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Organized labor says Kulongoski is best bet for working people Following a relatively quiet primary, “It’s all about getting our people to labor unions have stepped up the pace to vote,” said Chamberlain. “What we do re-elect Ted Kulongoski as governor of will make the difference in wins and Oregon. losses. Turnout is everything.” On Oct. 14 several hundred union Kulongoski has endorsements from members gathered at Kulongoski’s cam- virtually every labor organization in the paign headquarters in Northeast Port- state, including the Oregon AFL-CIO, land to meet the governor and later fan the Oregon State Building and Con- out across the city to remind people to struction Trades Council, the Oregon cast their ballots before 8 p.m. on Tues- Machinists Council, Oregon AFSCME day, Nov. 7. Ballots will be mailed start- Council 75, the Fire Fighters, and the ing Oct. 23. Columbia River District of the Interna- “It’s a question of ‘which side are tional Longshore and Warehouse Union, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (left) shakes hands with retired Machinist Max Loucks during a campaign fundraiser you on?’ If it’s the rich getting richer ... to name some. at the Longshore Union hall in Northwest Portland. A former union Steelworker, Iron Worker and labor attorney, that’s the other guy,” said Bill Lucy, in- Change to Win labor federation Kulongoski has received endorsements from unions and councils taking positions in local politics. ternational secretary-treasurer of the unions, such as United Food and Com- American Federation of State, County mercial Workers Local 555, Teamsters Chamberlain said Republican chal- turning out on a Saturday morning. ate” of the AFL-CIO, which has 30,000 and Municipal Employees, to a sea of Joint Council 37, Service Employees lenger Ron Saxton is trying to buy his “This will make the difference. It’s why members in Oregon, is involved. Work- green AFSCME T-shirts. Locals 503 and 49, and the Pacific way to the governor’s office. “He’s got we will win,” he said. ing America is made up primarily of Also joining Kulongoski and Lucy at Northwest Regional Council of Carpen- money from big oil and drug compa- Now through election day, union middle-income workers who sympa- the rally were U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, ters, also are supporting Kulongoski. nies, and a good old boy half-million- members will be reaching out to col- thize with labor’s goals but do not be- Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom The independent Oregon State Police dollar club,” Chamberlain said. “We leagues at work and at home. The Ore- long to a union. Chamberlain, and Tina Kotek, a candi- Officers Association and the Oregon Ed- know who will run this state (if Saxton gon AFL-CIO has hired crews to make Many building trades union mem- date for the Oregon House of Represen- ucation Association are on board for the is elected).” phone calls to union households, and bers are handbilling construction sites tatives. incumbent governor as well. Kulongoski thanked the crowd for Working America, a “community affili- (Turn to Page 11)

