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Volume 108 Number 4 February 16, 2007 Portland, Oregon

BillBill SizemorSizemoree isis bacbackk inin businessbusiness Judging by recent initiative filings, Bill Sizemore is back. But if he thinks old methods will fly, he may have to rethink. Some Oregon lawmakers are preparing new laws to clean up the initiative process.

By DON McINTOSH sage of Measure 47, a property tax Associate Editor limitation, or in 2000, when he had a Defying predictions that a 2002 record seven initiatives on the ballot. conviction for forgery and fraud would Either way, subsequently, the Size- end his run in politics, more operation fell on hard staunchly anti-union times. None of his seven ballot measure sponsor measures passed in 2000. Bill Sizemore is back in Union vigilance prevented business. him from qualifying two Sizemore has so far measures in 2002. His submitted 38 initiative group Oregon Taxpayers petitions for the Novem- United was legally dis- ber 2008 ballot, many of solved in 2003. Fallout from them different versions a successful union lawsuit of the same idea, filed to appears to have sidelined increase the odds of get- him in 2004. ting a favorable ballot ti- But in 2006, he was back Unitus employees say, ‘Show us the love’ BILL SIZEMORE tle. Of those petitions, 29 on the ballot, with an initia- Linda Taylor, Linda Staniford and Paula Johns — members of Communications Workers of America Local are still active, 10 have tive that would have banned 7901 — walk an informational picket line at Unitus Community Credit Union in downtown Portland Feb. 9 been approved for circulation, and at the use of credit scores in setting insur- to draw attention to slow negotiations for a new contract. Approximately 80 employees at four branches have least five have been sighted on the ance premiums. The somewhat in- been working under the terms of a contract that expired on Nov. 30. The union decided to go public two days clipboards of Sizemore’s roving signa- nocuous measure may have been de- after management proposed gutting all grievance procedures. “It came out of left field,” said CWA President ture crews. signed to rehabilitate his image. It was Madelyn Elder, adding that management also has proposed eliminating two floating holidays. Three years ago, In the 1990s, Sizemore’s ballot defeated. employees accepted wage freezes for two years as the company expanded to be more competitive in the market. measure machine was a major force in Judging by his latest crop of initia- “The expansion is done. They have this new downtown office building. Now it’s time to recognize their Oregon politics. His influence is said tive petitions, he’s attempting a come- employees, who are the face and voice of this credit union,” Elder said. The union wants supporters to call the credit union and demand they settle a fair contract. The phone number is 503-227-5571, or 1-800-452-0900. to have peaked in 1996, with the pas- (Turn to Page 4) Unions team with ... Wal-Mart! in push for national health care fers employees, skimpy wages, labor-law-breaking mistreatment of largest gender discrimination case in the history of this country.” Service Employees and Communications workers and the fact that 46 percent of its workers and their fami- UFCW and SEIU are part of the Change to Win labor federa- Workers of America join the ‘Better Health lies are in publicly-paid health care programs. tion. Care Together’ coalition And when a reporter asked Scott if Wal-Mart would commit to SEIU and Wal-Mart are the founding members of the new coali- spending more on health care or covering more of its workers at a tion dubbed, “Better Health Care Together.” Stern said he and Wal- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaders of two big unions — the lower cost, he said “no.” Scott said he was pleased that 90 percent Mart CEO Scott had met privately to outline the principles of the Communications Workers of America and the Service Employees of Wal-Mart employees qualified for health insurance. “We’re not coalition, International Union — joined Wal-Mart and several other Fortune pleased that 90 percent choose not to take health insurance.” “It is time to admit that employer-based health care is dead,” 500 companies on Feb. 7 to launch a new coalition that will push That, and the presence of other unionists, drew criticism from Stern said. “We can’t keep tinkering, hoping that incremental for universal health care by 2012. United Food and Commercial Workers International President Joe change will fix our broken health care system. We need fundamen- Members of the coalition, which include AT&T (the nation’s Hansen, who said Scott’s presence was nothing more than PR- tal change, and it is going to take new thinking, leadership, new largest union employer), Intel and Kelly Services, and public pol- driven public “posturing.” partnerships, some risk-taking, and compromising to make it hap- icy groups such as the left-leaning Center for American Progress In an announcement released shortly after the coalition’s news pen. But that is what we all owe our country.” and the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center (Baker was chief of staff under conference, Hansen (who served for over a year on a special con- Nearly 47 million Americans lack health insurance, while insur- President Ronald Reagan), did not disclose or endorse a specific gressionally-created health care panel) said that although the union ance premiums have jumped 87 percent over the last five years. plan. But the group did draw some flak because of its most promi- supports universal health insurance, “It’s not appropriate to take Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of nent member: Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott. the stage with a company that refuses to remedy its mistreatment America, explained that he joined the coalition because “Our cur- Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, has been tar- of workers, among other irresponsible practices. Wal-Mart is actu- rent system puts a huge strain on employers that provide quality geted by labor groups for the expensive health care coverage if of- ally decreasing health care coverage to employees and facing the (Turn to Page 11) Let me say this about that —By Gene Klare Former union volunteer, organizer Willy Myers elected BA at Sheet Metal Local 16 Union organizer Willy Myers was his son drop him off elected business agent at Sheet Metal at the hospital. But Workers Local 16 in votes counted Myers came away Feb. 2. Myers outpolled three other from the experience candidates to replace Steve Kowats, feeling like he was who left to take a job with the training valued less than the department of the Sheet Metal Work- equipment. After ers International Association. two weeks recov- Myers will be one of four business ery, Myers asked to agents of the 2,200-member local, and be returned to a job will be responsible for dispatch, con- he had earlier held tract negotiations and member griev- at the company, but ances in the construction side of the in- had his pay cut 25 dustry. The local’s top elected office cents. He decided to — business manager/financial secre- take action. tary — is held by Len Phillips. The owner had WILLY MYERS Myers said he hopes to continue promised employ- Willie Marion honored what he began as organizer — an ener- ees a job review and Myers had invited. WILLIE MARION of Portland, a retired business manager of Molders Lo- getic effort to unionize workers in the a raise after six months of work, but Three days later Myers was fired. cal 139, is the newest member of the Labor Hall of Fame, which is sponsored by local sheet metal industry. hadn’t followed through. Myers got “I was right,” Myers recalled. the Northwest Oregon Labor Retirees Council. Myers got his start with the union two dozen co-workers to sign a peti- “They couldn’t fire all of us; they just The Retirees Council is affiliated with the NW Oregon Labor Council, AFL- in 1994. As a shop superintendent at a tion, and marched into the office with fired me.” CIO, and holds its monthly meetings in nonunion HVAC installer, he was driv- the demand, which the owner refused. A charge was filed with the Na- NOLC’s boardroom in the Scandia Building ing a service department van back to Myers went back to his co-workers tional Labor Relations Board, but the at 1125 SE Madison St., Portland. the shop when the brakes went out. and said, “They can’t fire all of us; government agency, charged with pro- MARION, who turns 71 next week, re- The van tumbled down a 50-foot em- let’s walk.” Employees called in sick tecting workers’ union rights, ruled tired as Local 139’s executive officer in bankment outside Salem, hitting trees the following day, and instead of going that Myers was a supervisor and there- 2001. Local 139’s parent union is the Glass, on the way down. Coughing up blood, to work, met in a park with Local 16 fore didn’t have rights. Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Work- he called the company owner, who had representative Mike Anderson, whom But Myers’ termination lit the fire ers International Union (GMP) of the AFL- under him. He volunteered his time to CIO. help Local 16 unionize the company. It Willie Marion Jr. was born on Feb. 22, took a year, but eventually the owner 1936 in Tupelo, Mississippi. His father was signed a union contract, and has been a plumber whom Willie Jr. helped in his Bennett Hartman a good union employer since, Myers boyhood years. Willie Jr. graduated from b h said. Nettleton High School south of Tupelo. Morris & Kaplan, llp Meanwhile Myers became a union member and kept busy with jobs While in high school, he had a job in a doc- Attorneys at Law WILLIE MARION tor’s laboratory. Later, he worked as a rail- m k through the Local 16 hiring hall. He road section repairman, a job known as a volunteered to help organizing cam- “gandy dancer.” He worked with his father on the railroad. paigns, and in 1999 was hired as the MARION SERVED in the U.S. Army in 1956, ‘57 and ‘58. During most of Local’s staff organizer. those three years he was stationed at an anti-aircraft base in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Oregon’s Full Service Union Law Firm His new post brings a pay raise and earned the stripes of a specialist-fifth. He received his honorable discharge at Fort a new set of charges, including respon- Lewis, Washington. Representing Workers Since 1960 sibility for the well-being of hundreds After his Army duty, Marion settled in Tacoma,Wash., and found a job in a of members. foundry, joining the Molders Union. He worked there for eight-and-a-half years, “I’ve seen both sides of the fence,” then moved in 1966 to Portland. He was hired at Oregon Steel Foundry and trans- Myers said. “There are so many peo- ferred his membership to Local 139. He later worked as a molder at Western SeriousInjuryandDeathCases ple out there that don’t know what Foundry. unions stand for. I want to take that message to every member of my craft, IN 1977, after 11 years of being active in Local 139, Willie Marion was elected • Construction Injuries to the union’s top job, business representative. He succeeded Jim Rogers, who and tell them ‘You deserve more re- was appointed to an international representative’s job based in Seattle. Marion • Automobile Accidents spect from your employer, and you told the Northwest Labor Press that he thinks he’s the first black unionist to be can win more respect with a union.’” elected to a Portland local union’s top job in which one person was responsible for • Medical, Dental, and Legal Malpractice handling every function in the union’s operation. That makes him a trailblazer for • Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents black unionists. In Marion’s tenure, the title of Local 139’s top post was changed from business representative to business manager. • Pedestrian Accidents Marion negotiated collective bargaining contracts with employers, handled • Premises Liability (injuries on premises) (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) grievances and other problems; served as a trustee on health & welfare and pen- Established in 1900 at Portland, Oregon sion trust funds. He represented Local 139 at meetings of the Multnomah County • Workers’ Compensation Injuries as a voice of the labor movement. Labor Council and later at NOLC meetings; served on the labor council board; 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Ore. 97213 represented Local 139 at Molders International Conventions and at sessions of the • Social Security Claims Telephone: (503) 288-3311 Oregon AFL-CIO. He also represented the Molders at meetings of the Portland Fax Number: (503) 288-3320 Editor: Michael Gutwig and Vicinity Metal Trades Council. In his many years on that council, Marion re- Staff: Don McIntosh, Cheri Rice Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of called a series of executive officers including Lloyd Knudsen of the Electrical each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non- profit corporation owned by 20 unions and councils including the Workers, Dick Schneider of the Machinists and Mike Fahey of the Shipwrights, We Work Hard for Hard-Working People! Oregon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Ore- gon and SW Washington. Subscriptions $13.75 per year for union an affiliate of the Carpenters. members. MARION SHARPENED his union skills by attending training sessions con- Group rates available to trade union organizations. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID ducted by his international union back east, and by participating in classes at the 111 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 1650 AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a Labor Education and Research Center of the University of Oregon. change of address. When ordering a change, please give your old Portland, Oregon 97204 and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. Looking back, Marion told the Labor Press that it took him about three years POSTMASTER: Send address changes to (503) 227-4600 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS, P.O. BOX 13150-0150, on the job of running Local 139 to gain the respect of the employers with whom PORTLAND, OR 97213 he dealt. www.bennetthartman.com Member Press Associates Inc. A historical note regarding the Molders Union: The Iron Molders Union was organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1859 and later evolved into the Mold- Our Legal Staff are Proud Members of UFCW Local 555 (Turn to Page 11)

PAGE 2 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS FEBRUARY 16, 2007 Unionists rub elbows with lawmakers at legislative forum By DON McINTOSH dustries, accepts legal service when ployers to require their employees to Associate Editor servers can’t locate farm labor contrac- attend anti-union meetings. Such A chance to chat up Oregon law- tors who operate migrant worker meetings are a staple of consultant-led makers and coordinate labor’s lobby- camps. Gardner wanted to expand that “union-avoidance” campaigns but are ing efforts drew over 100 union mem- to all migrant worker camps, not just perfectly legal under federal labor law. bers to a Feb. 3 legislative conference those where the residents are employ- Other bills in the package include: in Portland. Oregon House Speaker ees of the owner. The bill passed the • “Card-check” elections for public Jeff Merkley and a half-dozen other Senate and the House committee, only employees — state and local govern- legislators attended the four-hour ses- to have Minnis tell her caucus, “It’s ment workers would automatically get sion, as did Labor Commissioner Dan Dan Gardner’s bill. I want you all to union representation once over half of Gardner, who labor leaders regard as a vote no.” Merkley, who was then a unit signed union authorization rock-solid ally. Political consultant House Minority leader, paid Minnis a cards. Steve Novick, who is mulling a 2008 call to argue for the bill on its merits, • A ban on using tax dollars to fight run against Republican U.S. Senator and related back to Gardner her re- unionizing campaigns — public agen- Gordon Smith, also addressed atten- sponse: “What makes you think it has cies, as well as private employers that dees, earning an enthusiastic recep- anything to do with the merits of the get state contracts or grants, would not tion. bill?” be allowed to pay consultants or attor- The conference is a biennial event Such ugly partisan pettiness is out neys in order to prevent unionization. organized by the Oregon AFL-CIO of fashion now that the Democrats are • Support for the Employee Free and the Labor Education and Research in charge again, Gardner said. Democ- Choice Act — the Legislature would Center of the University of Oregon. rats will need Republican votes to pass go on record in a non-binding resolu- This year, participants were notably revenue increases, so while they intend tion of support for a bill in the U.S. optimistic, thanks to the leadership to use their majority to pass legisla- House Representative Greg MacPherson (right) hears from Kevin Card, Congress that would add teeth to change in Salem: Democrats control tion, revenge isn’t on the agenda. legislative director for the Oregon Council of National Association of Letter workers’ rights protections in Amer- both houses and the governor’s office, Instead, the agenda is filled with Carriers at a Feb. 3 union legislative conference in Portland. Card, it so ica’s basic labor law. giving unions their best chance in pro-active proposals. happens, is also the person who delivers mail to MacPherson’s Lake Oswego To stay informed about labor’s ac- years of winning substantive improve- Gardner’s office, for example, is address. tivities at the Oregon Legislature, sign ments to Oregon labor laws. supporting bills to: up for the Oregon AFL-CIO’s Weekly Gardner shared an anecdote that il- • Require overtime pay after 8 plish the work [This is meant to avoid ier for nonunion workers to unionize. Update by sending an e-mail request lustrated just how different the politi- hours in one day, instead of after 40 repeat of a recent case where Oregon’s House Speaker Merkley, a member to [email protected] . cal climate is in Salem this time hours in one week. [The bill has an ex- food stamp hotline was answered by a of the AFL-CIO community affiliate around. Two years ago, the labor com- ception for work weeks that contain call center in India.] Working America, told attendees he missioner watched as Republican four 10-hour shifts.] • Allow nursing mothers to take a personally would introduce what is the Bruc Holte of ILWU Karen Minnis, who was then speaker • Require state contractors to sub- 30-minute unpaid work break to pump capstone of the “freedom to organize” of the House, squashed an incredibly mit a personnel plan showing how breast milk while on the job. package: a bill called the Worker Free- appointed to Port minor bill he had introduced. His many Oregonians they or their subcon- The Oregon AFL-CIO, meanwhile, dom Act. 