 Taurus PT 1911, $75. 360 887-1134 May 22 will focus Gaucho SA; Models 850, 425, 460. 503 539-0288 PURE BREAD boxer puppies, born 3-1-08, males &fe- Imagine a Payment Free, Financially-Secure Retirement. SLIDE PROJECTOR and/or 8mm movie projector in males. $250. 541-260-1566 workable condition, buy, borrow, or beg! 360 687-2150 HIGH BAY FIXTURES (6), with bulbs, multi-voltage, 400 • Supplement Your Retirement Income. on immigration 20 EACH split cedar farm posts. 503 572-5745 watt, $50 ea or $200 for all. 503-409-3785 CROSS CUT log saws, slicks, double bit axes, black- PROFESSIONAL wall papering equipment, straight • No Monthly Payments. BEND — A forum on “The Labor smith hammers, planes, woodworking hand tools. 503 edge, cutter, brush, $25. 503-254-1087 819-3736 • You Maintain Ownership and Title. Movement: Immigration, Workers PARTING OUT spray texturing equipment, industrial Rights and Free Trade: Race to the Bot- Wisconis eng pumps and more, $500. 503 253-4397 tom or Vision for the Future?” will be TURN YOUR HOME EQUITY INTO CASH, LINE OF CREDIT, held on Thursday May 22, from 6:30 to MONTHLY INCOME OR A COMBINATION OF PLANS. 8:30 p.m. at the Red Lion Inn, 1415 NE Third Street, Bend. Talk with Lynn or Julie, the Reverse Mortgage Specialists at: Speakers will include Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, Oregon State Rep. Brad Witt, Brad Porterfield Rain Forest Boots from Latino Community Association, Made in America! Arthur Stamoulis of Oregon Fair Trade, and Aeryca Steinbauer and Lorena Try a pair on, you’ll like them. Manzo from CAUSA, Oregon’s immi- Tough boots for the Northwest. 360-694-7272 or grant rights coalition. Lynn Russell 1-866-684-7272 The event is free and co-sponsored AL’S SHOES by the Central Oregon Labor Council 5811 SE 82nd, Portland 503-771-2130 205 East 11th Street, Suite 104, Vancouver, Washington For more information, call 503-701- Mon-Fri 10-7:30 Sat 10-5:30 Sun 12-6 6701.

PAGE 10 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS MAY 16, 2008 Washington State Labor Council Local Motion endorses Gregoire for governor April 2008 SEATTLE — The Washington State has overseen the creation of more than Fairhurst for Position 3; Charles John- Union activity in Oregon and Southwest Washington, Labor Council’s Committee on Politi- 220,000 new jobs, has doubled the son for Position 4, and Debra Stephans according to the National Labor Relations Board cal Education (COPE) has endorsed number of apprenticeship opportunities for Position 7. It is backing Kevin Ko- and the Oregon Employment Relations Board Gov. Chris Gregoire for re-election. in the state and is presiding over the rsmo for the Court of Appeals. About 350 delegates attending the lowest unemployment rate in the his- In contested congressional races the AFL-CIO convention May 3 at the Ma- tory of our state.” labor federation endorsed Democrats Election results chinists District Lodge 751 hall voted Under the state’s new “top two” pri- Brian Baird in District 3 and Darcy Results: unanimously to back Gregoire, a De- mary system, the two candidates with Burner in District 8. Employer Union No mocrat. AFL-CIO political endorse- the most votes — regardless of their In State Senate and House races rep- Date Union Location Union ments require a two-thirds majority party affiliation — will square off in the resenting Southwest Washington, vote. general election in November. WSLC endorsed Timothy Probst and Umatilla County (deputy district attorneys) card check, “She’s been a great governor for Washington’s primary election is Deb Wallace in House District 17, and unit of 7 Washington’s working families,” said Aug. 19. Don Benton in Senate District 17. 4/23 Oregon AFSCME Pendleton WSLC President Rick Bender. “She There are no other Democrats run- In District 18 delegates backed ning for governor, but two Republicans VaNessa Duplessie and Jonathan Fant CORRECTIONS and one Libertarian have filed. Among in the House and Jon Haugen for the Representation petitions the Republicans is former State Sen. Senate. Dino Rossi, whom Gregoire defeated In District 49 the AFL-CIO supports Employer Location An article in the May 2 issue of the Union # of employees Northwest Labor Press listed six active four years ago in what was recorded as James F. Jacks II and James C. Moeller ballot initiatives that long-time union the closest governor’s race in United in the House and Craig Pridemore in City of Baker City (City Hall & Public Works) Baker City States history. the Senate. adversary Bill Sizemore is working to Baker City Employees Assn. vs. SEIU Local 503 29 get on the November 2008 ballot. The It took seven months for the election The Washington State Labor Coun- Labor Press reported that Sizemore to be certified following recounts by cil only makes election endorsements Marion County Juvenile Department Salem turned 120,000 to 130,000 signatures both machine and by hand and a court for statewide ballot measures and