‘Yes’ on Ballot Measure 44 Oregon AFL-CIO backs just one measure Every two years, Oregonians get to be supreme legislators profits, and used their powerful lobby to control the minds of tion credit. Did you catch that? Should detailed tax policy be for a day, voting yes or no on questions framed by others in the enough Oregon legislators to stop the bill. A union-backed coali- made by ballot measure, or is that the job legislators are elected ballot initiative process. This year, nine initiatives got enough tion did the work to get this on the ballot. Now it’s up to voters. and paid to do? In a nutshell, this would reduce state tax rev- signatures to win a place on the ballot. On three measures — 39, 42 and 43 — the Oregon AFL- enues by about 6 percent, or roughly $400 million a year. That The state’s unions, at least those affiliated with the Oregon CIO took no position. would necessitate cuts in public education, public safety and hu- AFL-CIO, have taken positions on six of the nine. The rest of the measures are opposed by th AFL-CIO. man services. Just one, Ballot Measure 44, got the state labor federation’s Measure 40 requires that Oregon’s seven Supreme Court Measure 45 would bring term limits back to the Oregon Leg- support. If Measure 44 passes, any Oregon resident who doesn’t judges and 10 Appeals Court judges be elected by district in- islature: State House reps would be limited to six years, state have insurance covering prescription drugs can enroll in the stead of statewide, as they are now. Opponents say the measure senators would be limited to eight years, and no one could serve state’s fledgling prescription drug bulk purchasing pool. It’s a is likely to politicize the courts. Voters rejected this before in longer than 14 years total in the Legislature. Oregon had voter- common-sense idea: Get all the buyers together to bargain a bet- 2002. approved term limits from 1992 to 2002, when the Oregon ter deal on drug prices (kind of like the idea of a union, actu- Measure 41 would allow an income tax deduction equal to Supreme Court threw them out. Opponents say legislators al- ally). But drug companies saw the proposal as a threat to their the federal exemptions deduction to substitute for state exemp- (Turn to Page 7) Let me say this about that —By Gene Klare Oregon unions react to NLRB rulings on ‘Kentucky River’ cases By DON McINTOSH Dana Welty, co-chair of the pro-la- time charge nurses were excluded Associate Editor bor community group Portland Jobs from the union ranks at recently- Strike threats and strong language With Justice, said her group will fight unionized Mercy Medical Center in were some of the responses by nurses any attempt by Oregon health care em- Roseburg, Ore. because both labor and unions to a National Labor Relations ployers to reclassify charge nurses as management anticipated the NLRB Board (NLRB) ruling announced Oct. supervisors. would rule as it did. If the NLRB had 3 that broadened the legal definition of The 65,000-member California ruled the other way, the five would supervisor to include hospital charge Nurses Association (CNA) announced have been eligible to become union nurses. that its members will strike if CNA members. Supervisors have been excluded employers seek to exploit the ruling. The case arose from an early 2002 from any legally protected right to More than 30,000 members have so union organizing campaign at an acute unionize since 1947, so the ruling was far signed strike pledges to do just that, care hospital in Taylor, Michigan, a a setback for unions — and a victory the union said. suburb of Detroit. The United Auto for health care employers that have Paul Goldberg, director of labor re- Workers petitioned the NLRB to hold fought unionization. lations at the 8,900-member Oregon a union election to see if a majority of While it’s not clear just how many Nurses Association, said the NLRB the 181 registered nurses at Oakwood An armed uprising workers will be affected by the ruling, decision is a strike at the heart of a Heritage Hospital wanted to join the A NEW BOOK, The Battle of Blair Mountain, tells the little-known story it will be fewer than unions had feared. growing movement to unionize health union. Management filed objections of how 10,000 West Virginia coal miners took up rifles in 1921 to fight against The same day the NLRB announced care workers, and could end up dis- — 112 of those nurses were charge brutal mine owners and their cohorts in a quest for justice and workers’rights. the Oakwood decision, it announced rupting health care if staff nurses re- nurses either part or all of the time, The author is Robert Shogan, a longtime reporter and author who has cov- contrary decisions in two companion fuse to work as charge nurses in order management said, and therefore could ered Washington, D.C., for more than 30 cases: Charge nurses in nursing homes to keep union protection. not be unionized. The regional NLRB years as a political correspondent for the were not shown to be supervisors, the “It sets the stage to unnecessarily director took a look at the dispute and Los Angeles Times and Newsweek. The NLRB said, and neither were lead polarize labor and management and sided with the union. Management ap- book’s subtitle is “The Story of Amer- workers at a manufacturer. create labor unrest,” Goldberg said. pealed to the NLRB’s five-member ica’s Largest Labor Uprising.” The pub- Still, the decision is likely to slow The decision has already stripped Board in Washington, D.C. [It can be a lisher is Basic Books, which is part of down union organizing in health care, several workers of the right to belong little confusing, but the NLRB both the Perseus Books Group of New York and lead to increased labor strife. to a union, Goldberg said: Five full- administers the law, and interprets it.] City. The paperback price is $16.95. The Board didn’t have to hear the CECIL ROBERTS, president of the appeal, but a 2001 U.S. Supreme United Mine Workers of America, said Court decision in a case called NLRB this of the book: “Robert Shogan sheds v. Kentucky River Community Care new light on this long-neglected episode Bennett Hartman had called into question the NLRB’s of the labor movement’s ongoing strug- b h “tests” to determine whether an em- gle for workers’ rights. For too long, the Morris & Kaplan, llp ployee is a supervisor. significant Battle of Blair Mountain has Attorneys at Law Here’s how the law defines supervi- been merely a footnote in American his- m k sor: “any individual having the author- tory books. Now, the real story of Amer- ity, in the interest of the employer, to ica’s largest labor uprising — and the hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, RICHARD TRUMKA largest armed insurrection on U.S. soil promote, discharge, assign, reward, or since the Civil War — comes alive. As a Oregon’s Full Service Union Law Firm discipline other employees, or respon- native of Cabin Creek, W. Va. — and the sibly to direct them, or to adjust their great-nephew of the miners’ commander, Bill Blizzard — I take personal in- Representing Workers Since 1960 grievances, or effectively to recom- terest in reading about my union’s pivotal role in this historic rebellion for mend such action, if in connection economic and social justice.” with the foregoing the exercise of such Richard L. Trumka, the national AFL-CIO’s secretary-treasurer and the authority is not of a merely routine or past president of the Mine Workers Union, described the book in these words: SeriousInjuryandDeathCases clerical nature, but requires the use of “Here is a book about forgotten events that took place 80 years ago in a little- independent judgment.” understood corner of our nation. What a surprise that Bob Shogan has not • Construction Injuries Do any one of those things, and only found ample documentary evidence to convince us of the historical sig- you’re a supervisor. But the devil’s in nificance of these battles between miners and mine owners in southern West • Automobile Accidents (Turn to Page 16) Virginia, but also spun a rip-roaring tale full of shockingly vivid and down-to- earth portraits. When the tale is told, Shogan’s conclusion seems irrefutable: • Medical, Dental, and Legal Malpractice Our nation paid a heavy price in economic justice and social progress when • Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents state and federal authorities failed to ensure workers’ basic freedom to form unions.” • Pedestrian Accidents PAUL JACKSON of Basic Books sums up the battle this way: “In 1921, • Premises Liability (injuries on premises) (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) some 10,000 West Virginia coal miners, outraged over years of brutality and Established in 1900 at Portland, Oregon lawless exploitation, picked up their Winchesters and marched against their • Workers’ Compensation Injuries as a voice of the labor movement. tormentors, the powerful mine owners who ruled their corrupt state. For 10 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. 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PAGE 2 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 Unions working cooperatively on most Oregon legislative races Local Motion September 2006 While structurally more divided COPE ratings (Committee on Political Morse, and in the House, Vicki Berger Union election activity in Oregon and SW Washington, than in previous election years, Ore- Education), as part of its decision- of Monmouth, Scott Bruun of West according to the National Labor Relations Board gon unions are still working coopera- making on who to endorse. It also Linn, and Bob Jenson of Pendleton. and the Oregon Employment Relations Board tively on most state electoral contests. uses a candidate questionnaire, though While the Republicans all had much In the last few years, seven unions not all endorsed candidates filled one lower COPE ratings than any Democ- — Carpenters, Service Employees, out; Chamberlain said those who did- rat, Chamberlain said they were can- Elections held Teamsters, United Food and Commer- n’t fill it out at least gave oral commit- didates with whom affiliates such as Results: cial Workers, Laborers, UNITE ments to supporting expanded rights OSBCTC, AFSCME, or ONA had de- Company Union No HERE and the United Farm Workers to organize. Endorsement decisions veloped a working relationship with, Date Union Location Union — have left the national AFL-CIO are made by COPE. The COPE board potentially valuable connections given and joined in a new federation, is comprised of members of the Gen- past Republican majorities in the Ore- South Coast Hospice (decertification) Change to Win. Just two Change to eral Board. The General Board con- gon House. Win unions remain affiliated with the sists of AFL-CIO Executive Board And while most of the AFL-CIO 8/30 ILWU Local 5 Coos Bay 12 14 Oregon AFL-CIO under temporary members, delegates from the 12 re- efforts are focused on the governor’s Pacific Specialty & Rehabilitation Center “solidarity charters” — UNITE gional central labor councils, and one race and ballot measure campaigns, in 9/19 SEIU Local 775 Vancouver 33 9 HERE and several Laborers locals. representative of each affiliated inter- legislative races it has paid closest at- Still, the Oregon AFL-CIO contin- national union (including Change to tention to three Democrats in close ues to serve as coordinating body for Win locals with Solidarity Charters) races. They include Larry Galizio for its affiliates’ political efforts. Oregon which does not have a representative House District 3 in Tigard; Chuck Ri- Elections requested AFL-CIO President Tom Chamber- on the Executive Board. COPE ac- ley for House District 29 in Forest lain said that after getting off to a slow tions require a two-thirds majority of Grove; and David Edwards for House Company Location start, a campaign of mailings, phone the votes cast. District 30 in Hillsboro. Union # of employees banks and work site leaflet distribu- The Oregon AFL-CIO made en- Within the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, tion is under way, supporting labor- dorsements in 13 of 15 Senate races ONA, and the Building Trades (OS- Pacific Specialty & Rehabilitation Center Vancouver endorsed candidates and ballot meas- and 37 of 60 house races. See BCTC) maintain independent ap- Service Employees International Union Local 775 62 ures. www.oraflcio.org for the complete proaches to politics. As for the state Change To Win list. Oregon AFSCME invites members Canteen Vending Portland federation, it has issued no endorse- Basically, the state labor federation to take part in candidate interviews Teamsters Local 223 59 ments in Oregon races, but is coordi- endorsed all incumbent Democrats in and then make recommendations to its Kaiser Permanente (billing) Portland nating joint political efforts like joint the House and Senate, plus a handful Political Action Committee, members canvasses, for candidates all affiliates of Democratic candidates running for of which are appointed by AFSCME’s Service Employees International Union Local 49 65 agree on. SEIU Local 503 official open seats or against Republican in- elected president. The PAC in turn, Glacier Northwest (decertification) Oregon City Rich Peppers said the endorsements cumbents, plus four incumbent Re- makes recommendations to the Ore- International Association of Machinists District Lodge 24 13 overlap 95 percent. publicans: Albany Senator Frank (Turn to Page 6) Each of the two state federations represents about 90,000 members in affiliated unions. While virtually every union sees Up to 84 months politics as a legitimate part of repre- senting members’ interests, some Your Mileage Is Showing... financing and no unions are more focused on politics down payment than others. The largest unions main- needed for qualified tain full-time lobbyists and political It’s Time For New Wheels! directors and devote substantial re- buyers sources to politics. Chamberlain can quickly cite the Rate reduction with Oregon labor organizations with the biggest political efforts: the American automatic payment Federation of State, County and Mu- feature nicipal Employees, American Federa- tion of Teachers-Oregon, the Oregon State Building and Construction Guaranteed Auto Trades Council (OSBCTC), Fire Protection available Fighters, the Oregon Education Asso- ciation, the Oregon Nurses Associa- tion and SEIU. In other words, the Payment Protection largest public employee unions, the New available biggest nurses union, and the influen- tial bloc of unions in the construction Used industry. Contact the Credit All the state’s unions favor incum- Refinance Union at bent Governor Ted Kulongoski over (503) 253-8193 or Republican challenger Ron Saxton. Same Saxton didn’t seek union endorse- (800) 356-6507 ments, and is expected to be actively Great Low hostile to unions if elected. 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OCTOBER 20, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 3 L ABOR AND P OLITICAL NEWS FROM AROUND THE PACIFIC N ORTHWEST What’s were more important factors. Olympia Columbia-Pacific Building Trades is Callahan’s home town, and though Council. she left in 1967, she’s maintained con- Also on the work session agenda nections to old friends over the years, Oct. 18, was a panel of nonunion con- Happening and never missed a class reunion. tractors and representatives speaking Her replacement at the NLRB has against prevailing wage laws. They in- not yet been named; a nationwide cluded Jim Posey of Work Horse search is under way. Construction, Dan O’Brien of Current Building Trades’ Electric, Jeff Deane of Associated Mohlis a finalist Builders and Contractors, and Shawn Miller of Miller Public Affairs. for PDC post Nominations are The meeting was video-taped and will be replayed on Cable Access John Mohlis, executive secretary- sought for awards Channel 30 on Friday, Oct. 20, at 9:30 treasurer of the Columbia-Pacific p.m.; on Friday, Oct. 27, at 6 a.m.; Building Trades Council, is one of in labor relations and on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. two finalists for a vacant seat on the The Oregon Chapter of the Labor A third work session is scheduled Portland Development Commission, and Employment Relations Associa- for Thursday, Nov. 9, from 4 to 9 according to a report in Willamette tion (LERA) is soliciting nominations p.m. in the PDC conference room at Week. to honor individuals in labor relations, 222 NW Fifth Ave., Portland. The other finalist is architect Don including union leaders, managers, ac- The first work session held Sept. Stastny. ademics and others devoted to excel- 20 attracted about 45 people and fea- Organized labor has been lobbying lence in labor-management relations. tured little discussion, but lots of his- Portland Mayor Tom Potter since his The awards will be presented at a tory on how state prevailing wage election last year for a seat on the reception following LERA’s confer- laws work. Oregon Labor Commis- five-person commission, which is the ence “Crisis in Health Care: What Are sioner Dan Gardner and his staff gave quasi-independent economic develop- Vancouver GATE House dedication We Doing About?”to be held Wednes- a 90-minute presentation on wage ment arm of the Portland City Coun- day, Nov. 15, at the Oregon Conven- After five years in the making, the Vancouver School District’s GATE House laws, how surveys are conducted and cil. tion Center in Portland. center opened for class Sept. 3, and is now the first official home to the the importance of apprenticeship The post is appointed by the Individuals honored will have Gateway to Adult Transition Education (GATE) program. Members of training. mayor, but must be confirmed by the demonstrated commitment to the col- Electrical Workers Local 48 and the Carpenters Union (pictured above) City Council. lective bargaining process, integrity, attended a dedication dinner held Oct. 5 at the facility located at 3100 E. 18th According to Willamette Week, and involvement in the labor relations Street,Vancouver, Wash. The union members were among some 150 Mohlis has the support of three com- community. Two awards are open for community volunteers too donate time to the project. Local 48 electricians, missioners — Randy Leonard, Erik union members, one for an officer, many retired, collectively donated 540 hours — the equivalent of $31,000 — Labor groups seek Sten and Sam Adams. business agent or attorney and one for to light up the new house. The GATE program benefits young adults Potter aide Austin Raglione told a steward who administers a collective throughout Southwest Washington ages 18-21 who have special needs due to donated holiday the newspaper that the mayor’s deci- bargaining agreement. significant mental and physical disabilities. Union volunteers included John sion will come sometime after Oct. gifts for children For nomination forms, e-mail Ore- Aschim, Bruce Washburn and Jim Sevier from the Carpenters and Lee 20. [email protected] . The deadline to Duncan, Gene Fletcher and Don Evan from Local 48. Labor’s Community Service The PDC seat has been vacant submit nominations is Thursday, Oct. Agency and the Northwest Oregon nearly three months. 26. For more information, call Burton projects at an Oct. 18 workshop of the unions for allegedly circumventing Labor Council, AFL-CIO, are holding White at 503-590-3535. Portland Development Commission. state prevailing wage laws on some of their 10th annual Presents from Part- PDC is holding a series of work- its development projects. ners Holiday Toy Drive for underprivi- Cathy Callahan shops to determine whether or not it Representing labor was Bob leged children. PDC sessions should set wage and benefit require- Shiprack, executive secretary-treas- Bring unwrapped gifts to the of- leaves top job at explore prevailing ments on projects that aren’t clearly urer of the Oregon Building and Con- fices of the Northwest Oregon Labor subject to state prevailing wage laws. struction Trades Council, Nelda Wil- Council, Suite 100-D at 1125 SE local NLRB office The quasi-independent development son of Operating Engineers Local Madison, Portland, no later than Fri- work wage issues day, Dec. 15. Cathy Callahan, the top official at arm of the Portland City Council has 701, Pete Savage, regional manager of Union officials talked about the the Portland office of the National La- been under fire from city commis- the Pacific Northwest Regional Coun- benefits of paying prevailing wages bor Relations Board (NLRB), is leav- sioners, the Oregon Bureau of Labor cil of Carpenters, and John Mohlis, on publicly-financed construction ing to take a job as head of the Wash- and Industries and building trades executive secretary-treasurer of the ington State Public Employment Relations Commission. Callahan, 57, has spent 24 years at the NLRB, and for the last eight years, she’s been officer-in-charge at NLRB Subregion 36, responsible for protect- ing the labor rights of workers in Ore- gon and Southwest Washington. The NLRB is the federal agency that oversees workplace elections that determine whether workers want a union or not. It also investigates “un- fair labor practices,” as violations of the National Labor Relations Act are known. Callahan will take early retirement from the NLRB, leaving Nov. 3, and will begin as executive director of PERC Nov. 6. In her new job, she will oversee a staff of 40 enforcing 11 state statutes, and resolving disputes between public employers and workers and their unions. She’ll take a cut in pay, but Callahan said the appeal of the job, plus the chance to live to Olympia,

PAGE 4 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 Against Bill Sizemore Oregon court upholds racketeering, misconduct verdicts By DON McINTOSH contributing to any PAC for five years, and prohibited OTU-PAC Associate Editor from accepting donations from any tax-exempt charitable organiza- Nearly six years after two teachers unions sued ballot measure tion for five years. activist Bill Sizemore and his organizations under Oregon’s racket- Sizemore, whose ballot measures were intended to cripple union eering statute, the legal end remains unclear. participation in politics, complained bitterly that the unions’ lawsuit On Oct. 4, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld most of a Sep- was intended to cripple his participation in politics. OEA and AFT- tember 2002 jury verdict that said groups created by Sizemore en- Oregon replied that they just want him to play by the rules, and pay gaged in a pattern of criminal activity to place two anti-union initia- the jury award for the damage he caused them. tives on the ballot in 2000. As a result of that jury verdict, Multnomah Measure 92 would have required public employees unions to get County Circuit Court Judge Jerome LaBarre ordered Sizemore and annual written authorization from each member before using any his organizations to pay $2.52 million in damages to Oregon Educa- dues money for politics. Measure 98 would have banned the ability tion Association and American Federation of Teachers–Oregon. of public employee unions to use payroll deductions to collect dues Sizemore appealed, and with the Oct. 4 decision, got a partial re- if any portion of the dues went for political purposes. Unions spent duction of the damage award. an estimated $5 million to defeat the two measures on the November The Appeals Court had no disagreement with the facts that led 2000 ballot, and voters rejected both. A month after that election, the jury to find Sizemore’s groups had committed fraud, forgery and with evidence of fraud mounting, the two unions filed suit. filing of false documents. OEA President Larry Wolf (left) and AFT–Oregon Executive The jury found that Sizemore intended his measures to force the “This case is not about innocent participation in the initiative Director Dick Schwarz claim victory in an Oct. 5 press unions to spend funds to defeat them, in order to divert those re- process,” wrote Appeals Court Judge Rick Haselton. “It is not about conference following a decision of the Oregon Court of Appeals. sources from other efforts like ballot measures of their own, or rep- good-faith mistakes or errors in judgment … This case is about a The two unions sued ballot measure activist Bill Sizemore and resenting members. calculated course of criminal conduct perpetrated for the express won a 2002 jury verdict of fraud, forgery and racketeering. Notwithstanding the jury award and unpaid damages, Sizemore purpose of crippling, and even destroying, [Sizemore’s] political op- never left politics and is now collecting signatures to get those same ponents. For the Oregonians of a century ago, the initiative process proposals on the 2008 ballot. meant pure, ‘open’democracy, and (at least) most Oregonians would tribution and expenditure (C&E) reports to the state of Oregon in or- He may be helped somewhat by the appeals court decision. While like to think that it still does. But this case involves the antithesis of der to conceal the names of individual donors and the illegal role of upholding most of the jury verdict and the injunction, the appeals that ideal: It involves cynical, criminal manipulation of the demo- Sizemore’s tax-deductible educational foundation (OTU-EF) in sup- court struck down, on a legal technicality, the jury conviction on the cratic process.” porting Sizemore’s political action committee (OTU-PAC.) third count — that Sizemore’s PAC had committed racketeering by The jury found that a Sizemore employee had forged signatures After the jury verdict, Sizemore filed another false C&E, formed falsifying C&Es. Striking down that conviction undid the parts of on statements of sponsorship for Measures 92 and 98, and that paid new groups and transferred to them assets of the old groups to try to the injunction that restrained Sizemore’s PAC. Part of the injunction signature gatherers forged signatures on initiative petitions, to such a evade paying the jury award. In response, Judge LaBarre issued an was also remanded back to a lower court to decide: whether OTU- degree that the initiatives would not have qualified without the fraud. injunction in April 2003 that dissolved OTU-EF, banned any suc- PAC can transfer assets (including computers and mailing lists) un- Thirdly, the jury found that Sizemore’s groups submitted false con- cessor charitable organization associated with Bill Sizemore from til the jury award is paid.