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FEBRUARY 16, 2007 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 3 ...Court case exposed Sizemore’s shenanigans (From Page 1) ductible on state income tax return (an But wasn’t he supposed to be out of forged. idea defeated in 2000); and business? • Sizemore set up Oregon Taxpay- back in ’08. • Ban the labeling of judges as “in- In a lawsuit filed by the Oregon Ed- ers United Education Foundation as a This year, his causes are education, ‘I get so sick of cumbent” on the ballot. ucation Association and American “sham charity,” to give his supporters land use and tax policy, and judicial Several other measures, not yet cir- Federation of Teachers-Oregon, a jury tax-deductibility while using their con- elections. His measures would: being accused of culating, are aimed directly at union declared in October 2002 that Size- tributions illegally to fund political • Allow minor improvements to political clout or worker rights. One more’s organizations were guilty of a campaigns (by direct cash transfers property without a building permit; being involved in would ban public employee unions pattern of criminal activity that re- and by paying the salaries of all his • Link teacher pay to the test scores from making political campaign con- sulted in placing Measures 92 and 96 political staffers.) of students (an idea defeated in 2000); forgery. I have tributions. Another would ban “card- on the 2000 ballot. Specifically: • To get around campaign finance • Allow students to take no more check” union recognition for public • Sizemore had his political action disclosure laws, Sizemore arranged than two years of English as Second never knowingly employees. A third would allow em- committee hire his own company, I&R phony “stock” purchases that enabled Language classes; ployers to deduct cost of employees’ Petition Services, to “oversee” signa- one supporter to secretly contribute • Make federal taxes fully de- broken the law.’ medical and retirement benefits from ture collection, which was done by $170,000 to the campaigns. To evade the Oregon minimum wage they’re re- subcontractors. Employees of his sub- disclosure of other supporters’ names, Bill Sizemore quired to pay. Sizemore also intro- contractors forged signatures, signed Sizemore arranged to have them write Broadway Floral duced, and then withdrew, a repeal of the names of fictitious people, and ille- their checks to Americans for Tax Re- some time in the next six months for the BEST flowers call the state’s “little Davis-Bacon” re- gally copied legitimate signatures form, a Washington, D.C.,-based whether the Court will look at the 503-288-5537 quirement that government-funded from one petition sheet to another; group headed by right-wing power- construction projects pay the prevail- even the signatures of the petition cir- broker Grover Norquist. Sizemore case. 1638 NE Broadway, Portland ing wage. culators themselves were sometimes would bundle these checks, then have So far, the unions have gotten very ATR write a check back to his groups, little out of Sizemore. They went after or directly to petitioners for the total him personally for collection, and amount. when he sold some property were able • Sizemore filed false Contribution to get about $16,000 out of him. Roger G. Worthington, P.C. leads the fight to find a cure and Expenditure reports with the State But union leaders say they have no of Oregon, omitting cash, overhead, regrets about the suit, despite close to a and in-kind support from his “charita- $1 million they’ve paid in legal bills. ble” foundation, including foundation The suit revealed a great deal of unflat- checks totaling more than $120,000 tering information about Sizemore’s Mesothelioma operation, and must have made many for cancer written to Sizemore’s company and its subcontractors. He also signed and Sizemore donors pause, particularly filed false reports to the IRS and the when it seemed his motive was as caused by asbestos exposure Oregon Justice Department denying much personal gain as furthering the that donations to his charitable founda- cause. Since 1989, we have been dedicated to helping asbestos cancer patients tion were being used for political pur- Sizemore was not the first chief pe- poses. titioner to pay for signatures, but he get justice in the courtrooms and help in the hospitals. In the last ten years, In May 2003, a Multnomah County may be the first in Oregon to make a we have recovered over $725 million for our clients. Circuit Court judge ordered damages vertically integrated business out of it. of $2.5 million, dissolved Sizemore’s As revealed in the lawsuit, Sizemore made money at every stage. His 2000 $34 Million: 60 year-old Navy veteran and carpenter Oregon Taxpayers United Education Foundation, and issued an injunction personal tax returns reported $213,000 $20 Million: 54 year-old engineer restricting his political activities for income that year. In the 2000 election $12.6 Million: 69 year-old psychiatrist exposed at home five years. cycle, Sizemore collected a $65,000 salary from his Oregon Taxpayers $10 Million: 54 year-old woman exposed via father’s clothes But Sizemore sought ways to get around that judgment, just as he earlier United, but his signature-gathering $8.4 Million: 60 year-old Navy veteran and crane operator got around — and crossed over — company I&R paid Sizemore $50,000 laws on signature-gathering and cam- directly and as much as $170,000 indi- paign finance reporting. He emptied rectly, including: up to $25,000 for his group’s bank accounts. He re- construction work on his property; a named his group. 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PAGE 4 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS FEBRUARY 16, 2007 ...Past Sizemore business practices raise eyebrows (From Page 4) lawsuit to recover the money. And he The measure was later overturned by on street corners led the Bureau of La- more like drug deals than democracy.” was the only creditor to get repaid. An- the Oregon Supreme Court as a viola- bor and Industries to aggressively Legislators expect to look at a num- The honor system assumes in- other church member, dying of cancer, tion of contract rights. prosecute whatever violations of Mea- ber of reform proposals in the coming tegrity. asked Sizemore in 1997 to return the In 1996, Sizemore was back with a sure 46 they could prove. months, including: But well before Bill Sizemore be- $98,000 he was owed, and was told it referendum that overturned the Legis- Now, the Oregon Legislature is • Color-coding initiative petition came a well-known political figure, his would be repaid after he became gov- lature’s plan to build statewide light- preparing to clean up the initiative sheets when campaigns are paying pe- conduct raised questions about his in- ernor. Later, Sizemore asked the rail system. He also won passage of process. The House Committee on titioners; tegrity. During Sizemore’s 1998 cam- widow to recant what she had told the Measure 47, a property tax limitation Elections, Ethics and Rules, chaired by • Requiring paid signature gatherers paign for governor, an Oregonian in- Oregonian about the incident. to cap property taxes, limit increases to Diane Rosenbaum, began hearings on to register with the Secretary of State’s vestigation brought to light the messy In the end, Sizemore stiffed his 3 percent per year, and establish a dou- initiative abuse in January. office, and provide a signature sample. details of his failed carpet and toy landlord, the factories that made his ble-majority requirement for local “I am not an opponent of the initia- • Prohibiting anyone convicted of companies. products, the IRS, and a printing com- temporary future tax increases. tive process,” said Rosenbaum, who identity theft from gathering signa- Sizemore walked away from pany he wrote a bad check to. He used In 1998, he went after public em- herself was a chief petitioner on a bal- tures; $358,000 in debts when Sizemore toy company money to buy land that ployees unions again; his Measure 59 lot measure that increased the mini- • Requiring that campaigns gather Carpet Brokers liquidated under bank- he would then build his family’s home would have restricted their ability to mum wage. “But we believe it has 10 percent of required signatures be- ruptcy protection in 1987. His Illumi- on. Later, he sold the company prop- participate in politics. It was narrowly been hijacked.” fore submitting their measure to the nated Toy Inc., founded in 1984, erty and used proceeds to pay off per- rejected by voters, but union political “A lot of people wonder why can’t state for a ballot title, an idea meant to ceased operations in 1994, with unpaid sonal income tax liens. The explana- action committees reportedly spent we just ban paid petitioning altogether. prevent “ballot title shopping;” and debts of about $795,000. tions he gave to the Oregonian of the over $4 million opposing the measure. Rosenbaum said. “The problem is the • Making chief petitioners person- Anybody can have a business fail- details were contradicted by most of Sizemore had a sure thing: Win or Oregon constitution doesn’t allow it.” ally liable for what goes on in their ure. It was Sizemore’s business prac- the individuals. lose, his measures would drain union “By 2002 the ideal of citizen volun- campaigns. tices that raised eyebrows. Sizemore That was how he operated his toy treasuries, weakening their ability to teers gathering signatures from their Sizemore told Rosenbaum’s com- raised funds for his businesses by per- business. pursue other issues. friends, neighbors and colleagues had mittee he didn’t like that last sugges- suading members of his church and his By 1994, Sizemore’s business was It was a cynical purpose, said long ago disappeared,” Ellen Lowe tion. softball team to loan him money, politics. The businessman who hadn’t judges on the appeals court panel, and told Rosenbaum’s committee Jan. 31. “I don’t believe you get anywhere promising to double their money in six paid his taxes now formed Oregon the cynical means by which he con- Lowe was a longtime lobbyist for Ecu- by pursuing chief petitioners,” Size- months. One fellow member of Port- Taxpayers United, a political action ducted the campaigns spurred voters to menical Ministries of Oregon, a social more testified Jan. 31. “It isn’t possible land Bible Temple cashed a life insur- committee, and devoted himself to approve Measure 46 in 2004, which justice group. “Instead,” Lowe said, to control what everybody circulating ance policy to lend Sizemore $30,000, raising money to wage ballot initiative banned the “bounty,” by prohibiting “every initiative season, armies of your petition does.” which the entrepreneur promised to re- campaigns. That year his Ballot Mea- initiative campaigns from paying by mercenary signature gatherers de- “I get so sick of being accused of turn in one month with $3,000 in inter- sure 8 won by 1,000 votes, requiring the signature. scended on our state looking for a being involved in forgery,” Sizemore est (That’s 120 percent annual inter- public employees to contribute 6 per- But abuses continued. Media ac- quick and easy buck …. Too often last added. “I have never knowingly bro- est). Instead it took years, and a cent of their salary to their pensions. counts about circulators paid in cash year Oregon’s initiative system looked ken the law.”