in Marion County Juvenile Employees Assn. vs. SEIU Local 503 39 for each of the six in December 2007 challenge. Rossi had the lead on Elec- races for statewide office, state legisla- and January 2008. In fact, signatures tion Day, but Gregoire’s final margin of tive and certain judicial races. were submitted for five of the six from victory was 133 votes. July 2007 to January 2008, but the last In other statewide endorsements for one on the list has not yet turned in sig- the primary election, COPE backed McCain refuses to meet with Oregon workers natures. That measure would require a Democrat Brad Owen for lieutenant legislative super-majority to make laws governor and Republican Sam Reed for Presidential hopeful spends President Tom Chamberlain offered to was Nancy Cochran: “For someone secretary of state. Both are incumbents approach his campaign team with one who claims to be a straight talker, I feel take effect immediately upon the sig- evening with donors who nature of the governor. facing no opposition. last polite, in-person request to see him, like we got the run around,” Cochran For state treasurer, the WSLC en- can pay more for dinner Chamberlain was threatened with ar- said. “With his plan, we’re basically on A caption accompanying a photo in dorsed Jim McIntire; delegates sup- rest. our own. It feels like we’ve been for- the May 2 issue incorrectly identified ported John Ladenburg for attorney than some working folks “Senator McCain had an unprece- gotten. He wants us out of sight and out registered nurse Christobal Mozingo as general; and they backed Peter Gold- earn in a year dented opportunity today to show that of mind.” an employee of Legacy Health Sys- mark for public lands commissioner. he is as concerned about working folks Cochran, a 51-year-old wife and tems. Mozingo is an employee of All three are Democrats and have pri- Oregon’s working men and women as he is about his wealthy friends,” mother, said her family can’t even af- Kaiser Permanente. mary opponents. waited ... and waited ... and waited just Chamberlain said. “Instead, he reaf- ford to use its employer-provided WSLC backed the re-election of steps away from presidential hopeful firmed that he doesn’t share the priori- health insurance because they can’t af- In an article about union activist Democrats Brian Sontag for auditor Sen. John McCain’s $33,100 per cou- ties of working folks and he is not the ford the 20 percent of medical costs that Michael Dembrow running for a seat in and Mike Kreidler for insurance com- ple fundraiser May 12 to tell their sto- candidate to turn around America.” that the insurance doesn’t pay. the Oregon House, the name of Dem- missioner. Both are running unop- ries of health care crisis and struggle to The event was attended by more Brandy Benedict, an emergency brow’s campaign manager, Logan posed. the presumptive Republican nominee. than 20 working men and women and room nurse who also attended the event Gilles, was spelled incorrectly. For the Washington State Supreme But McCain never showed. their children. One Oregonian who knows Cochran’s situation all too well. The Labor Press regrets the errors. Court the council supports Mary In fact, when Oregon AFL-CIO hoped to share her story with McCain “I see people every day who work full-time, work two jobs, who don’t have insurance, and even if they have insurance they can’t afford health care or prescriptions because their premi- ums and out-of-pocket costs are too high,” she said. “Health insurance is ex- pensive, and it is a luxury that is already out of reach for many individuals and families. Further shifting the cost bur- den from employers to workers, as the McCain health care proposal outlines, will increase the number of uninsured Proudly Endorsement By: patients I see. There is a solution to our health care problems, but we will not • United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555 find it in McCain’s plan.” Monday’s event in Portland was the • Tualatin-Valley Firefighters Association, Local 1660 first event of its kind in the nation (representing Scappoose and Clatskanie firefighters) ‘Earl Fisher is a person of integrity and where union workers were available to meet in a conference room in the same • Teamsters Joint Council No. 37 vision. His ideas to bring living-wage venue that McCain had scheduled an • OSEA, St. Helens Chapter 31; Clatskanie Chapter 53 jobs to Columbia County are fresh and event, making it possible for him to original. I’m endorsing Earl Fisher.’ walk only a few steps to meet. • IBEW Local 48 For more about McCain’s anti- worker record and policy proposals, go Rita Bernhard • Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian to www.mccainrevealed.com. Columbia County Commissioner • Labor Commissioner (2003-08) Dan Gardner From the Oregon AFL-CIO Weekly Update