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OCTOBER 20, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 5 ‘Labor legislators’ keep workers’ interest in mind A cadre of of retired unionists is Rosenbaum was the House Democra- United Food and Commercial Work- “When you flush the toilet, the seeking re-election to the Oregon Larry Gal- tic Whip. This year she is the Assistant ers Local 555. lights shouldn’t come on,” he said. House of Representatives — with the izio, 42, a fac- House Democratic Leader and is help- During his first session, Witt was Holvey serves on the Oregon-SW intent of keeping an eye out for work- ulty member at ing out in other campaigns. assigned to the General Government Washington Carpenters Joint Appren- ers’ interests. Portland Com- “Democrats have had to fight aw- Committee and the Information Man- ticeship and Training Committee, the Lawyers and small business own- munity Col- fully hard just to stay where we are,” agement and Technology Committee. Economic and Workforce Develop- ers dominate the Republican-con- lege and mem- said Rosenbaum, referring to attacks “It’s been a wonderful challenge to ment Committee of the Lane County trolled House. The “labor legislators” ber of the by the Republican leadership on re- represent a vast rural district and be a Labor Council, the Siuslaw National — all of whom are blue-collar De- American Fed- ducing indexed minimum wage in- voice for working people. I’m com- Forest Resource Advisory Committee, mocrats — help counter-balance that. eration of creases and cutting funding for the mitted to returning to Salem to repre- and as a board member of the Lane In the current state House, Democ- Teachers-Ore- Oregon Bureau of Labor and Indus- sent our community’s values,” Witt Business Education Compact. rats have 27 seats while Republicans gon Local tries. said. He attended Lane Community Col- have 33. The Democrats would need 2277, is seeking re-election in House “Not a lot of good has been hap- A graduate of the University of lege, Central Washington University, to gain four seats to take over. District 35. pening (at the Legislature) for work- Massachusetts, Witt earned a master’s and the University of Oregon. He also Most of the “labor legislators” have The first-term state representative ing people,” she continued. degree from the University of Oregon, received a U-Lead certificate from the a relatively easy path to re-election. from Tigard recorded a 94 percent With a Democratic majority, she specializing in management, econom- Labor Education and Research Center Only Larry Galizio has an opponent COPE voting record with the AFL- said labor would be in a stronger posi- ics and sociology. of the University of Oregon. running an active campaign. CIO. tion to make inroads to strengthen col- He is a veteran of many state He recorded a 100 percent COPE Galizio, an instructor in communi- lective bargaining rights for workers, boards and commissions and has lob- voting record in 2005. “Things cations and journalism at PCC’s Syl- for tax fairness and for school funding. bied on such key issues as economic Holvey is opposed by Republican seem to be fine vania Campus, served on the House Rosenbaum has served as president and workforce development, natural Andrew Hill. at this point. Revenue and General Government of the Coalition of Labor Union resources and workers’compensation. I’ve seen my Committees during the 2005 session. Women, on the Executive Board of Witt had a 100 percent COPE vot- Rep. Mike opponent at He is a strong proponent of educa- the Oregon AFL-CIO and the North- ing record in his first session. Schaufler, 46, a only one com- tional issues and school funding. He west Oregon Labor Council, and is a He faces two challengers this No- former member munity func- opposed a school funding plan pushed founding member of the Workers’ vember, Republican Mike Kocher and of the Laborers tion,” said Rep. by House Republicans because it did Rights Board of Portland Jobs with candidate Bob Ekstrom, chair of the Union, is seek- Jeff Barker, not provide for reasonable class sizes. Justice. Constitution Party. ing a third term 63, a retired Instead, he worked (albeit unsuccess- She also is president of the Na- in House Dis- lieutenant of fully) to fund schools in accordance tional Labor Caucus of State Legisla- Rep. Paul trict 48. the Portland Police Bureau and a for- with the state’s Quality Education tors, a bi-partisan network of union Holvey, 52, is He left the mer president of the Portland Police Model. member and union-friendly state law- a community union to become Association and editor of the union Galizio’s seat is being targeted by makers who promote working family relations rep- a contractor in newspaper, The Rap Sheet. the GOP. He is opposed by Shirley issues in state legislatures throughout resentative for 1996, but he re- Barker, of Aloha, is running for a Parsons, a retired Portland police offi- the country. the Pacific mains a staunch supporter of building third term in House District 28. His cer. Rosenbaum has a 100 percent life- Northwest Re- trades union issues. opponent is Republican Eldon time AFL-CIO COPE voting record in gional Council Schaufler is vice chair of the the Derville-Teer. Rep. Diane Rosenbaum, 56, is the the Legislature. of Carpenters. Business Labor and Consumer Affairs Barker serves as vice chair of the senior labor He is seeking Committee and he sits on the Budget State and Federal Affairs Committee legislator. She Although a second term Committee and Water Committee. and is a member of the Judiciary Com- is seeking a no stranger to in House Dis- He has held posts on the Happy mittee and Joint Legislative Counsel. fifth term in state politics, trict 8. Valley City Council; the Happy Valley He was appointed chair of the Judi- House Dis- Rep. Brad A native of Eugene, Holvey was Transportation Advisory Committee; ciary subcommittee on Criminal Law trict 42, rep- Witt, 54, is originally appointed to the seat by the the Clackamas County Concurrency by the Republican House leadership. resenting considered the Lane County Board of Commission- Project; the League of Oregon Cities A former Marine, Barker said in an Southeast rookie of the la- ers in January 2004. He won his first General Government Committee and earlier interview with the NW Labor Portland. bor legislators. election in November 2004. the Happy Valley Budget Committee Press that his experiences as a contract Her only He was ap- He serves as vice chair of the Elec- and Planning Commission. negotiator, union leader, street cop, opponent in pointed to tions and Rules Committee and on the He recorded a 76 percent COPE lieutenant, pension trustee, college the November House District Business, Labor and Consumer Af- voting record in the 2005 session. graduate and average citizen are rea- general election is Jeff Cropp from the 31 in January fairs Committee. Schaufler is being challenged by sons why voters should re-elect him to Pacific Green Party. 2005 after former Rep. Betsy Johnson A former secretary-treasurer of Eu- Bill Stallings of the Constitution Party. the House. Rosenbaum is a retired central of- resigned to accept an appointment to gene Carpenters Local 1273, Holvey For a complete list of bills the Ore- During the last legislative session, fice technician for Qwest and a 30- the State Senate. was trained in the Carpenters appren- gon AFL-CIO tracked to determine its Barker rated a 93 percent on the Ore- year member of Communications Witt, of Clatskanie, served 14 years ticeship program. As a lawmaker he 2005 COPE voting record, go to gon AFL-CIO’s Committee on Politi- Workers of America Local 7901. as secretary-treasurer of the Oregon emphasizes the importance of having www.oraflcio.org, then click on “Our cal Education (COPE) scorecard. During the 2005 legislative session AFL-CIO and is currently working for and maintaining a skilled workforce. Democracy.” ...Labor organizations differ on some legislative candidates (From Page 3) sponsors of a statewide ballot measure that islators, who back the building trades unions on picket line in 1999 at the Columbia River Cor- gon AFSCME Council’s Executive Board, would restrict union dues collections. Because of issues like licensing, apprenticeship, defense of rectional Institution, when our people were on elected at biennial conventions, which makes the that, the PAC decided to interview both Thatcher the prevailing wage, and public investment in in- strike.” final decision. Generally, any incumbent state and her House District 25 opponent, Chuck Lee, frastructure. Also, Minnis had a 5-2 record on bills AF- legislator who scores an 80 percent or higher and eventually endorsed Lee over Thatcher. The One prominent race where unions split was SCME prioritized in the 2005 legislative session. voting record on AFSCME issues the previous Oregon AFL-CIO and OSBCTC are also back- on Oregon House Speaker Karen Minnis (R- As for SEIU, the former AFL-CIO affiliate legislative session earns an automatic endorse- ing Lee, while the ONA, alone among unions, is Fairview). The Oregon AFL-CIO rated her 36 stayed out of some races where the Oregon ment and is not required to go through the inter- endorsing Thatcher. percent for her votes last year — the lowest of AFL-CIO made endorsements, and endorsed view process. The OSBCTC political effort is advised by any legislator — and this year voted to endorse some candidates in races the Oregon AFL-CIO An exception to that occurred this year with Pac/West Communications, a lobby and commu- her opponent, Rob Brading. But AFSCME and stayed out of. In one race, they’re on opposite State Rep. Kim Thatcher (R-Keizer), who had an nications firm headed by former Republican leg- OSBCTC endorsed Minnis. sides: For House District 37 in West Linn, SEIU 8-2 AFSCME voting record in the 2005 session. islator Paul Phillips. With help from Pac/West, “We got heat for the Minnis endorsement,” is backing Democrat Bev Backa while the Ore- Thatcher agreed to be listed as one of the co- the Building Trades Council has developed acknowledges Don Loving, Oregon AFSCME gon AFL-CIO backs incumbent Republican friendly relationships with some Republican leg- communications director. “But she walked our Scott Bruun.

