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Oregon AFL-CIO backs Kulongoski for re-election The Oregon AFL-CIO wasted little SCME Council 75. It was Allen who time endorsing Gov. Ted Kulongoski moved to endorse Kulongoski. for re-election at its meeting July 25 in “Job creation. Capital construction. Portland. Minimum wage. Organizing. Health During President Tom Chamber- care. He’s with us right down the line,” lain’s report to the Committee On Po- said AFL-CIO President Tom Cham- litical Education (COPE), he was inter- berlain, who formerly served as the rupted and a motion was made to governor’s labor liaison. endorse the Democratic incumbent. A “He just gets it,” added Bob Petroff, vote was taken and Kulongoski won directing business representative of Ma- unanimous support, with two unions chinists District Lodge 24. “He knows — the Oregon Nurses Association and what’s right for workers...he’s one of Springfield Fire Fighters — abstaining. us.” A political endorsement requires a Kulongoski, a former member of the two-thirds majority vote. Teamsters and Steelworkers unions, Support by the AFL-CIO is a huge refers to himself in speeches as a “labor relief for Kulongoski, who failed to get Democrat.” He was one of the first gov- its backing in the May primary when he ernors in the nation to sign the pledge faced two labor-friendly Democratic for the Employee Free Choice Act, a opponents. At the time, public em- legislative proposal pending in Con- ployee unions were still upset with Ku- gress that calls for card-check elections longoski because of his work in the and employer neutrality during organ- 2005 Legislature to scale back public izing campaigns. employees’ pensions through massive During his first term, Kulongoski reforms. signed executive orders designating AF- Machinists strike at Cummins NW continues Kulongoski won the primary. He SCME Council 75 as the exclusive Steve Capsey, Ward Andring and Rick Brandt, members of Machinists Lodge 1005, walk picket line July 31 now faces a well-financed anti-union representative for some 5,000 registered at Cummins NW on Swan Island in Portland. The unfair labor practice strike, which is getting virtually no conservative Republican. child care providers throughout the attention by the Portland media, started July 7 after the company’s new owner voided contracts with Machinists “I think Ted Kulongoski is the best state, and the Service Employees Inter- and Teamsters unions at facilities in Portland, Pendleton, Renton, Wash. and Spokane, Wash., and quit paying labor governor in the United States in national Union as the exclusive agent into the pension fund. The sides are negotiating on new contracts with a federal mediator, but talks are moving terms of what he says and what he does. for approximately 6,000 state-listed slowly. The new owner wants open shop language in any new pacts. “We’re in for the long haul, said Andring, His actions follow his talk,” said Ken family child care providers. who has been with Cummins NW for 31 years. More than 100 workers are on strike, including 23 in Portland. Allen, executive director of Oregon AF- (Turn to Page 3) The ULP strike is sanctioned by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council and Teamsters Joint Council 37. Former Labor Press editor ‘Jimbo’ Goodsell dies at 86 James Warren Goodsell, editor of the Oregon was temporal arteritis. At that time they were living in were mostly judged by Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. Labor Press in the 1950s and ’60s, died in his Italy where he was the director of the United States Those are professional journalists studying at Harvard while on a sleep on July 15, 2006 at his home in Twisp, Trade Center in Milan. Dee Goodsell died at their school year’s sabbatical from their jobs. Washington, at the age of 86, his family re- Twisp home in 2003 at age 86. A highlight of Goodsell’s tenure at the Labor Press was attend- ported. Twisp, which is not far from the Cana- Jim, also known as Jimbo, became the editor and ing and covering the historic 1955 national merger of the American dian border, is situated in the Methow Valley in manager of the then-weekly Oregon Labor Press on Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations at the North Cascade Mountains. June 1, 1951 and held the job until Oct. 8, 1965. (This a convention in New York City. The next year he attended and cov- In 1982, Goodsell and his second wife, labor-owned non-profit newspaper was started as the ered the AFL-CIO state-level merger convention in Portland. Dorothy (Dee) Compton Goodsell, moved to Portland Labor Press on Labor Day 1900, became the The circulation of the Labor Press was 18,900 when Goodsell Twisp, which they had earlier selected as their Oregon Labor Press in 1914 and changed its name to became its editor and manager in 1951. He increased it to 40,000 retirement site because of its proximity to moun- Northwest Labor Press in 1987 to reflect its expanded over a period