MAY 16, 2008 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 11 Longshore Union shuts ports on May Day to protest war On May Day 2008, thousands of rights to a voluntary protest action. east side of the Willamette River, just longshore workers shut down 29 West “Big foreign corporations that con- north of the Burnside Bridge in Port- Coast ports to protest the war in Iraq. trol global shipping aren’t loyal or ac- land. They held a brief rally, after The action may have been the first ever countable to any country,” McEllrath which they placed flowers in the river walk-out by a U.S. union to oppose a said. “For them it’s all about making to honor U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq. war. The current Iraq war has lasted five money. But longshore workers are dif- In Seattle, ILWU was joined by sev- years, and over 4,000 U.S. soldiers and ferent. We’re loyal to America, and we eral hundred demonstrators for a wa- hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have won’t stand by while our country, our terfront protest march that had the en- been killed and countless wounded and troops, and our economy are destroyed dorsement of the Washington State maimed. by a war that’s bankrupting us to the Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and a dozen The estimated 6,000 longshore tune of $3 trillion.” other unions. workers who were scheduled for work McEllrath’s figure comes from a In San Francisco, ILWU members on May 1 lost a day’s wages and risked book published in March by Nobel were reportedly among nearly 1,000 employer retaliation for their action. prize-winning economist Joseph protesters marching on the waterfront. The employer group, Pacific Maritime Stiglitz and Harvard economist Linda The ILWU action got worldwide Association (PMA), said the action vi- J. Bilmes that estimates the true cost to press attention, and hundreds of peo- olated its labor agreement with the In- American taxpayers of the war in Iraq ple called and e-mailed to thank the ternational Longshore and Warehouse will exceed $3 trillion. union. Union (ILWU). PMA warned that ILWU members and others gather on Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade May May Day is celebrated around the The current six-year contract be- workers could face discipline, but 1 to throw flowers in the Willamette River in memory of U.S. soldiers killed world as International Workers’ Day, tween PMA and ILWU expires July 1 ILWU members were undeterred. in Iraq. ILWU members stopped work for the day, shutting down ports along dating from a general strike for the and the two sides have been negotiat- “Longshore workers are standing- the West Coast of the United States. eight-hour day in 1886, when police at- ing since March 17. More than a dozen down on the job and standing up for tacked union demonstrators in Chicago. longshore workers have been killed on America,” said ILWU President Bob caucus, some with relatives in uniform, ity, but said members might take action Two years ago, large numbers of the job in the last six years, and the McEllrath in a May 1 statement to the led a discussion about protesting the of their own accord. marchers linked May Day to immi- ILWU is seeking safety improvements press. “We’re supporting the troops and war. Delegates voted 97 to 3 to approve Twice in the days before the action, grants’ rights. This year, the ILWU ac- in the contract. The union is also ask- telling politicians in Washington that a resolution calling for an eight-hour PMA went before the West Coast port tion tied May Day to stopping the war. ing that ships burn cleaner fuel when it’s time to end the war in Iraq.” “stop-work” meeting during the day arbitrator, who ordered the union to no- Bruce Holte, secretary-treasurer of in port, to cut down on pollution and About 10,000 containers are loaded shift May 1, to protest the war and call tify members they were required to Portland-headquartered ILWU Local 8, respiratory complaints by workers. and unloaded coastwise during an for the immediate, safe return of U.S. show up to work May 1. PMA also said 1,300 to 1,500 members of ILWU Six years ago, PMA locked out eight-hour day, PMA said. troops from Iraq. sought an injunction from a federal locals from Portland, Longview and workers for 10 days and President The decision to shut down the ports ILWU asked PMA’s permission for judge, but the judge declined, on First Astoria stopped work for the day. At Bush threatened to bring in troops to was first made Feb. 8 at an emotional the “stop-work” meeting, but PMA re- Amendment grounds. noon, a group of longshore workers do their jobs. He later invoked the Taft- meeting of the ILWU’s Longshore fused. ILWU officials said they weren’t In the end, union leaders said, it met with members of the group Veter- Hartley Act to end the lockout and or- Caucus. Vietnam War veterans in the officially sponsoring any May 1 activ- came down to members’ free speech ans for Peace on a floating dock on the dered ILWU members back to work.

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