PAGE 6 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 CRISIS IN HEALTH CARE: What Are We Doing About It? ...Ballot Measures A conference presented by the Oregon Chapter of the (From Page 1) paying interest on past bonds — is re- Labor and Employment Relations Association quired by law. Some spending is at- Wednesday, November 15, 2006 ready face term limits — they’re called tached to specific revenue, like gas tax Oregon Convention Center elections: Voters can and do decide not and road maintenance. But for the pur- 777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd to return incumbents to office. This poses of the Measure 48 spending limi- Portland, Oregon 97232 measure would take away voters right to tation, these would be in the same boat as discretionary K-12 budgets, or money REGISTRATION 8:00 am - 8:45 am send back popular lawmakers. Continental Breakfast Served Measure 46 would amend the Ore- spent to generate federal matching WELCOME 8:45 am - 9:00 am gon Constitution to allow laws that limit funds. Putting the squeeze on state or prohibit political campaign contribu- spending could mean walking away MORNING PLENARY 9:00 am - 10:15 am tions or expenditures. Opponents say from federal matching funds. Dr. John Santa, Assistant Director for Health Projects, this would permit limitations on free Perhaps most importantly, there’s a OHSU Center for Evidence-based Policy speech — the Oregon Supreme Court tricky little economic factor that the Break 10:15 am - 10:30 am has ruled that under Oregon Constitu- logic of Measure 48 ignores. Oregon’s WORKSHOPS 10:30 am - 11:45 am and 1:15 pm – 2:45 pm tion, campaign contributions are pro- state budget — and government budg- • ets generally, have always grown faster A Better Mousetrap: Using Evidence in Benefit Design tected free speech. • Left Behind: Why the Uninsured Are Everyone's Problem Measure 47 would prohibit corpora- than population and inflation. • Paying the Piper: Health Care Purchasing Models (am only) How can that be? While it’s true that tions and labor unions from contributing • Promises Kept: Improving Quality & Safety in Health Care (am only) governments have grown as society has to state and local candidates, political • Access, Delivery, and Cost: The Triple Play of Prescription Drugs committees or political parties, or mak- become more complex (Oregonians had • Between a Rock and a Hard Place-Bargaining Health Care Benefits no need of traffic courts or electrician li- ing independent expenditures support- LUNCH 11:45 am -1 pm ing or opposing candidates or political censing in 1890), it’s also true that over- all per-person productivity and prosper- Workshop Presenters parties. It would also set up detailed lim- Maribeth Healey, Oregonians for Health Security itations on individual political contribu- ity grow faster than inflation. Dr. John Santa, OHSU Center for Evidence-based Policy tions in state and local races. Opponents Government can stay the same size, as a Ardis Belknap, Human Resource Manager, City of Springfield say that it will tie the hands of member- share of economic output, and yet grow Pat Boose, Labor Relations Director, Good Samaritan Health Systems ship groups like unions, while provi- faster than population and inflation — Nancy Clarke, Executive Director, Oregon Health Care, Quality Corporation sions limiting the ability of rich individ- because the economy is becoming more Mitch Greenlick, State Representative, Professor Emeritus, OHSU School of Medicine productive. Barbara Prowe, Executive Director, Oregon Coalition of Health Care Purchasers uals to fund their own campaigns would Jean Thorne, Administrator, Public Employees' Benefit Board, State of Oregon be overturned in court. And it turns out that Oregon already Jim Dameron, Administrator, Oregon Patient Safety Commission Measure 48 — Of all the items for has a state government spending limit Missy Dolan, Administrator - Oregon Prescription Drug Program voters to decide in the general election, that takes such economic growth into Diana Moffat, Attorney/Labor Relations Consultant, LGPI the one that has the greatest potential to account. A state law limits spending Steve Pickle, Business Representative, IBT Local 305 choke off state spending — on schools, from the state’s general fund to 8 per- LERA AWARD PRESENTATIONS 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm public safety and whatever else the state cent of total personal income. The law Dessert & Beverages Served spends money on — is Measure 48. excludes bond proceeds, federal funds REGISTRATION FEE: $140.00 (includes materials, meals, refreshments) Measure 48, a constitutional amend- and trust obligations from the limits. SEND CHECKS TO: ment, sounds simple and reasonable: It Aggregate personal income is re- OREGON LERA P0 BOX 23123 TIGARD, OR 97218- limits increases in state spending to pop- garded as the best overall measure of a For detailed brochure/questions contact David Stiteler: ulation growth, plus inflation. state’s economy. Under Oregon’s exist- Phone: 503 949 5681 • Fax: 503 581 7215 • E-mail: [email protected] But state needs don’t always rise ac- ing spending limit, state government can cording to such neat formulas. When in- grow, but it can’t grow as a percentage vestigations determined that many Ore- of the overall economy. gon bridges had serious need of repair, it Measure 48, on the other hand, was not a project that could wait. When would freeze Oregon’s government at a recession threw record numbers of 2006 levels, making it unable to meet Oregonians out of work beginning 2001, the needs of a 2016 citizenry or make the Legislature was able to respond to use of the potential prosperity of a 2026 the crisis by extending unemployment economy. PROTECTING UNION MEMBERS’ SMILES AND WALLETS. benefits. Thanks to voter-approved In the 1990s, personal income grew Orthodontics Available 6.5 percent a year on average, while mandatory minimum sentences, the Quality, Affordable Family Dental Care prison population is growing faster than population plus inflation was 4.7 percent the population overall. Thanks to the a year. Extrapolate that out over a • General, cosmetic, and specialty care decade or two, and you’d see govern- • Most insurance and union plans accepted postwar baby boom and the miracle of • Easy credit and low monthly payments, O.A.C. modern medicine, the senior population ment shrink in size relative to the private • Evening and Saturday appointments is growing faster than the population sector. This kind of nitty-gritty gets to • Ask about our Dental Discount Program overall. Prisoners and seniors are more why labor and business groups are op- posed to Measure 48. Grants Pass Portland expensive than the population at large in 1021 NE 6th St. 3580 SE 82nd Ave. terms of state services. All these kinds If it passes, bond rating agencies Grants Pass, OR 97526 Portland, OR 97266 541-479-6696 503-777-0761 of expenditures come out of the state have announced that Oregon’s credit rat- Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. ing would fall, meaning more tax dol- budget and would be restrained by Mea- Gresham Salem sure 48 limits. lars would go to pay higher interest 443 NW Burnside Road 831 Lancaster Mall Dr. NE Gresham, OR 97030 Salem, OR 97301 And Measure 48 could have a cou- rates. 503-492-8487 503-362-8359 ple of perverse effects that aren’t obvi- In short, Measure 48 would be an ex- Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. ous. One is the ratchet effect. During re- periment. In fact, it’s an experiment be- Wilsonville Salmon Creek 25700 SW Argyle Ave. 2101 NE 129th St. cessions, government revenue tends to ing waged in several states, by a New Wilsonville, OR 97070 Vancouver, WA 98686 fall. If Measure 48 were in place, and a York real estate millionaire with ties to a “I CAN GO TO ONE PLACE TO FIX IT ALL?” 503-682-8552 360-574-4574 Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Chau Ngo, D.D.S., M.S. decline in revenues led to spending cuts network of right-wing anti-government Phong Bui, D.M.D. Klamath Falls Charles Stirewalt, D.D.S. during a recession, future increases groups. Howard Rich’s riches paid for 4052 S. 6th St. Stirewalt, P.C. would then be based on that lower level petitioners to gather signatures to qualify Klamath Falls, OR 97603 541-883-7706 Fisher’s Landing of spending — basically, state govern- Measure 48 for the ballot. Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. 3250 SE 164th Ave. If it passes, the Legislature will be Vancouver, WA 98683 ment could never catch up to the level Milwaukie 360-891-1999 of services it provided prior to the reces- unable to amend it, because it’s a change 17186 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Peter Vu, D.M.D. Milwaukie, OR 97267 Chau Ngo, D.D.S. sion-caused budget cuts. This ratchet ef- to the Oregon Constitution. Under Mea- 503-659-2525 Charles Stirewalt, D.D.S. fect would tighten the state’s belt every sure 48, the state could exceed the limits Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Stirewalt, P.C. time tax revenue falls. on a one-time basis but only if two- 1-888-BRIGHT NOW Then there’s the fact that not all state thirds of both chambers of the Legisla- www.brightnow.com spending is equal. Some, such as mak- ture agree, and a majority of voters ap- Serving unions for over 25 years ing good on past pension obligations or prove the exception.

OCTOBER 20, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 7 Official Iron Workers 29 Machinists 63 Roofers & Waterproofers Electrical Workers 48 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, preceded by Executive Board meets 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8. Marine Unit meets 5 p.m. Monday, Oct 23. a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting at 11620 NE Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, preceded 49 Bylaws Committee meets 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct 24, Ainsworth Circle #200, Portland. by a 9 a.m. stewards’ meeting. Meetings are at 3645 SE Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2. in the Executive Boardroom. 32nd Ave., Portland. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9. Notices Residential Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 8, in Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave., Portland. (Phone: the Dispatch Lobby. Iron Workers 503 232-4807) General Membership meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Machinists 1432 Oct 25, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. pre-meeting buffet. Shopmen 516 Swing and graveyard shift members meet at noon Wasco Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 8, at the Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at Iron Wednesday, Nov. 8. Sheet Metal Auto Mechanics 1005 Wasco PUD, 2345 River Rd., The Dalles. Workers Apprenticeship Training Center, 11620 NE Regular membership meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. Coast Unit meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 8, at Asto- Ainsworth Cir., Portland. 8. Workers 16 Executive Board meets 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. ria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Shop stewards meet 9 a.m. Saturday Oct. 21. 15. Portland area VOC meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, EWMC meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 8, in the Exec- Shop Stewards must attend training class and regular Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday Oct. 21, preceded by at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., utive Boardroom. Labor Roundtable of meeting to be compensated. a 9 a.m. Shop steward training class. Shop stewards must Portland. Sound & Communication Unit meets 6:30 p.m. Meetings are at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. attend training class and regular meeting to be compen- Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, Wednesday, Nov 15, with Nov. General Membership. Southwest Washington at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., sated. Electrical Women of Local 48 meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, All meetings and elections are held at our Union Hall, Delegates meet 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at Hometown Portland. Nov 21, at NIETC, 16021 NE Airport Way. Buffet, 7809-B Vancouver Plaza Dr., Vancouver, Wash. Metal Trades Council Medford area members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland, Oregon. Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Nov PLEASE NOTE: Rochelle Conrad will be available Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, at IBEW #48 8, at Abby’s Pizza, 7480 Crater Lake Hwy., White City. 8. Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, from 8 a.m. to noon during the regular lodge meeting to Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, un- Laborers 483 answer any questions you have concerning health, wel- Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at at UA 290 Hall, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield, pre- less otherwise noted. NOLC board room, 1125 SE Madison, Portland. ceded by a 5 p.m. VOC meeting. fare and pension plans. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: The following death as- Municipal Employees NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS: Nominations Coos Bay area members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. sessments have been declared for Oct. and are payable at Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the Mu- 16, at the Labor Temple, 3427 Ash St., North Bend. for all Local Lodge Officers and Delegates except Dele- 50 cents each: No., 2119, Arthur E. Cloutier; No. 2120, Molders 139 gates to District Lodge 24, will be at our regular meeting sicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. Jack C. Applegate; No. 2121, Dewey D. Dills; and No. Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, preceded November 18, 2006. The election will be December 16, 2122, Gary A. Thompson. Sign Painters & 2006, the same day as our regular meeting. The polls Laborers/Vancouver 335 by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Carpenters will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. IAM Constitution, Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. PLEASE NOTE: Paint Makers 1094 Article B, Sec 4, reads: Absentee ballots shall be issued Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, preceded by a Nominations of officers will be held at the regular meet- Elevator Constructors 23 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancouver La- ing 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Local Hall, 2205 Members meet 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, and voted in accordance with the provisions set forth in Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, preceded by Sec. 3 Art. II, in compliance with the following provi- bor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. N. Lombard, #103, Portland. If there are no contests, the in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Port- a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NW officers will be declared elected at the meeting according land. sions: (1) the written request for an absentee ballot must Whitaker Way, Portland. be received by the R.S. not later than 30 days before the Lane County to the Local bylaws. If there is a contest, the election of election; (2) the request must contain the members full, officers will be held on Thursday, Dec. 21, from 7 a.m. Southern Oregon current address: (3) if the records of the L.L. indicate that Exterior & Interior Labor Council until 6:30 p.m. the applicant is eligible to vote in the election, the R.S. Central Labor Council and S.T. shall, within 5 days of the close of nominations, Specialists 2154 Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 1116 Northwest Oregon mail the absentee ballot: (4) if, in the judgment of the South A St., Springfield. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Labor Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 1125 Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. R.S. and S.T., the member is not entitled to vote by ab- SE Madison, Suite 207, Portland. Labor Council sentee ballot, the member will be notified, in writing, Linn-Benton-Lincoln within 10 days of the receipt of the request for absentee Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23, at IBEW Lo- Transit 757 ballot. Ballots cast for candidates not nominated in con- cal 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Fire Fighters 452 Labor Council Vancouver members meet 7 p.m. Sunday, October 22, formity with these provisions (write-ins) shall not be tab- Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 2807 ulated. Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, pre- at the Laborers Hall, NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash. ceded by a 7 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Painters & Drywall 2232 NE Andresen, Vancouver, WA. Salem Ave., Albany. Tillamook members meet 1 p.m. Sunday, October 22, Bakery, Confectionery, Finishers 10 at the Odd Fellows Hall, next door to the Bay City Fire Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 11105 Hall in Bay City. Tobacco Workers and Glass Workers 740 Linoleum Layers 1236 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. AMR Northwest Josephine County, LAMAR Adver- Executive Board members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. tising and Valley Transit- Grain Millers 114 Nov. 2, at the Union Office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., 26, at the Union Office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Port- See your liaison officers. Portland. land. Pile Drivers, Divers PLEASE NOTE: ATU members are invited to at- Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, fol- Portland area members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at tend any of the above-listed meetings. lowed by a 10:30 a.m. General Membership meeting, at 2, at the Asbestos Workers Hall, 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., the Union Office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. & Shipwrights 2416 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 102, Portland. PLEASE NOTE: Portland. PLEASE NOTE: E-Board will meet one hour before An executive board position will be filled at this meeting. Members meet 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, preceded by a Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Nov. 16 meeting. Interested persons should contact the local union office. 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 2205 N. Lombard, Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Spring- Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. #10, Portland. USW 1097 field. 16, at the Union Office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Port- Members meet 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, pre- Bricklayers and Allied Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at land. PLEASE NOTE: Due to Thanksgiving, the Nov. ceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, in the Candalaria Terrace, Suite 204, 2659 Commercial St. SE, meeting will be held on the third Thursday in Nov. Plasterers 82 union office building, 91237 Old Mill Town Rd., West- Craftworkers 1 Salem. Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 12812 port. NE Marx St., Portland. Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Southgate Mobile & RV Park Carpenters 247 Executive Board members meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Retiree Meeting Notices 7911 SE 82nd Ave. Oct. 24, at the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Port- Portland, Oregon land, Spaces Available up to 35’ 503-771-5262 Carpenters 1388 ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED ELECTRICAL WORKERS 48 Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 276 AMERICANS OREGON CHAPTER NORTHWEST OREGON LABOR Warner-Milne Rd., Oregon City. Retired Electricians of Local 48, Executive board members meet 9 wives and friends meet 10:30 a.m. RETIREES COUNCIL Carpenters 1715 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, followed by Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Russellville Park Business meeting from 10 a.m. to Members meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21, preceded a 10 a.m. membership meeting, at Plaza, 20 SE 103rd Ave., (Burnside 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the by a 5 p.m. Executive Board meeting at 612 E. Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE St.) Portland. Lunch will be served in Northwest Oregon Labor Council McLoughlin, Vancouver, Wash. 23rd Ave., Portland. All retirees are the main dining room from 11 a.m. to board room, at 1125 SE Madison Cement Masons 555 welcome to attend. PLEASE NOTE 1 p.m. for $6.50 each, gratuity in- #100G, Portland. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at 12812 DATE CHANGE DUE TO THE cluded. Tours are available following NE Marx St., Portland. THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. lunch. For further information and reservations, please call Vera Larson OREGON AFSCME Clark, Skamania & at 503 252-2296 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. W. Klickitat Counties ASBESTOS WORKERS 36 21, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E. Labor Council Retiree breakfast 9:30 a.m. Thurs- Burnside St. Portland. Call Michael RON ORKERS Delegates meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, preceded by day, Nov. 2, at the Dockside Restau- I W 29 Arken for information at 503-239- an Executive Board meeting, at the ILWU Local 4 Hall, rant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland. Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Wednes- 9858, ext. 124. 1205 Ingalls St., Vancouver, Wash. day, Nov. 8, at JJ North’s Grand Buf- Columbia-Pacific fet, 10520 NE Halsey, Portland. BAKERS 114 TRANSIT 757 Building Trades Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Retirees meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Korean War Veterans Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 24 and Oct. Oct. 26, at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, MACHINISTS Nov. 1, at Westmorland Union Manor, 31, in Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Portland. organization is looking for new 10520 NE Halsey, Portland. Retired Machinists meet 10 a.m. 6404 SE 23rd, Portland. members. The group meets the Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 3645 SE 32nd Communications 4th Tuesday each month Ave., Portland. Meeting will be fol- Workers 7901 CARPENTERS lowed by a no-host lunch at a restau- (Oct. 24), at noon at General membership meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26. Milwaukie Elks Lodge, PLEASE NOTE: Nominations will be open for the re- Retired Carpenters meet for lunch rant to be determined at the meeting. mainder of the 2006-2008 term for Executive Vice Pres- 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at JJ 13121 SE McLoughlin Blvd. ident, Area 2 Vice President and Area 6 Vice President at this meeting. Nominations will remain open until Nov. 2. North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 NE For more information, call Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16. Halsey, Portland. Meetings are held at the CWA Office, 2950 SE Stark, Max Loucks at 503-286-1464 Portland.