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FEBRUARY 16, 2007 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 5 Official Iron Workers 29 Members meet 7 p.m., Thursday, March 1, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle, #200, Portland. Notices Iron Workers Shopmen 516 Members meet 7 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at 11620 Auto Mechanics 1005 NE Ainsworth Cir., #300, Portland. Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, preceded by a 9 a.m. shop steward training class. Shop stewards Laborers 483 must attend training class and regular meeting to be com- pensated. Municipal Employees Executive Board meets Wednesday, March 14, at 4:30 p.m. All meetings are held at our Union Hall, 3645 SE Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Mu- 32nd Ave. Portland, Oregon. sicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. PLEASE NOTE: Rochelle Conrad will be available from 8 a.m. to noon during the regular lodge meeting to Laborers/Vancouver 335 answer any questions you have concerning health, wel- fare and pension plans. Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, March 5, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancouver Bakery, Confectionery, Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. Tobacco Workers and Labor Roundtable of Grain Millers 114 Southwest Washington Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, fol- Delegates meet 8 a.m. Friday, March 2, at Hometown lowed by a 10:30 a.m. General Meeting, in the meeting Buffet, 7809-B Vancouver Plaza Dr., Vancouver, Wash. room at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 205, Portland. PLEASE NOTE: There is an opening for an Execu- Lane County tive Board position to be filled at the next meeting. Please call the union if you are interested. Labor Council Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 1116 Bricklayers and Allied South A St., Springfield. Craftworkers 1 Linn-Benton-Lincoln Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Labor Council Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, pre- Portland. Carpenters 247 ceded by a 7 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Metal Trades Council Plasterers 82 Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at Salem Ave., Albany. Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at IBEW Lo- Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at 12812 the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Portland. the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. cal 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. NE Marx St., Portland. Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Monday, March 12, at Medford area members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Linoleum Layers 1236 NOLC board room, 1125 SE Madison, Portland. March 14, Abby’s Pizza, 7480 Crater Lake Hwy, White Carpenters 1388 Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. Portland City & City. 22, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at 276 Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, March 5, at Northwest Oregon Metropolitan Employees 8, at UA 290 Hall, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield, pre- Warner-Milne Rd., Oregon City. 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. ceded by a 5 p.m. VOC meeting. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March Labor Council 189 Coos Bay area members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at IBEW Lo- General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the Labor Temple, 3427 Ash St., North Bend. Clark, Skamania & NOTE: This meeting is SPECIAL CALL to vote on cal 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland 27, 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. allocation of the contractual increase effective April 1. Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at 6025 E. Burnside Portland. Southern Oregon W. Klickitat Counties Office and Professional Labor Council Machinists 63 Central Labor Council Executive Board meets 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 7. Employees 11 Roofers & Waterproofers Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, at the La- Delegates meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, preceded by Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at the La- bor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. an Executive Board meeting, at the ILWU Local 4 Hall, Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, March 10. Meetings are at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. borers/Teamster Hall, 2212 Andresen, Vancouver, Wash. 49 1205 Ingalls St., Vancouver, Wash. Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, March 1. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8. Southwestern Oregon Machinists 1432 Painters & Drywall Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave, Portland. (Phone: Columbia-Pacific 503 232-4807) Central Labor Council Swing and graveyard shift members meet at noon Finishers 10 Building Trades Wednesday, March 14. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, March 5, at the Bay Regular membership meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, March PLEASE NOTE: The following meeting is “Special Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend. Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 20 and Feb. 14. Call.” All members are requested to attend. Sheet Metal 27, in Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Portland. Shop stewards’ training session 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 11105 17. NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Workers 16 Transit Union 757 Communications Meetings are at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. New Hours: Local 10 is open from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Portland area VOC meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, Charter members meet 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, in and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., the Machinists Building, 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Portland. Workers 7901 Charter day members meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Schoppert Hall, 1801 NE Couch, Portland. General membership meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, Salem members meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at at 2950 SE Stark St., Portland. the Comfort Inn and Suites (formerly Salem Inn) 1775 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, March 15, Retiree Meeting Notices Freeway Court NE, Salem. at 2950 SE Stark St., Portland. Eugene members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, and Eugene day members meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. Elevator Constructors 23 ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED NORTHWEST OREGON LABOR 22, at the Woodworkers Local Lodge, 1124 South A St., MERICANS REGON HAPTER ARPENTERS ETIREES OUNCIL Springfield. Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March 8, preceded A O C C R C Corvallis members meet 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE Retirees meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Retired Carpenters meet for lunch Business meeting from 10 a.m. to at Woodstock Pizza, 1045 NW Kings Blvd., Corvallis. Whitaker Way, Portland. Feb. 22, preceded by a 9 a.m. Execu- 11 a.m. Monday, March 12, at JJ 11 a.m. Monday, March 12, in the Medford members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Hampton Inn, 1124 Morrow Rd., Medford. Exterior & Interior tive Board meeting, at Westmoreland North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 NE Northwest Oregon Labor Council Portland school bus members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd Ave., Halsey, Portland. board room, at 1125 SE Madison Feb. 22, at Rigler School, 5401 NE Prescott, Portland. Specialists 2154 Vancouver members meet 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Portland. All retirees are welcome to #100G, Portland. the Laborers Hall, 2232 NE Andresen, Vancouver, WA. Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 1125 attend. GLASS WORKERS 740 Tillamook members meet 1:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, SE Madison, Suite 207, Portland. at the Odd Fellows Hall, next door to the Bay City Fire Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Retirees meet 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. OREGON AFSCME Hall in Bay City. Fire Fighters 452 Thursday, March 8, at the Northwest 20, at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. AMR Northwest Josephine County, LAMAR Adver- tising and Valley Transit- See your liaison officers. Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at 2807 Oregon Labor Council, at 1125 SE NE Halsey, Portland. 20, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E. PLEASE NOTE: ATU members are invited to attend NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash. Madison, Portland. Burnside, Portland. Call Michael any of the above-listed meetings. IRON WORKERS 29 Arken for information at 503-239- Fire Fighters 1660 United Steel Workers Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, March 8, at 4411 SW Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Wednes- 9858, ext. 124. Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. ASBESTOS WORKERS 36 day, March 14, at JJ North’s Grand 1097 Retiree breakfast 9:30 a.m. Thurs- Buffet, 10520 NE Halsey, Portland. TRANSIT 757 Members meet 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, pre- ceded by a 3:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Glass Workers 740 day, March 8, at the Dockside Restau- Retirees meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, union office, 91237 Old Mill Town Rd., Westport. Executive Board members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, rant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland. MACHINISTS March 7, at Westmoreland Union March 1, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March Retirees meet 10 a.m. Wednesday, Manor, 6404 SE 23rd, Portland. United Steel Workers 1 at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE NOTE March 7, at 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Port- NEW TIME. L&E Committee Dist. 12 Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, March 5, BAKERS 114 land for a brief business meeting and Members meet 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in Salem at at Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, lunch at a restaurant to be determined Oregon AFL-CIO office, 2110 State. St. For more infor- Springfield. mation, call 503-585-6320 Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, Feb. 22, at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, at the meeting. The committee will be lobbying legislators following at Candalaria Terrace, Suite 204, 2659 Commercial St. 10520 NE Halsey, Portland. the meeting. SE, Salem.