of years. tains, which they both enjoyed climbing. He scope.) Under Goodsell’s editorship the Labor Press Goodsell’s reporting on the long, bitter November 1959 to April took early retirement from a federal executive won 24 national awards in the annual journalism com- 1965 strike against the Oregonian and Oregon Journal and his sup- post because she had suddenly gone nearly blind petition sponsored by the International Labor Press As- port for the striking unions and their members earned him a special in 1981. Doctors said the cause of her sight loss JAMES GOODSELL sociation. In those years the ILPA journalism contests (Turn to Page 2) Let me say this about that —By Gene Klare Labor, greens come together By DON McINTOSH some labor groups have yet to endorse. Washington to meet demand. Bio- Associate Editor Instead, it sticks to a unifying agenda all diesel is diesel fuel produced from re- If unions could join forces politically sides can agree with: energy independ- newable resources, including recycled with environmental groups, what could ence, energy efficiency, clean energy, cooking oils, animal fats, and soybean they achieve together? Maybe good jobs and good jobs. and canola oils. and a clean environment? Rich Feldman, Apollo coordinator Thanks to the demand created by the Neither camp has close ties to the for the state of Washington, says people law, Seattle-based Imperium Renew- majority party in Congress right now, who are concerned about global warm- ables expects to break ground in early but state by state, such an alliance has ing are already on board with Apollo’s September in Grays Harbor on one of potential, leaders in both movements proposals, while those who aren’t still the largest biofuels plants in America. say. see the value of weaning the U.S. from The work will be done by a union-sig- In June, the 850,000-member union dependence on foreign fuel supplies. natory general contractor, JH Kelly, and United Steelworkers and the 750,000- Apollo takes its name from the construction will take about a year. The member environmental group Sierra Apollo project, the challenge laid down $40 million plant is slated to create 250 Club announced the formation of a by John F. Kennedy that America could to 350 jobs during construction and 50 “Blue-Green Alliance” to work on a send a manned vessel to the moon permanent jobs once it’s running. The joint political agenda. within a decade if it put its mind to the plant will manufacture biodiesel using “Good jobs and a clean environment task. Similarly, say Apollo Alliance palm oil from Malaysia and soybean oil are important to American workers,” founders, America can found a new era from the United States. ...Goodsell’s career said Steelworkers President Leo Gerard of high efficiency and renewable energy The Portland City Council passed a (From Page 1) in a statement accompanying the an- if it’s willing to invest in it. Apollo says local ordinance July 12, without any nouncement. “We cannot have one with- developing bio-fuels, wind, solar and prompting from the Apollo Alliance or award from the ILPA. He published a number of special editions of the Labor out the other.” other new technologies could create 3 other groups. Commissioner Randy Press devoted entirely to the strike and printed hundreds of thousands of copies The Steelworkers have a history of million new jobs in the agricultural Leonard, a former Fire Fighters Union which were delivered door-to-door by teams of strikers. This helped the striking working with environmentalists dating economy, construction and industry. leader, authored the ordinance. The or- unions to persuade tens of thousands of people to cancel their subscriptions to the back to the 1970 passage of the Clean In Washington, an active Apollo dinance requires that within a year all struck-but-still-publishing newspapers which were produced by strikebreakers. Air Act, and are a part of several other chapter helped pass legislation this gas stations within the city limits offer JIM SERVED as an ILPA vice president and executive council member from such alliances. March to require that diesel and gaso- gasoline that includes 10 percent 1958 to 1965. He was One that shows potential is the line sold in the state contain minimum ethanol. In addition, all diesel sold will a member of Portland Apollo Alliance, founded in 2003, percentages of biodiesel and ethanol. have to include 5 percent biodiesel. Newspaper Guild Lo- which has been endorsed by 20 environ- The bill was fought hard by petroleum The Apollo Alliance is looking to cal 165 and Portland mental groups, 19 international unions, companies, but passed with bipartisan build momentum in Oregon, and is as- Machinists Lodge 63. and 10 state federations and central la- support. The law took effect July 1, and signing a full-time organizer, Jeremy In his years in Port- bor councils of the AFL-CIO. Apollo the goal is for gas to contain at least 2 Hays, to the task. Oregon AFL-CIO land, Goodsell served brings together business and community percent ethanol and diesel to contain 2 Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Byrd says on the governing groups as well, who are interested in its percent biodiesel, within two-and-a-half discussions are under way about boards of the mayor- focus on public investment in energy years. Those requirements would rise to whether to start a formal chapter of the appointed Commis- conservation and alternative energy. 