PAGE 8 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 I've helped you design Oregon anti-NAFTA group says trade and build factories all over the west. Now I'd like to causing job losses and other woes help you design and build The Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, It’s hard to know just how many records every year but one since then. your residential and a labor-community alliance critical of jobs have been lost due to trade agree- Last year, the U.S. trade deficit was investment real estate NAFTA-style trade agreements, re- ments. Since NAFTA passed in 1993, $716 billion, and this year’s is on track portfolio. leased a report Oct. 10 on the human the U.S. Department of Labor has cer- to surpass that. impact of trade-related job losses in tified 32,000 Oregon workers as eligi- Trade with Mexico and Canada, Lyman Warnock, Broker Oregon. The report is the product of ble for a special program of retraining America’s two partners in NAFTA, 503-860-7724 over a year’s worth of interviews with benefits. But in most cases there were ballooned after the treaty passed, but [email protected] Oregon workers who lost jobs due at other factors besides trade in those U.S. imports grew faster than U.S. ex- least in part to foreign trade. layoffs. For example, consumers ports. From 1993 to 2004, EPI esti- OFTC staffperson Kari Koch, with switching to sugar substitutes may mates 941,000 exported-related jobs help from college students, inter- also have contributed to the closure of added, but 1.9 million import-related viewed over 100 dislocated workers in Amalgamated Sugar in Nyssa, Ore- jobs lost, for a net loss of over 1 mil- communities across the state. gon. The Atkins diet fad, turning peo- lion U.S. jobs to trade with Mexico Their stories are the heart of the re- ple away from carbohydrates, may and Canada. The figures for Oregon port, which is available online at have contributed to the closure of the are 11,740 jobs created by increased Quest www.citizenstrade.org/orftc.php J.R. Simplot potato processing plant exports, and 25,393 jobs lost to in- Angela Kile was an employee of in Hermiston. Both were certified as creased imports, for a net loss of J.R. Simplot until the company closed trade-related closures. 13,653. In Washington, EPI estimated Investment its Hermiston potato processing plant On the other hand, there are other 14,688 jobs created, and 31,203 jobs Q and moved the work to Canada, lay- workers who may have lost jobs due lost, for a net loss of 16,515 jobs. Management, Inc. ing off 790 people in a town of 13,000. to trade but who wouldn’t be eligible Of course, it’s not obvious that the Kile said Simplot was the best job she for benefits. Benefits go only to com- trade agreements themselves bear all ever had. Her job doing quality con- panies that themselves relocate or lose the blame for that. Jobs were heading } • Serving Mult-Employer trol on the graveyard shift paid $12.43 business to foreign trade. Workers at south to Mexico before NAFTA’s pas- Serving Multi-Employer an hour. Bosses and co-workers were companies “upstream” or “down- sage, and jobs are heading to China at Trusts Trusts for for Over Twenty Twenty Years Years like family, Kile said, and employees stream” from those companies aren’t a rapid clip without the U.S. having had access to an on-site doctor. covered — these could include sup- signed any NAFTA-style trade agree- “I became such close friends with a pliers, truck drivers, farmworkers and ment with that country. But critics like CamCam Johnson Greg Greg Sherwood lot of people there,” Kile said. “And I business consultants. OFTC’s Stamoulis say NAFTA-style Adrian Adrian HamiltonHamilton Monte Monte Johnson watched them cry when they heard the The Economic Policy Institute, trade agreements accelerate the trend DougDoug GoebelGoebel BillBill ZenkZenk news.” based in Washington, D.C., takes a by making it easier and safer for busi- The closure tore up co-worker re- different approach to estimating trade- nesses to conduct foreign trade. And Garth Nisbet lationships, not just paychecks, Kile related job losses. They look at the av- the treaties do nothing to increase la- said. She was one of the lucky ones: erage number of manufacturing jobs bor standards in U.S. trading partners, One SW Columbia St., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97258 Trade Act benefits allow her to study required to produce a million dollars something that might slow the flow of One SW Columbia St., Suite 1100 Portland, OR 97258 industrial maintenance mechanics at a of goods, and then estimate job-loss jobs to lower-wage countries. 503-221-0158503-221-0158 local college, and her husband is the figures by looking at trade flows. In The next trade agreement to come www.QuestInvestment.com www.QuestInvestment.com family breadwinner. other words, if U.S. companies are up for a vote in Congress (as early as Koch said one of the goals of the selling stuff to other countries, that Nov. 13) will be one with Peru. project was to halt the impression of means U.S. workers are making it; if outsourcing as inevitable, and instead U.S. companies are buying stuff from get people to look at outsourcing as other countries, U.S. workers aren’t the result of specific decisions, includ- making that stuff. ing votes on trade agreements. These days America is doing way Congress has yet to reject a trade more buying than selling: The trade agreement negotiated by the president, deficit is at an all-time high. Trade sur- but members aren’t hearing from con- pluses largely disappeared after 1970, stituents who’ve been impacted, said and trade deficits really began to shoot OFTC director Arthur Stamoulis. upward after 1997, setting new

OCTOBER 20, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 9 Her opponent goes negative Remember to Vote Unions help Hooley in re-election bid Congressional races are part of the ence. Republican Mike Erickson has gon State Building Trades Council and overall campaign of union members as been spending a lot of his own money Teamsters Joint Council 37. they pound the pavement in Oregon en- to run a negative campaign against But the Oregon AFL-CIO and other ramers/metro couraging colleagues, allies and work- Hooley. He is also getting help from the union locals and councils have en- K ing families to get their ballots in before California Republican Party and the dorsed his Democratic opponent, Carol mailing service 8 p.m. on Nov. 7. Economic Freedom Fund, which have Voisin. According the national AFL- Republicans now control the U.S. spent more than $165,000 on TV ads CIO, Walden votes with President Bush 3201 N.W. YEON PORTLAND, OREGON 97210 House by a 230-201 edge over the De- slamming Hooley. The primary funder about 90 percent of the time. (503) 274-1638 FAX (503) 227-1245 mocrats, with one independent and of the Freedom Fund is the same per- Voisin points to Walden’s support of three vacancies. son who paid for the Swift Boat ads that “cuts to rural health care, education, THE ONLY UNION MAILER Only one congressional race in Ore- attacked Sen. John Kerry when he ran college loans, veterans benefits. Votes IN OREGON gon is actually being targeted by the for president. against extra pay for our soldiers, Visit our Web site at www.kramersmailing.com AFL-CIO — that of Democrat Darlene Unions are supporting Hooley be- against improving fuel standards on Hooley in the Fifth District. She is fac- cause of her stellar voting record on leg- cars, and against investigations of MEMBERS OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 223 ing a challenge from a wealthy busi- islation supporting workers. According wasteful spending” as reasons why he — Eric Brending, Owner — nessman with no prior political experi- to the national AFL-CIO, the five-term should be replaced. congresswoman has a lifetime Com- David Wu’s Republican challenger mittee on Political Education (COPE) Derrick Kitts was admonished by Ore- voting record of 93 percent. gon Council 75 of the American Feder- In the 109th Congress, the AFL- ation of State, County and Municipal CIO’s interim COPE scorecard tracked Employees for listing the council as a 24 bills and/or amendments to bills that supporter on his congressional cam- were voted on before Congress recessed paign Web site. on Aug. 4. There, she cast just one Kitts, a two-term state representative “wrong” vote. from Hillsboro, was endorsed by AF- Speaking at the 52nd annual Inter- SCME during his re-election bid to the Cancer caused by asbestos exposure national Foundation Employee Benefits Legislature. However, AFSCME is Conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 8, Dr. backing Wu for Congress. Larry Sabato, founder and director of When told of the endorsement list- • Shipyards* • Construction the Center for Politics at the University ing, Mary Botkin, a senior lobbyist for of Virginia. predicted Democrats would AFSCME Council 75, fired off an e- • Refineries • Home Remodel win control of the U.S. House. He did- mail to the Kitts campaign, stating in n’t see any political upsets in Oregon. part: “We were just informed that you • Steel and Paper Mills • Brake Repair Likely to return to the U.S. House list our organization as one of your sup- are AFL-CIO-endorsed Democrats porters. Were you seeking re-election to • Powerhouses • Railroads David Wu in the First District, Earl Blu- the position you currently hold that may menauer in the Third District; Peter De- have been true. However, you are run- Fazio in the Fourth District and Hooley. ning for CD 1 against Congressman *32% of 3,000 Americans diagnosed every year Republican Greg Walden is also fa- David Wu and Congressman Wu has the with Mesothelioma were exposed during vored to win re-election in the Second support of Council 75. Please remove Navy service or working in Navy shipyards. District. He has support from the Ore- our name from your Web site.” Find out more by calling: U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685.