PAGE 6 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS FEBRUARY 16, 2007 Local Motion January 2007 Union election activity in Oregon and SW Washington, according to the National Labor Relations Board and the Oregon Employment Relations Board Elections held Results: Company Union No Union youths bowl over lawmakers Date Union Location Union State Reps. Chip Shields (D-Portland) and Tobias Read (D-Beaverton) Umatilla County were young-ish Oregon lawmakers who responded to an invitation to 1/4 UC Law Enforcement Assoc. Pendleton 54 0 bowl Feb. 10 with young union members of Oregon Council 75 of the American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees). The First Student event was hosted at Portland’s Hollywood Bowl by newly formed Next 1/5 SEIU Local 503 Gresham 44 49 Wave, a group that puts on monthly social events to get more young AFSCME members involved. Up next, the group hopes to get younger Weber Distribution members to attend AFSCME's statewide convention in Bend in April. 3135 (Housing Authority of 1/17 Teamsters Local 81 Wilsonville 12 Organizers didn’t say whether the bowling bill was paid out of the union Portland). Above, bowler Jennifer Willamette Education Service District “strike” fund, but participants did pause to hear details of a pro-worker Patrick exults after knocking down legislative agenda from the lawmakers. Pictured above, from left to right, some pins. Patrick, who works at 1/23 OEA vs. OSEA Oregon City 103 55 15 are Shields, Eric Vecchi and Matt Hilton of Local 328 (Oregon Health Multnomah County, is a member of City of Boardman Police Department and Science University), and Martha Armstrong and Jeff Klatke of Local Local 88. 1/26 Oregon AFSCME Co. 75 Boardman 50

‘Union Night’ at Blazers will aid Zachary Elections requested Company Location Kidney Benefit fund Zabinsky Union # of employees • Social Security The Portland Trail Blazers are team- • SSI - Disability Claims Distribution Plus Tualatin ing up with area unions for a “Union Teamsters Joint Council 37 17 Night” to raise funds for the National Personal Attention To Every Case Kidney Foundation through the Team- Working For Disability Rights SERCO Salem sters Kidney Benefit. Since 1983 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization 4 The Blazers take on the Seattle Su- NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY personics at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April Safeway (decertification) Burns 621 SW Morrison, Portland 14 at the Rose Garden. A block of $49 United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555 32 tickets has been set aside for union members at a reduced price of $30. Five West Ambulance Roseburg dollars from each ticket sold will go to- 223-8517 International Association of EMTs and Paramedics, SEIU/NAGE 40 wards the Teamsters Kidney Benefit. Tickets can be ordered online at http://tickets.blazers.com/deals. The password is “UNION.” For more information about the fundraiser, call Phil Horn at 503-963- 3965. Healthy-Heart Screening Nurse staffing bill debated in Olympia for Tradeswomen OLYMPIA, Wash. (PAI) — More than 500 nurses, led by the Washington State Nurses Association, rallied Feb. 6 Take a step toward lowering your risk for heart disease and stroke by at the State Capitol here to demand leg- participating in this FREE, 30-minute screening that includes: Screening Date & Location: islative action on a new nurse-patient • Cholesterol (total, HDL) • Consultation with nurse about your Tuesday, February 27, 2007 staffing ratio bill. • Blood Pressure results 4:00-7:00 p.m. (Appointments The legislation, sponsored by De- • Blood Sugar • Refreshments, socializing and net- scheduled every 15 minutes) mocratic State Rep. Dawn Morell, a HVAC & Metals Institute nurse, would form a 15-member state • Body Fat Measurement work with other tradeswomen after the screening. 2379 N.E. 178th committee to set minimum nurse Portland, Oregon 97230 staffing levels for every hospital. Nurse This screening made possible through a generous donation by the Women of Good Samaritan. staffing levels have not been updated in Coordination by Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. Many thanks to our hosts at the HVAC & Metals FREE—Appointments required. several years, nurses at the rally said. Institute! Spaces are limited. Please call 503- Morell said that unless the problem 335-3500 to schedule your appoint- is solved, high turnover of overworked Legacy Heart nurses would continue. They can’t pro- ment and for more information. www.legacyhealth.org vide top quality care, so “I watch them Services Health Syst NO FASTING REQUIRED. drop out. They go to other jobs,” she Legacy Health System, a non-profit organization, includes Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Emanuel Children’s told local media before the rally. “This Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, Meridian Park Hospital, Mount Hood Medical Center, Salmon is a retention bill.” Creek Hospital, Legacy Clinics and CareMark/Managed HealthCare Northwest PPO. ©2007 CHE-0001

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 7 Is Oregon Building a Culture of Sustainable Success? The following remarks are excerpts from a speech by John D. Carter, President and CEO of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. at the 5th annual Oregon Leadership Summit s you know, Oregon is strate- Oregon’s Sustainable Advantage, evi- have the major railroads) major capacity is Panama, Vancouver, B.C., LA- Long gically located on a major denced by that passage out of the Gover- or service improvements, particularly in Beach, and the Oakland-SF Bay Area — “A trade route connecting all of nor’s budget, is staring us right in the face the Portland area — despite efforts from not our neighbors across the Columbia. our businesses to points north, south, east — it’s our historic competitive edge in the Port to encourage such investment. And should Seattle be competition, or and west. Portland is a creation of that transportation infrastructure, and particu- On balance, less service for business, cer- joint partner in making the Northwest the strategic location and historical trans- larly freight mobility, that leads us to tainly less service for passenger/ freight height and energy gateway into the U.S.? portation focus — water, then rail and those foreign markets where 4,800 Ore- traffic in the small towns of this state. What if federal funds were no object? roads. gon businesses prosper. • Improved our passenger terminals at Could we invest in high-speed regular rail But I am, quite frankly, concerned Schnitzer Steel, for one, operates in the airport, but no new runway additions service between Seattle and Portland? about the condition of our transportation North Portland because we are strategi- for added capacity. Would this cut down on traffic? Would system, and hopefully at the end of the cally located on a deep draft port with ac- this link our two regional economies, par- day ... you agree that collectively we need cess to a variety of truck, rail, barge and And more than a million new resi- ticularly in high tech and biotech? Could to be much more proactive in planning ocean carrier services with great access to dents (72% increase). this single investment put the NW further for and investing in our vitally important global markets, and we are also located in ahead of the NE Corridor or California? transportation network. In my view, we the heart of a metals industry cluster, If we really want Oregon to define it- Just look at how the investment by the have been living off the foresight and in- which allows us to integrate with our cus- self in the global economy and maintain a British Labour Government in the Chan- vestment that our parents’ generation tomers, vendors, and industry partners. ‘sustainable advantage’ in the world nel Tunnel, the Channel Tunnel Rail made — and the margin for growth that And what are we doing to keep and economy, mobility and access to markets Link, and other major rail projects has they built into our transportation system improve that transportation advantage? must be in our focus. spurred all sorts of additional economic is now gone. We all know about Connect/Oregon and I We must invest in our freight capacity. activity. This link to the continent has ...sustainable success is a cultural value congratulate the Governor and the Legis- To build a culture of sustainable suc- helped preserve Heathrow as the major and common goal. Success can be devel- lature in making this $100 million invest- cess in Oregon, we need to make the eco- international air hub, it has help preserve oped by and into any organization, any ment in non-highway freight capacity. nomic connection between jobs and how the City of London as a center of finance, company, or any state for that matter. It’s Another $100 million is in the next bian- the state spends money — and that con- it will regenerate a major area of the city, developed by the leaders, the employees, nual budget. nection starts with transportation. and it was key to landing the Olympics the citizens. But you also know that in last fall’s ...We need as a State to design and de- for London. But it takes the people at all levels of elections, Washingtonians voted to make velop a comprehensive transportation ...(We) need to make transportation in- the organization working together — a $ 9 billion investment in its transporta- system, made up of components that ef- vestment priority number one. It won’t making a commitment — to achieve a tion system and Californians voted for a fectively respond to the various needs and get done without a concerted effort by the cultural value and common goal. $19 billion investment. In England, bil- changing circumstances. business leaders demanding it, and gain- The private sector is investing in Ore- lions have been invested in rail improve- At the national level, for example, the ing the support of the political leaders gon ... unfortunately, in my view, there ments. China is making huge transporta- Class I railroads are pushing local ship- who can make it happen. has not been a corresponding level of tion investments. The world is investing pers to truck. That will have an impact on ... Local arterials are as important to public investment, particularly in the in infrastructure in order to stay competi- our highways in Oregon. moving freight as are the state highways. freight network to support this private tive in a global economy. We also know that short-line railroads Yet, here in Portland we continue to alter commitment. Are Oregon’s political and business need an infusion of capital. How might our arterial network to suit localized While some in this community have leaders keeping up? Several legislative we help them to better serve local busi- ‘wants’ without regard for the ‘needs’ of questioned the need for transportation in- sessions ago, Oregon made a good down nesses? Connect/Oregon is a good start, the broader region or statewide system. vestments, I want to quote Gregg Weston, payment on transportation needs, with but there are many examples of routes As a consequence, trips that should have President of the Clackamas County Busi- OTIA III. But we have close to $6 billion that business can no longer use because been on local streets are diverted to the ness Alliance: ‘Virtually every job in the in need identified and nothing is in the of needed repairs, etc. state highways, further congesting critical Metro area depends on our ability to pipeline to meet the need. If you look at ...We have supported a multi-modal trade corridors. move products and employees.’ the last quarter-century, Oregon’s popula- system that has a strong mass transit While we gather here today in the Mr. Weston’s observation holds true tion has increased by a million people, component because we know that for key largest city in Oregon, the economic en- for every job in the state. Let me read ex- plus those in Clark County that work point-to-point requirements, things like gine of the state, I ask you this — do we cerpts from the Governor’s recently re- here. During that time period, we have: the light rail or the tram work well. But have an economic development strategy leased budget: • Added little new capacity to our road we must not forget that there is no light and a job growth strategy that will allow • Oregon’s participation in the global and highway system in the Portland met- rail, streetcar, or even bus option for that engine to pull the load? economy is expanding. ropolitan area — even though ODOT has much of the state. We simply cannot have a culture of • Foreign shipments of Oregon prod- done a good job of stretching limited re- Our transit investment can’t be made business sustainability in Oregon if the ucts reached a new peak in 2005, with sources and gotten local commitment without recognizing that we still need to political leadership sidesteps meaningful more than $12 billion worth of manufac- (and federal help) to achieve some good accommodate cars and trucks on the road discussions with the business community tured goods shipped from Oregon to for- capacity additions like the Bend Bypass, system, and not just in rural areas. over job growth, economic development, eign markets. Salem Parkway, and the Corvallis By- ...What if we thought about the North- transportation, and land use — or worse • Oregon exports are growing at an an- pass, and some suburban area lane addi- west as a regional whole? Or at least our still, contemplates localized land use and nual rate of 29 percent, and there are over tions. Most funded work has been for re- part of it — why not merge the Ports of transportation decisions that impede the 4,800 Oregon companies that export pair and maintenance on existing Vancouver and Portland? What about flow of goods to the ports of call serving goods to foreign markets. facilities, bridges, etc. Kalama and Longview? Our largest op- all of Oregon. We are in global competi- • Oregon is currently the ninth most • Helped the rail system with portunities in trade are with Asia, and will tion as a state, and should be as a region.” trade dependent state in the nation.” Connect/Oregon, but have not made (nor continue to grow ... BUT our competition

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PAGE 8 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS FEBRUARY 16, 2007 Letter Carriers union opposes ‘Do Not Mail’ bill proposed in Washington State OLYMPIA — The National Asso- Washington state. ciation of Letter Carriers told key Young said the proposal “could Washington state legislators Feb. 8 that jeopardize the very future of Amer- passage of proposed bills to create a ica’s postal system,” adding that while PROTECTING UNION MEMBERS’ SMILES AND WALLETS. “Do Not Mail” registry would be it may be well-intentioned, it is being Orthodontics Available detrimental to the U.S. Postal Service, erroneously promoted as similar to Quality, Affordable Family Dental Care its workforce, and the general public. “Do Not Call” limits on telemarketers. NALC President William H. “Unlike the annoying phone calls • General, cosmetic, and specialty care • Most insurance and union plans accepted Young, whose union represents that were routinely timed to coincide • Easy credit and low monthly payments, O.A.C. 221,000 letter carriers in the nation, with the dinner hour, postal patrons are • Evening and Saturday appointments expressed his “fierce opposition” to free to choose when and how to deal • Ask about our Dental Discount Program the legislation in letters to Washington with the mail they receive,” Young House Commerce and Labor Chair- said. Grants Pass Portland 1021 NE 6th St. 3580 SE 82nd Ave. man Steve Conway and Senate Con- Young said the third class mail ear- Grants Pass, OR 97526 Portland, OR 97266 541-479-6696 503-777-0761 sumer Protection and Housing Chair- marked in the bill constitutes more Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. man Brian Weinstein as Conway’s than 50 percent of all mail. “Elimina- Gresham Salem committee held a hearing Feb. 8 on the tion of a significant portion of adver- 443 NW Burnside Road 831 Lancaster Mall Dr. NE Gresham, OR 97030 Salem, OR 97301 legislative proposal. tising mail could be devastating,” he 503-492-8487 503-362-8359 About 5,500 letter carriers reside in said. Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Young said letter carriers, as other Wilsonville Salmon Creek 25700 SW Argyle Ave. 2101 NE 129th St. citizens, have environmental concerns Wilsonville, OR 97070 Vancouver, WA 98686 about the waste of natural resources, “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. Kaiser gets okay but added that most advertising mail- Phong Bui, D.M.D. Klamath Falls Charles Stirewalt, D.D.S. ing is printed on recycled paper and 4052 S. 6th St. Stirewalt, P.C. to build new postal patrons can recycle that mail. Klamath Falls, OR 97603 541-883-7706 Fisher’s Landing hospital facility Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. 3250 SE 164th Ave. Vancouver, WA 98683 Kaiser Permanente has received ap- Milwaukie 360-891-1999 17186 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Peter Vu, D.M.D. proval from Oregon state regulators to Labor bowl for Milwaukie, OR 97267 Chau Ngo, D.D.S. 503-659-2525 Charles Stirewalt, D.D.S. build a $285 million hospital on a 15- Northwest Dental Associates, P.C. Stirewalt, P.C. acre site in the Tanasbourne area of MDA scheduled Washington County. 