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PAGE 10 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 ...Kulongoski is labor’s choice (From Page 1) Don Loving, communications direc- elected, Saxton will dismantle the serv- before and after work to remind workers tor for Oregon AFSCME Council 75, ices Oregonians rely on,” DiNicola said. to vote. “I talk to both the union and said the the governor’s race is their top “When it comes to affordable health nonunion workers,” said Jim Anderson, priority because he is, after all, the ulti- care, education for our children, eco- president of Operating Engineers Local mate boss for most AFSCME members. nomic fairness and workers’rights, Ron 701. “I let the nonunion guys know that “There’s still some frustration over the Saxton plans to send Oregon back- if Ron Saxton is elected governor, he’ll PERS issue, and we’re continuing with wards.” come after state prevailing wage laws — litigation,” Loving said, referring to Ku- Kulongoski is not bashful describing and that will affect their pocketbooks.” longoski’s signing of a bill that cut pen- himself as a “labor Democrat.” At a Pil- Building trades union leaders point sion benefits for public employees. “But lars of Oregon business dinner earlier to a series of large public works projects we have to have some perspective: this year, the former Teamster and Steel- that Kulongoski helped shepherd While this governor did modify PERS, worker opened his remarks by saying through the Legislature as a key reason the other fellow wants to eliminate it.” just that. for their endorsement. The Oregon Supreme Court has “I am and always will be a labor De- One bill introduced by Kulongoski since struck down part of the changes to mocrat,” Kulongoski later told the NW put the state to work fixing bridges using PERS on the grounds that it violated a Labor Press. $2 billion in bonds that will be repaid union contract the state had bargained It was Kulongoski who wrote the with an increase in the drivers’ license with its employees. 1973 law that allowed public employees fee. Another dedicated $100 million in In an interview with the NW Labor to unionize: As a Eugene labor lawyer, Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is greeted by supporters at labor rally in lottery-backed bonds for improvements Press during the Democratic primary he was asked to write the Oregon Public Northeast Portland on Oct. 14. to railroads, airports and other non-high- election, Kulongoski defended his shift Employee Collective Bargaining Act, way projects. A higher education con- on PERS as a tough decision he had to which passed a Democratic Legislature As governor, he was one of the first wage for tipped employees. struction bill put $400 million of money make if he was to protect government and was signed by Republican Gover- to sign on to the Employee Free Choice Recent polls indicate the election into expansion at university campuses. services from cuts and protect public nor Tom McCall. Act, a legislative proposal pending in will be a close one. A national AFL-CIO All those amounts will be spent over a employees from plans by some Repub- From 1975 through 1981, Kulon- Congress that calls for card-check elec- poll of union households showed Ku- period of years. lican leaders to terminate their defined goski served four terms in the Oregon tions and employer neutrality during or- longoski with a 45-27 percent lead over Kulongoski also stuck by building benefit pension and turn it into a 401(k). Legislature, where he compiled a 96 ganizing campaigns. Saxton, with the remainder undecided. trades unions in behind-the-scenes ne- While public employees may dis- percent Committee on Political Educa- He rallied with union members when That’s an unusually low number for gotiations with the Warm Springs Tribe agree with the PERS reforms, Joe DiNi- tion (COPE) voting record as tracked by they called on the National Labor Rela- union households. over a proposed casino in Cascade cola, a corporate tax auditor who serves the Oregon AFL-CIO. tions Board to hold hearings before rul- There is no magic formula for win- Locks: The governor’s influence helped as president of SEIU Local 503, points He has also served the state as attor- ing on three cases affecting how workers ning this election. The key to victory is get the tribe to commit to build the out on that union’s Web site that Kulon- ney general, as the state insurance com- are classified as supervisors. voter turnout. “If union members and casino with union labor if it wins federal goski’s actions pale when compared to missioner and as a justice on the Oregon He pledged to veto a bill that would their families vote, we will win — it’s approval for an off-reservation casino. what Saxton says he would do. “If Supreme Court. have undermined Oregon’s minimum that simple,” Chamberlain said.

These Portland-area locals of Oregon AFSCME Council 75 would like to encourage our union brothers and sisters to consider the following recommendations as you cast your ballots in this important Nov. 7 election.

Local 88 Local 350 Local 3580 Multnomah County Clackamas County & Metro Central City Concern Various Local Jurisdictions Transition Projects, Inc. in Clackamas County  Kathryn Harrington for American Friends Service Committee Metro Council District #4  Lynn Peterson for Clackamas  Jeff Cogen for Multnomah County Commissioner  YES on Measure 26-80 County Commissioner (Natural areas, parks & streams)  Norm King for Mayor of West Linn  YES on Measure 26-81 (County Library Levy)  Graig Chaimov for Milwaukie City Council  NO on Ballot Measures 41 & 48  Don McCarthy for Rockwood Water District Commissioner

Union voters make the difference! Please be sure to get your ballots turned in by Nov. 7

OCTOBER 20, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 11 Member of OPEIU Local 11 running for Clark County clerk post VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancou- Local 11, is the Democratic nominee nee Baine Wilson of LaCenter in the unit. The winner will succeed Jo ver resident Sherry Parker, a member for the position of Clark County clerk. November general election. Wilson Anne McBride, who did not seek re- of Office and Professional Employees Parker will face Republican nomi- oversees the clerk’s office collections election after serving five terms as the county clerk. McBride has endorsed Parker to take her place. In the Sept. 19 Democratic pri- Steve Stuart Is Standing mary, Parker defeated MarCine Miles with 68 percent of the vote. Parker, 59, has worked in the Strong on the Issues! clerk’s office for seven years, most re- cently as a courtroom assistant. Prior to that she was a legal secretary/ac- countant for the Superior Court in the Steve Juvenile Department. The Clark County clerk’s office supports has an annual budget of approxi- mately $1.5 million and a staff of 40. SHERRY PARKER It serves as the Superior Court’s finan- good jobs. cial officer and keeper of the records. well as the Clark, Skamania and West “I have experience managing peo- Klickitat Counties Labor Council; the Columbia-Pacific Building Trades Steve Stuart with Cager Claybaugh, ILWU Local 4. ple, time and resources,” Parker said. “I know the challenges our office Council and Laborers Local 335. faces due to tight budgets and high In her spare time, Parker serves on Steve Delivers: • Energy • Ideas caseloads and I know how the county the Clark College board of trustees, on budget process works.” the Operating Budget Task Force for • Results for Labor! Parker’s husband, Phil, is a mem- the State Board of Community and ber of Electrical Workers Local 48 Technical Colleges, on the Salmon Steve has stood up for working people in and president of the Labor Roundtable Creek Lions Club, and she’s chair of Clark County, and now they’re standing up of Southwest Washington. Two sons, the Clark County Lions Hearing for him with endorsements: Committee. • Laborer Local 335 Jeffrey and David, also are members • International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 4 of Local 48. For more information about her • SW WA Electrician's PAC #48 Sherry Parker has been endorsed campaign, go to her Web site at: • Clark County Central Labor Council by IBEW Locals 48, 46 and 77, as www.parker4clerk.com . • AFSCME • PNWRC See the website at www.stuartforclarkcounty.com PAC Southwest Paid for by Committee to Re-Elect Steve Stuart (D), 1010 Washington Street, Suite 240, Vancouver, WA 98660 Washington Re-elect Steve because we love it here! 48 Electricians Sample Ballot

Swanson, Thomas & Coon Ŷ Maria Cantwell – Senator (D) rd ATTORNEYS AT LAW Ŷ Brian Baird – 3 Congressional District (D) Since 1981 Ŷ Susan Owens - Supreme Court (NP) Ŷ Gerry Alexander – Supreme Court (NP) James Coon Ray Thomas Kimberly Tucker Ŷ Tom Chambers – Supreme Court (NP) Jacqueline Jacobson Margaret Weddell Cynthia F. Newton Ŷ Joel Penoyar – Court of Appeals (NP) Ŷ Tomas Villanueva – 15th Leg District (D) Ŷ Deb Wallace – 17th Leg District (D) Ŷ Pat Campbell – 17th Leg District (D) Tip of the week: If you have a claim for injury or disease, you should make Ŷ Julie McCord – 18th Leg District (D) sure your lawyer considers your workers’ compensation, social security and dis- th ability pension rights together to maximize your total recovery. Ŷ Jonathan Fant – 18 Leg District (D) Ŷ Bill Fromhold – 49th Leg District (D) Ŷ Jim Moeller – 49th Leg District (D) We represent people on all types of injury and disease related claims. Ŷ Linda Franklin – Assessor (D) Greg Kimsey – Auditor (R) n Workers’ Compensation n Construction Injuries n Asbestos/Mesothelioma Ŷ Sherry Parker – Clerk (D) n Personal Injury/Product Liability n Death Claims n Social Security Disability Ŷ Ŷ Steve Stuart – Commissioner (D) Ŷ Art Curtis – Prosecuting Attorney (D) We provide straight answers at no cost on any of the above areas of law. Ŷ Tim Shotwell – Sheriff (D) CALL US or VISIT OUR WEB SITE Ŷ Doug Lasher – Treasurer (D) (503) 228-5222 http://www.stc-law.com Please VOTE – November 7th