1-888-BRIGHT NOW Kaiser has historically used union Sunday, April 22 www.brightnow.com contractors and workers on its con- The 18th annual Labor Bowl Serving unions for over 25 years struction projects. Challenge to benefit the Muscular The 138-bed, 380,000-square-foot Dystrophy Association (MDA) will facility will house surgical suites, an be held Sunday, April 22, from 1 to intensive care unit, an emergency de- 4 p.m. at Cascade Lanes, 2700 NE partment, a labor and delivery unit and 82nd Ave., Portland. THE UNION PLUS® MORTGAGE PROGRAM a pharmacy. The campus will also in- Portland area labor unions have Provided Exclusively by Chase Home Finance clude a specialty care medical office collected $276,041 for the charity. and outpatient surgery center. Money raised from pledges and a State law charges the Oregon De- silent auction helps provide wheel- partment of Human Services with re- chairs and braces for youngsters, viewing proposals for new hospitals medical care, research and summer and nursing facilities to ensure health- camps. care consumers don’t pay for the cost Pledge packets are available at the of unnecessary facilities. Northwest Oregon Labor Council or The hospital is projected to be com- by calling Tor at MDA at 503-223- plete in 2011. 3177.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2007 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 9 Labor council re-elects slate of officers BARGAIN COUNTER FREE VANCOUVER — The Clark, Ska- were Bud Bartunek of Painters District Rick Thompson of Machinists mania, West Klickitat Counties Cen- Council 5, Shannon Walker of Office Lodge 63 was elected sergeant-at-arms. Free ads to subscribers • 15 words or less tral Labor Council held officer elec- and Professional Employees Interna- The Labor Council is hosting an in- • Include address label from front tions Jan. 25. All ran unopposed. tional Union Local 277, and Lucy ternal organizing class on Saturday, DEADLINE: Friday prior to publication page and telephone number Re-elected secretary-treasurer were Hamill of United Food and Commer- Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Published 1st and 3rd Fridays • Sorry, we cannot accept ads over Mike Phillips of Vancouver Fire Fight- cial Workers Local 555. Fire Fighters Hall, 2807 Fruit Valley the telephone Send to: ers Local 452; president, Cager Elected trustees were Suzanne Rd in Vancouver. The class will be • No commercial or business ads Clabaugh of International Longshore Scheans of Plumbers and Fitters Local taught by the Labor Education and Re- NW Labor Press, PO Box 13150, • 1 ad per issue and Warehouse Union Local 4; and 290, John Murphy of Bakers Local search Center of the University of Ore- Portland, OR 97213 • Type or print legibly vice president, Mike Carnahan of 364, and Mark Rauchenstein of Inter- gon. Seats are still available. Call Electrical Workers Local 48. national Federation of Professional Phillips at 360-921-7484 to register. Classified ads MUST include area code on all phone numbers or they will Elected to the Executive Board and Technical Engineers Local 17. 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PAGE 10 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS FEBRUARY 16, 2007 Let me say this about that OSHA safety training grants available SALEM — The Oregon Occupa- cants may be any employer or labor gible for consideration; however, pref- tional Safety and Health Division (OR- consortium, association, or other non- erence is given to programs that support OSHA) has grant funding available to profit organization. Educational institu- two goals listed in the OR-OSHA assist unions and others in the develop- tions may apply if they are affiliated Strategic Plan: ...Union trailblazer ment of workplace safety and health ed- with any of these groups. • Change the workplace culture in (From Page 2) ucation programs in Oregon. Applicants may apply for up to Oregon by increasing employer and ers and Allied Workers Union, which years later through mergers became today’s The Training and Education Grants $40,000 per grant project without a re- worker awareness. Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union. Program is accepting applications for quirement for any matching dollars or • Improve workplace safety and IN ADDITION to attending meetings of the various labor organizations with projects until Feb. 28, 2007. in-kind contributions. Funding for the health for all workers, as evidenced by which Local l 39 was affiliated, Marion also was active in the A. Philip Randolph Grants are awarded to help develop grant program comes from the Work- fewer hazards, reduced exposures, and Institute, an organization which fosters black membership in labor unions. It is education programs for use by an entire ers’ Benefit Fund established by the fewer injuries, illnesses and fatalities. named for the late president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters who was industry or for a specific work process Oregon Legislature. Materials produced by grant recipi- the first black to serve on the national AFL-CIO Executive Council. Randolph to reduce or eliminate hazards. Appli- All workplace safety topics are eli- ents become the property of OR- also was a prominent civil rights leader. OSHA, and are housed in the OR- Willie Marion and his wife, Corrine, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary OSHA Resource Center for public use. last July. They were high school sweethearts back in Mississippi. They have two Bush pushes for Korean free trade pact Application packets for the OR- daughters, four sons, 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Their daugh- OSHA Training and Education Grants ters are Deborah Moore and Pamela Lewis; their sons are Michael, Jeffery, Ger- as trade deficit balloons to $763.6B Program are available for download ald and Ramon Marion. Michael and his family live in San Diego, Calif., and the from the OR-OSHA Web site at: WASHINGTON, D.C. — More Trade Agreement (NAFTA), unionists www.orosha.org, on the “Education” others live in the Portland-Vancouver area. than 100 union members from the worry that trade agreements do nothing THE MARIONS are members of the Vancouver Avenue Baptist Church in page. For more information, call Clau- United States and Korea gathered here to protect the very people they claim to dia Marthaller at 1-800-922-2689. North Portland. Willie was an usher there for a number of years. Feb. 12 to protest KORUS, the pro- help: workers. Since 1998, more than 3 Sports play a big role in Willie Marion’s life. He’s been an umpire at high posed free trade agreement between the million good-paying U.S. manufactur- school baseball games in the Portland area for 30 years, and he’s been a referee at two countries. ing jobs have been lost. Tickets on sale to high school basketball games for seven years. “I have to stay in shape for all that The Bush Administration is pushing The AFL-CIO, Change to Win and activity,” he said. for passage of KORUS before “fast- their affiliated unions, and Korean win motorcycle and Fishing is another pursuit. He enjoys fishing with his sons on rivers and other track” authority, also known as trade- unions oppose the trade deal unless it inland waters near the Oregon Coast. Sometimes the Marions are joined by Jim promotion authority, expires June 30. includes enforceable provisions on help sick children Rogers, who preceded him as Local 139’s business agent and is now retired from TPA allows the Administration to bar- workers’ rights and environmental pro- Tickets are on sale to win a new GMP and lives on the Coast. gain trade pacts and then subject legis- tections. Harley-Davidson motorcycle and raise Once in while, Willie and Corrine go back to the South to visit relatives and lation implementing them to up-or- On Feb. 13, the Commerce Depart- funds for Doernbecher Children’s Hos- friends. down votes in both houses of Congress, ment reported that the U.S. trade deficit ### pital in Portland. with no amendments.Without fast- (the gap between what America sells It’s all part of the fifth annual Mo- FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED as “Black History Month,” so let’s look back track, such trade deals will have a abroad and what it imports) rose to a torcycle Poker Run and Chili Cook-Off, on some events taken from the information in “Black Labor” published in “Labor harder time passing in Congress. record $763.6 billion last year — a 6.5 to be held Saturday, June 9. The event is Firsts in America,” a publication issued in 1977 by the U. S. Department of Labor Based on more than 13 years’ expe- percent increase from the previous sponsored by “Unions for Kids,” a non- when the Secretary of Labor was Ray Mar- rience with the North American Free record set in 2005. profit organization comprised of mem- shall. Marshall was appointed to that Cabi- bers of various unions in Portland and net-level post by President Jimmy Carter. Southwest Washington. In 1763, black chimney sweepers in Tickets to win the motorcycle — a Charleston, South Carolina, refused to work 2007 suede blue and black Dyna Low- unless their price scale was met. Rather than ...Unlikely allies partner Rider FXDL — are $10 each. Only being a strike against emp]oyers, this was a (From Page 1) health;” dramatically more efficient 3,500 tickets will be sold, with the win- protest against price controls. health care spending; and that “busi- benefits for employees — both current ner drawn following the poker run on BLACK WORKERS in New York City nesses, governments, and individuals June 9. The motorcycle is on display at formed the American League of Colored La- and retired — and their families. It all should contribute to managing and forces many businesses to compete not the IBEW United Workers Federal borers in 1850, which was a “first.” financing a new health care system.” Credit Union, 9955 SE Washington, St., In 1869, the National Labor Union be- on the quality of their products, serv- Stern said the “partnership of un- ices and performance, but instead on Portland. came the first organization of white workers likely allies offers even greater hope For more information, go to to advocate the creation of black labor the cost of health care benefits. It is that we can finally stop talking about long past time to move health care — www.unionsforkids.org or call Lee A. PHILIP RANDOLPH unions, and allowed blacks to attend the health care and do something about it.” Duncan at 503-260-5905. NLU’s annual meeting. a public good — from the corporate ALSO IN 1869, the Colored National Labor Union was formed, making it the balance sheet to the public balance first national black labor organization. sheet.” In 1918, the first federal bureau to attempt to ease labor-related racial tensions The crisis is solvable, the group de- caused by blacks leaving the South was the Division of Negro Economics in the clared, only if “business, government, Department of Labor. labor, the health care delivery system In 1941, the first federal activity to promote fair employment practices was the and the nonprofit sector work to- Fair Employment Practice Commission, which sought to eliminate discrimina- gether” around four principles of tion in hiring in the defense industry. health care: quality affordable health New York became the first state to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination insurance for all; individual responsi- in employment on the basis of race, creed or color. The year was 1945. bility “to maintain and protect their A. PHILIP RANDOLPH in 1957 became the first black vice president of the national AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Orga- nizations) and a member of its Executive Council. He was the president of the IRS PROBLEMS? Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The first federal fair employment legislation was the Civil Rights Act of 1964, •Haven’t filed for...years? passed by Congress at the urging of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. • Lost records? ### •Liens-Levies-Garnishments? •Fees are affordable SEVENTY YEARS AGO, in 1937, General Motors Corp. agreed to recognize • Appointments available the United Auto Workers Union of the CIO as the bargaining agent of its members evenings & weekends employed at GM’s Michigan plants. GM also agreed to drop court injunction pro- • Working with union members ceedings against UAW strikers and to not discriminate against union members for over 20 years and to establish grievance procedures. ALSO IN 1937, United States Steel Corp. agreed to recognize the Steel Work- Call Nancy D. Anderson ers Organizing Committee as the bargaining agent for its members employed at Enrolled Agent/Tax Practitioner U.S. Steel mills. A 10 percent raise, an eight-hour work day and a 40-hour work week were negotiated. 503-697-7757 (This information came from a U.S. Department of Labor 1964 booklet.)

FEBRUARY 16, 2007 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 11 Partisan battle lines drawn over Employee Free Choice WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI) — Wu, Darlene Hooley and Peter De- secret ballot elections. closed-door meetings and impose stiff employers and employees can’t agree Partisan battle lines were sharply drawn Fazio, and Washington Democrats Proponents of the bill, however, penalties on companies that coerce or on a first contract. And it enables em- Feb. 8 in the first congressional hearing Brian Baird, Jay Inslee, Rick Larsen, maintain that under the current process intimidate employees with threats of ployees to form unions when a majority on the labor-backed Employee Free Norm Dicks, Jim McDermott and for joining a union, employers routinely closure or firings. It also establishes a express their decision to join the union Choice Act. Adam Smith. Seven Republicans also harass, intimidate and even fire workers third-party mediation process when by signing authorization cards. Led by House Health, Employment, support the bill. for trying — and current labor law Labor and Pensions Subcommittee But the legislation faces an uphill doesn’t have the teeth to stop them. Chairman Rob Andrews (D-N.J.), De- battle in the the Senate, and will cer- Gordon Lafer, a professor at the La- I've helped you design and mocrats lined up solidly behind EFCA, tainly be vetoed by President George W. bor Education and Research Center at build factories all over the which would help level the playing Bush if it gets that far. It is unlikely the the University of Oregon, pointed to west. Now I'd like to help field for working people by fixing a Senate will garner enough votes to federal election laws, and how employ- you build wealth, and help badly broken system in which workers override a presidential veto. ers cannot coerce employees over their are routinely denied their freedom to Union officals believe the Employee vote. Those same economic protections design your residential, form or join a union. Free Choice Act will be a major topic applied to voters do not apply to work- investment and commercial EFCA, House Resolution (HR) 800 in the 2008 presidential election. ers in union elections. real estate portfolio. was introduced Feb. 7 following a press At the first committee hearing, Re- Lafer said management is free to ex- Lyman Warnock, Broker conference that included officials from publicans, led by Rep. John Kline (R- press its views on the union at any time, the AFL-CIO and Change to Win labor Minn.), held to the line pushed by the supervisors are urged to hold one-on- 503-860-7724 email: [email protected] federations, congressional leaders, civil U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the one meetings with employees, making website: oregonfirst.com/lymanwarnock rights activists and workers. National Right to Work Committee. their pro-management views known, The bill has a majority 232 co-spon- The panel’s Republicans declared the but at the same time, pro-union sup- sors in the House, including Oregon only way to put unions in workplaces is porters are banned from discussing the Democrats Earl Blumenauer, David by National Labor Relations Board-run union or posting pro-union literature anywhere in the workplace. He pointed out how employers can force employees to attend mass meet- Increasing majority support unions ings where pro-union employees are told that if they speak they can be fired A December 2006 survey by Peter D. Hart Research Associates shows that on the spot. the public support of unions is at a 25-year high — 65 percent approve of “If during the 2004 election, the unions while only 25 percent disapprove. Some 57 percent of all prime-age Bush Administration could have forced workers — roughly 60 million in all — say they would join a union today if every voter in America to watch the given the chance. Swiftboat Veterans for Truth movie, Yet, according to a recent Department of Labor report, the overall union- with no opportunity for response from ization rate in the U.S. continues to decline. Just 12 percent of wage and salary the other side — or if the Democrats Oregon Governor’s Occupational workers were union members in 2006, down from 12.5 percent in 2005 and could have forced everyone to watch down from more than 20 percent in 1980. Farenheit 9/11 — they might well have Safety & Health Conference According to the Hart poll, 69 percent said they were supportive of the Em- seized the opportunity — but no one ployee Free Choice Act as a means to help workers level the playing field. 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