PAGE 12 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 SW Washington Brian Baird, Our Congressman election guide VANCOUVER — Some union landowners for complying with land Common Sense • Leadership • Proven Results members in Southwest Washington use regulations — or else waive the are getting active as political season regulations. Restoring the sales tax heats up, and are helping to elect The following are the state and union-endorsed candidates for local, local AFL-CIO recommendations deduction state and federal offices. for candidates on the ballot in Top priorities are re-electing Southwest Washington: Supporting common sense Maria Cantwell to the U.S. Senate tax relief and Deb Wallace to State House Po- U.S. Senate – Maria Cantwell (D) sition 2 in Legislative District 17, said firefighter Mike Phillips, secre- U.S. House – Brian Baird (D), Fighting meth and tary-treasurer of the Clark, Skama- Third Congressional District keeping our communities nia and West Klickitat Counties Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Washington Supreme Court – safe Both candidates are Democrats and Susan Owens, Position 2 face well-funded Republican chal- Making government lengers. Wallace is a former mem- Washington Court of Appeals accountable ber of United Food and Commercial Div. 1, Dist. 3, Pos. 1 – Mary Kay Workers and has a good voting Becker Balancing the budget record as tallied by the Washington Div. 2, Dist. 3, Pos. 1 – Joel State Labor Council. Cantwell has Penoyer (unopposed) disagreed with labor on trade policy Working for a top quality and other issues, but her Republican WASHINGTON STATE education challenger Mike McGavick would LEGISLATURE likely be an active opponent of unions on most issues, if elected. 15th District Brian Baird, One Southwest Washington Re- Senate – Tomás Villanueva (D) Democrat for Congress publican candidate also had the AFL-CIO endorsement: State 17th District House incumbent Richard Curtis House 2 – Deb Wallace (D) Paid for by Brian Baird for Congress (360) 696-1993 • P.O. Box 5016, Vancouver, WA 98668 • www.BrianBaird.com (District 18, Position 1), a former firefighter, didn’t often vote in ac- 18th District cord with the union recommenda- House Position 1 – tion. But local union leaders felt Richard Curtis (R) limited they could work with him and is- House Position 2 – sued a “limited” endorsement, Julie McCord (D) THE UNION PLUS® MORTGAGE PROGRAM meaning he can list them as an en- Provided Exclusively by Chase Home Finance dorser, but won’t get union financial 49th District or volunteer support. House 1 – Bill Fromhold (D) The Washington State Labor House 2 – Jim Moeller (D) Council (WSLC), the state-level AFL-CIO body, also weighed in on Clark County Clerk – Sherry three statewide ballot measures. Parker (D) Initiative 937, in line with what the labor-backed Apollo Alliance Clark County Commissioner – has been proposing, would put Steve Stuart Washington in the forefront of re- newable energy by requiring that 15 Clark PUD Commissioner – percent of the state’s electricity Jim Malinowski come from renewable sources like wind and solar by 2020. WSLC Ballots are expected in the mail by When it comes to mortgages, we’re urges a “yes” vote. Oct. 27 and must be postmarked no taking a stand for Union members. WSLC recommends union mem- later than Nov. 7 to be counted. bers vote “no” on Initiatives 920 and Southwest Washington union Chase is backing union members with the Union Plus® Mortgage Program — a home 933. Initiative 920 would repeal the members interested in joining labor’s purchase and refinancing program exclusively for union members, their parents and children. state estate tax. Initiative 933 would electoral efforts can contact Mike • FREE Mortgage Assistance Benefit require local governments to pay Teefy at 360-624-8427. If you are unemployed or disabled. • A wide variety of mortgages Choose from fixed-rate, adjustable-rate, and low- or no-closing costs options. • Special Lending First-time homebuyer and less-than-perfect credit programs. • Savings on closing costs Member-only savings on new purchases and refinance. It all adds up to more home-buying power. Contact your local Union Plus® Mortgage Specialist 866-729-6016 Ext. 3016

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By last government to discourage voters will soon unveil a more ambitious ’88 FORD F150,needs TLC, $1,650 OBO. 503 0181 or 503 753-1714 week, however, health care failed to from supporting reforms that can plan to provide health care for all 263-3119 make the cut, as corruption moved to give us what most of those soccer- Oregonians with a state-financed ’93 PLYMOUTH ACCLAIM, AC, AT, 4cyl, new tires, paint fading, needs starter, $400 OBO. 503 the top of the list. playing countries already have — a voucher system. And, former Gover- Sporting Goods 762-4189 9.5hp JOHNSON SEAHORSE outboard motor So don’t expect to see 30-second health care system that delivers better nor John Kitzhaber will be right be- ’03 TUNDRA EXT CAB, 2x4, canopy, auto, air, w/ 2 gas tanks, $140. 503 621-3090 spots about health care reform when health at lower costs to all citizens. hind them with plans for reorganiz- electric doors/windows, CD, very clean, $17,500. TWO 26” MEN’S BICYCLES, 15 & 21 speed, the political ads appear between in- We need a new playbook. ing our publicly-financed health care 503 637-3901 nice cond, $40 each OBO. 503 761-0003 ’94 BUICK LESABRE, ex cond, auto, AC, all SURFCASTING OUTFIT, new Shakespeare rod, nings of the World Series. This is not You may believe, as I do, that a system at the state level, including power, 6 w/seat, Michelan tires, security. 503 our year, health care fans. But then, system by which we earn our health federal waivers to restructure reel, tackle, tackle box; bench weights, equip, 22 263-1804 cal rifles. 503 678-1552 it’s never our year — at least not at coverage with our paychecks is emi- Medicare. WALL TENT, 12x20’ w/6’ porch, 9’ inside, and election time. nently defensible in a country that We have four big hitters of our many more items, woodstove, 2 burner cook- The problem with health care as prides itself on its free-market work own, but each has a different strategy. Housing stove, $1,395. 503 655-2842 or 503 522-5799 an electoral issue is that most voters ethic. But that system is being de- Health care has faded as an elec- LINCOLN CITY, nice 2-level beach house, 30’ TERRY TRAILER, ex cond, fully self-con- don’t see a clear role for government stroyed by employers who are aban- tion issue again, because we haven’t sleeps 6, $350/wk, $175/wkend. 503 351-1408 tained, sleeps 6-8, bunkbeds and slide-out, (Chris) or 503 762-4816 (Dan) $12,500. 503 663-1079 in solving our health care crisis. If doning it. If that abandonment con- coalesced around a compelling re- ROCKAWAY BEACH house, jacuzi tub, pet the issue were health care for seniors, tinues, our paychecks will become form agenda, and we haven’t been friendly , 3 bd. 503 355-2136 or 503 709-6018 i.e. changes to Medicare, those voters conduits by which we pay for our able to overcome the skepticism that QUIET COASTAL living, Tillamook, 1088 sq ft, 2 Miscellaneous and their middle-aged children own health care, which will eliminate government can do anything to solve bed, garage, 1/3 acre, generous paved driveway, ELECTRIC EDGER, like new, $40. 503 693- $169,000. 503 442-1892 0694 would be paying attention — and so the whole reason for employer-spon- this problem. BIG ISLAND adventure, www.hawaiivolcanova- would the candidates whose elec- sored health care. But, unlike many other issues, 35 SHEETS PLYWOOD, shop grade, 3/4 and cations.com, 1-800-709-0907 5/8, $15 each. 503 244-2889 tions depend on their votes. Given these trends, we will never health care won’t disappear after 1995 REDMOND MANUFACTURED home, 3 WOOD SPLITTER, $300. 541 548-0694 But Medicare and Medicaid cover get the reforms we need to achieve Election Day. Just wait ‘til next year. bed, 2 bath, upscale family park, fenced yard, POMERANIANS, READY 10/31/06 to good lov- only 25 percent of Americans. Most affordable health care for all Ameri- It will be right back in the top three, Oregon City, $39,950. 503 775-7808 ing homes, 2 females, $400 each. 503 695-5819 HOME IN GATEWAY for rent, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, Americans (53 percent) earn their cans without a major intervention by gnawing at the physical health and (Sue) hardwood floors, attached garage, fireplace, ap- FREE STANDING wooden ladder, 10’, $30 firm, health care from their jobs, and a government. the financial well-being of a growing pliances, $1,100+ deposit. 503-314-1232 EZ lift system, $150 firm. 503 263-3119 good number of those without health So what’s our next play? Do we number Americans. ROLAND KEYBOARD w/case, $300; computer insurance (16 percent) look to the take the path of government as regu- More and more commentators are desk, $50, monitor, printer, 4 kitchen chairs, $20. jobs they have or hope to have as lator (with employer mandates), gov- talking of the need for a new political 503 666-2763 their most likely source of health in- ernment as insurer (with Medicare- alignment in this country. That re- Wanted STAIRSTEPPER/weight bench, good cond, $40, OLD WOODWORKING tools, planes, levels, 55 gal steel barrel. 360 834-2495 surance in the future. They don’t style programs) or government as alignment could well be organized chisels, folding rulers, handsaws, spoke shaves, AKC BRITTANY pups, first shots, tails docked, think of government as a provider of provider (with public health clinics)? around health care. Whoever solves slicks, adzes, tool chests. 503 659-0009 dew claws removed, males $500, females, $600. health coverage and, only rarely, as a All of these approaches make this problem in a way that makes JUNK CARS, removal of unwanted cars and 503 769-6160 provider of health care. sense — for different populations. government work for working people trucks. 503 314-8600 OPTIMUS CENTER channel speaker, never So it’s hard for candidates to States are making headway with pro- will lead a winning team in future MOTORCYLCES, MOPEDS, scooters, musical used, $50; Newmark 12YDC converter, $25. 361 instruments, cash paid. 503 880-8183 779-0982 reach voters with proposals to lower posals to provide affordable health elections. ALUMIUNUM WINDOWS, used, 5’x6’ and other LADDER, HEAVY duty 32’ aluminum extension health care costs or to expand health insurance for all children. The sizes, want case uniloader, hi-cube van. 503 771- ladder, $100 cash. 503 649-5286 care coverage. Many Americans downside is that these taxpayer-fi- 8823 ’76 CAT D3 6 way blade w/rippers, $16,950. 541 don’t think government can or nanced insurance systems invariably Tim Nesbitt is a former president 44 SPL or 45 Long Colt revolver. 360 896-6077 895-4561 should do that for them. shift more of the costs for health care of the Oregon AFL-CIO.

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PAGE 14 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OCTOBER 20, 2006 Let me say this about that Goldberg Mechanic Stuart Gibson labor law firm to close at year’s end

...The past re-surfaces Goldberg Mechanic Stuart Gibson, eral counsel for the international tion and Research Center of the Uni- (From Page 2) a prominent union-side labor law firm, union, responsible for strategic plan- versity of Oregon. Shogan commented: “Within a generation, the hopes of the rebellious miners will dissolve at the end of the year, and ning for a 17-state region that includes Stuart is weighing whether to em- had been largely fulfilled as their government redeemed its part of the compact its attorneys will go in separate direc- all states east of California and south bark on a solo practice or join another with its citizens who happened to be workers. Today’s workers have been tions. of the Mason-Dixon Line. SEIU is un- firm, but will continue to specialize in spared the fear and desperation that haunted the miners who marched on Blair Steve Goldberg and Gene Me- dertaking a major organizing cam- family law and civil litigation. Mountain. They do not have to face eviction or jail, or the threat of violent chanic met in Salem in the 1970s, be- paign in the South, an area of the Associate attorney Jenny Marston death. And no one talks of rising up in arms.” came friends, and founded a firm to- country that has traditionally resisted has taken a position with a labor law SHOGAN WENT ON to say: “But if much has changed, much remains gether in 1980. Diana Stuart and Giles unionization. Mechanic said the new firm in San Francisco. The closure will the same. With all the gains made under the New Deal reforms, workers in Gibson joined the firm later. Over the job will be a chance to be on the front mean the layoff of five support staff, post-industrial America have not come close to keeping pace with soaring years, the firm has represented many lines in a union campaign of national all members of United Food and Com- corporate profits while the maldistribution of wealth accelerates. In the 21st unions in disputes with employers, as significance. “It’s crucial to labor that mercial Workers Local 555. century, as in the 20th, labor’s leaders are still on the defensive, battling to well as injured workers and union ben- we not just rely on states where unions Each of the firm’s four partners forestall further losses of political power and protections for their members. efit plans. The firm also represented are strong now,” Mechanic said. “We plan to continue doing at least some The bosses still hold all the high cards.” the Northwest Labor Press. have to go into the ‘right-to-work’ work for the clients of the existing With the firm’s seven-year office states to get people to understand the firm, with Gibson expected to serve ### lease coming up for renewal Dec. 31, importance of unionizing.” the bulk of the union clients at his new A NEWS REPORT in Willamette Week last month told of the problems Goldberg, 59, decided it was time for a Gibson, who entered the legal pro- firm. In recent years, Gibson and Me- keeping in operation an elevator that sometimes is referred to as “the jail ele- change in focus. Goldberg is active in fession after a career as a union organ- chanic have done most of the union vator” in the Multnomah County Courthouse, whose address is 1021 SW the National Lawyers Guild, a pro- izer and rep, admitted to having done work. Goldberg will continue to repre- Fourth Ave., which of course, is in downtown Portland. The WW story said gressive lawyers group, and wanted to some grieving over the firm’s dissolu- sent the Operating Engineers Local that “Elevator No. 5” carries inmates to the “courthouse jail” after they are devote more time to pro bono political tion, but said he has recovered. He will 701 pension fund, which he serves as a brought to the building by bus for court appearances. That elevator is on the cases, like several he’s recently be joining the Carney Buckley Hays & legal adviser. Local 701 was the Gold- Southwest Fifth Avenue side of the Courthouse, which was built in 1914. worked on that challenge the Bush Ad- Marsh firm as a full partner, meaning berg Mechanic firm’s very first client. I can remember that back in the late 1950s, the steel-grille-faced jail ele- ministration’s assertions of executive his name will be added to the end of “I think both Gene and I reached vator functioned adequately, although a bit noisily — unlike the sleek modern authority in the so-called “war on ter- the list. He’ll also continue offering the same conclusion,” Goldberg said. elevators in the Courthouse’s main lobby on the Southwest Fourth side. As the ror.” Goldberg defended soldiers in training to union leaders as an adjunct “It was time to shake things up a bit county beat reporter for the pre-strike Oregonian, I often used the Fifth Avenue Iraq who had their terms of enlistment faculty member with the Labor Educa- and look for new challenges.” jail elevator to get to the top floor of the building. In those halcyon days, where extended without their consent, and is access was not monitored by armed guards and airport-type entryways, the jail currently representing the Al Hara- elevator sometimes came down empty and I’d enter and push the “up” button. main Islamic Foundation, a Central My departure was eyeballed by the deputy sheriff on duty as the jail boss. Oregon charity that is suing the Bush We’d exchange pleasantries and then I’d walk down a hallway to the offices of Administration over warrantless wire- BENNETT HARTMAN the uniformed and plain-clothes deputies — sometimes referred to as the tapping. Goldberg said cases like these county police. The sheriff himself back then had his office on the ground floor are a return to the kind of idealism that LLP just a few marbled steps from the main entrance on the Southwest Fourth side drove him to practice law to begin MORRIS & KAPLAN, of the Courthouse. with. Attorneys at Law MATT DISHMAN was the chief deputy at the courthouse jail. Matt was “Bush’s actions have had devastat- a big man who’d been a boxer in his younger years. When Matt was on duty ing effects on U.S. standing in the he’d come down in the elevator when he heard the ground floor buzzer. He’d world … and on working people,” usually invite me to have a cup of coffee with him at his jail office desk, an of- Goldberg said. fer I’d accept because I liked Matt and he often passed along inside informa- Mechanic took Goldberg’s planned Representing Unions and Workers Since 1960 tion about happenings in the sheriff’s department and elsewhere in the Cour- departure as a chance to consider his thouse. Matt knew I would not identify him as my news source. own options, and decided to take a job The name of Matt Dishman is perpetuated by the City of Portland’s Matt in Miami, Florida, working for the Dishman Community Center at 77 NE Knott St. Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Starting Jan. 1, Me- ### chanic, also 59, will be associate gen- SERIOUS INJURY AND DEATH CASES BOB HAZEN’S recent death at age 88 recalled for me when I first met the • CONSTRUCTION INJURIES executive of Benjamin Franklin Savings and Loan in 1966. We happened to be sitting at the same table at a civic luncheon in the Hilton Hotel in downtown • AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS Portland. After all eight of us at the table introduced ourselves, Hazen smil- ingly told me that he was a union member and regularly read the Labor Press • MEDICAL, DENTAL AND LEGAL MALPRACTICE of which I then was the editor. He said he was a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. I was not surprised that he was an • UNSAFE PRODUCTS AFTRA member because he had a morning radio disc jockey program on Broadway Floral which he played records of popular music interspersed with commercials for for the BEST flowers call • BICYCLE AND MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan. I told him that I often listened to his pro- 503-288-5537 • PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS gram and that I had a home mortgage loan with his company. Benj. Franklin 1638 NE Broadway, Portland was started by his father and Bob eventually succeeded him as president and • PREMISES LIABILITY (INJURIES ON PROPERTY) chairman of the board. ### • WORKERS’COMPENSATION INJURIES LOWELL ASHBAUGH, a retired mediator for the Oregon Employment Relations Board and a former Portland union leader, died Sept. 27 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after suffering a stroke. He was 81. A memorial service will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at St. John the Evangelist Episco- Quarry 8” 111 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 1650, pal Church, 2636 SE Jefferson in Milwaukie, one block east of McLoughlin Safety toe or reg. Boulevard. Gortex/Vibram. Black Portland, Oregon 97204 Lowell and his wife, Darlene, had been living in Baton Rouge to be near Try a pair on, you’ll like them. their daughter, Denese, and her husband, Rick, who are professors at Tough boots for the Northwest. 503 227-4600 Louisiana State University, and their family. www.bennetthartman.com BEFORE ASHBAUGH became a state mediator he was vice president of Food and Drug Clerks Local 1092. Prior to that he was executive secretary- AL’S SHOES treasurer of Retail Clerks Local 1257, which represented employees of cloth- 5811 SE 82nd, Portland 503-771-2130 ing, department, shoe, jewelry and variety stores, which merged with #1092. Mon-Fri 10-7:30 Sat 10-5:30 Sun 12-6 (Our Legal Staff are Proud Members of UFCW Local 555)

OCTOBER 20, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 15 ...Nurses respond to NLRB ruling stripping union rights (From Page 2) the two companion deci- tions have changed depending on what wood case was split 3-2, with the two sions, have the potential party is in the White House. For exam- Democrats on the Board giving a dis- the definitions of those things, and the to spread this unwanted ple, Clinton appointees to the NLRB senting opinion. The Board’s composi- Supreme Court had said “independent “supervisor status” to ruled that graduate students working tion could change if and when the judgment” and “responsibly to direct” other workers besides as teaching and research assistants White House goes to a Democrat. The are ambiguous and in need of more charge nurses. In the could unionize. Bush appointees re- current White House occupant’s serv- precise defining by the NLRB. cases of Golden Crest versed that decision. ice is limited to two terms, and expires Accordingly, the Board agreed to Health Care and Croft The NLRB’s decision in the Oak- at the end of 2008. consider Oakwood Healthcare’s appeal Metals Inc., the NLRB in March 2002, to use it as a case to re- didn’t say the workers fine its legal definition of supervisor. WEREN’T supervisors, A tight definition of supervisor isn’t just that management had easy in the complex workplace hierar- failed to prove they were. chy of health care. At Oakwood, RNs Some legal observers November 2006 report to an on-site nursing manager, have said this opens the clinical managers, clinical supervisors door to further legal chal- General Election and assistant clinical managers, in ad- lenges that would try to dition to following doctors’ orders. But expand the definition of Recommendations From The they also direct less-skilled employees supervisor. At Golden NW Oregon Labor Council to perform tasks such as feeding, Crest, the NLRB said bathing and walking patients. Charge nursing home manage- OVERNOR nurses, in turn, are RNs who are re- ment failed to show that G sponsible for overseeing their patient charge nurses had the au- Ted Kulongoski care units. They meet with doctors and thority to require other patients’ family members, and they as- employees to stay past the sign other RNs, licensed practical end of their shifts or come U.S. REPRESENTATIVE nurses, nursing assistants, technicians in from off-duty status. and paramedics to handle particular It’s easy to see how man- David Wu, 1st District patients. Some RNs are charge nurses agement could get a dif- Earl Blumenauer, 3rd District on every shift they work, while some ferent result: give them rotate in and out, sometimes serving as that authority, and charge Darlene Hooley, 5th District charge nurse and sometimes serving as nurses become supervi- regular staff nurses. Kaiser Permanente RN Bruce Corkum, vice sors. At Croft, the NLRB METRO For four-and-a-half years, the president of AFT Healthcare Northwest, tells said management failed to Board heard arguments from both reporters a recent NLRB decision will make it show that lead workers at Kathryn Harrington — Councilor, Dist. 4 sides and thought about it for a long more risky for some nurses to challenge hospitals the factory were expected time, long enough that the Board’s over bad patient care decisions. to use enough independ- MULTNOMAH COUNTY Clinton appointees’ terms expired and ent judgment to qualify as were replaced with Bush appointees. or supervisory. supervisors. Mary Overgaard — Circuit Judge Dist. 28 In the end, the Board said perma- Overall, it’s likely that anti-union nent charge nurses were supervisors, But the bigger impact of the deci- Cheryl Albrecht — Circuit Judge Dist. 31 sion is likely to be that it slows union- employers that have up-to-date legal and so were rotating charge nurses if advice will tweak job descriptions and they were regularly scheduled and ization drives: Employers fighting union campaigns will be able to ex- change workplace practices to fit the CLACKAMAS COUNTY served as charge nurses at least 15 per- broadened definition of supervisor, in cent of the time. Oakwood’s rotating clude charge nurses. And that’s not just Lynn Peterson, Commissioner, Position 2 a numerical loss. Charge nurses are of- order to reduce or limit the number of nurses weren’t regularly scheduled as union members. such, so they got to keep their union. ten the nurses who’ve shown more ini- tiative or leadership ability, and are of- There is a chance the decision CITY OF GRESHAM But its permanent charge nurses are could be reversed by a later Board. now excluded, and management has a ten the nurses leading union campaigns. The NLRB interprets the National La- Dick Strathern, Commissioner, Position 4 pretty good roadmap as to how to ex- bor Relations Act, but its interpreta- clude the others. Finally, Oakwood Healthcare, plus The decision is likely to harm nurses unions in several ways. When BALLOT MEASURES current contracts expire, management could complain that charge nurses Portland Public Schools local option don’t belong in the unit, and legally Levy 26-84 Support they would presumably have the upper hand in eliminating those individuals from the union. But that could provoke Hillsboro School District strong response from the unions, such as the promised strike by CNA if man- Bond Measure 34-128: Support agement tries it. Kaiser Permanente, which has the best relations with its unions of any health care system in the nation, has Authorized and paid for already announced it has no intention by the Northwest Oregon 1125 SE Madison St., of reclassifying charge nurses. But it Labor Council Portland, OR 97214 remains to be seen what other employ- ers will do. ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDE Judicial Experience CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE PRO TEM, 5 years At least one union used its latest Northwest Oregon Labor Council Practicing attorney, over 23 years contract to postpone reclassification: Multnomah County Democratic Party (joint) City Commissioner Randy Leonard Community and Professional Involvement The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Rep. Jeff Merkley Oregon State Bar, House of Delegates Representative Rep. Greg McPherson Oregon State Bar, Quality of Life Committee member Health Professionals, affiliated with Rep. George Eighmey Co-Chair, Oregon Gay and Lesbian Law Association Oregon Women Lawyers, member the American Federation of Teachers Justice Betty Roberts Judge, Northwestern School of Law Moot Court competition Justice Jacob Tanzer Victim’s Impact Panel, Judge/moderator, 1996-1999 Healthcare Division, ratified a three- Judge Marilyn Litzenberger Multnomah County Bar, Judicial Liaison Committee member, year contract in July that includes a Senators Ron and Jane Cease 1995-1999 Senator Ryan Deckert President, Oregon Women’s Political Caucus, 2004-2006 provision that no registered nurse or li- Volunteer Reader, SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) censed practical nurse in the bargain- www.maryovergaardforjudge.com Authorized and paid for by Mary Overgaard for Judge ing unit can be considered managerial

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