10 percent and 5 percent respectively Apollo Alliance in Oregon. Backers sion on Public Docks, Apollo takes no position on nuclear when the state Department of Agricul- would hope to develop a legislative the City Club, the Ur- energy, which green groups oppose, or ture determines that there’s enough agenda in the next few months. ban League, the Ore- action to limit global warming, which seed-crushing and feedstock capacity in gon chapter of the American Civil Liber- ties Union, the Junior Symphony Associa- tion and the Press Club of Oregon. He Swanson, Thomas & Coon JIM GOODSELL also was a member of a blue-ribbon citizens ATTORNEYS AT LAW committee that produced a change-making report on racial policies in the Port- Since 1981 land Public Schools. JAMES W. GOODSELL was born on March 7, 1920 in Madison, Wiscon- James Coon Ray Thomas Kimberly Tucker sin. His father was the Reverend Henry Guy Goodsell, a Methodist pastor; his mother was Anna Catherine (Tyler) Goodsell. Jacqueline Jacobson Margaret Weddell Cynthia F. Newton Jim spent his early years in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado, places where his father’s career took the family. In 1934, the Rev. Guy Goodsell moved his family to Portland when he accepted the pulpit of the First Methodist Church where he stayed until retiring in 1946. JIM ATTENDED Lincoln High School when it was in a building that later Tip of the week: In Social Security, you usually have 60 became part of Portland State University and is called Lincoln Hall. He served as days to challenge a decision that goes against you, but there editor of the student newspaper and president of the student body. After gradu- ating in 1937, he studied for a year at Willamette University in Salem, which is no reason to wait. Get help as soon as you can! was connected with the Methodist Church. He won a scholarship to Columbia College in New York City and studied there for three years. At Columbia he was elected editor of the campus literary magazine, the Columbia Review. We represent people on all types of injury and disease related claims. BEFORE PEARL HARBOR, Goodsell worked at a plant in Pasadena, Calif., that made parts for the B-24 bomber. After the Japanese attack that brought n Workers’ Compensation nConstruction Injuries n Asbestos/Mesothelioma the U.S. into World War II, Jim joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and saw duty as a sergeant with the Air Transport Command in India and China. n Personal Injury/Product Liability n Death Claims n Social Security Disability After the war, Goodsell took a job as a reporter for the Astorian-Budget daily newspaper in Astoria on the North Oregon Coast and next became news editor of radio station KAST in Astoria. He was elected chairman of the Clatsop County We provide straight answers at no cost on any of the above areas of law. Democratic Party in 1948. That quickly led to him being hired as the Portland- based executive secretary of the Democratic Party of Oregon. During his tenure, CALL US or VISIT OUR WEB SITE the Democrats became Oregon’s majority party in voter registration for the first time. This led to the victories of Democratic candidates for state and federal of- (503) 228-5222 http://www.stc-law.com fices in the elections later in the 1950s after Jim had moved to the Labor Press. One of those winning Democrats was Richard Neuberger, Jim’s brother-in-law, (Turn to Page 11) PAGE 2 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS AUGUST 4, 2006 ...Democrats, Sizemore files anti-union Republicans initiatives for 2008 ballot Despite unpaid ballot; and they lied on state and federal are endorsed tax returns and state Contribution & Ex- (From Page 1) judgments, Bill Sizemore penditure (C&E) reports. As the COPE meeting, was winding is still trying to hurt He was ordered to pay $842,000 in down, Kulongoski stopped by to thank damages to the two teachers unions. the political committee for its support. unions at the polls. Under state anti-racketeering statutes, Despite difference on certain issues, Labor foe and convicted racketeer that amount was tripled by the judge to Kulongoski said, “I’ve never forgotten Bill Sizemore has filed initiative peti- $2.52 million. Sizemore has filed ap- where I came from. I’ve never, ever lost tions with the Oregon secretary of peals and has refused to pay the fine. In sight of who I represent. And that’s you.” state’s office calling for the repeal of the 2004, a Multnomah County judge held He said all workers — union and state’s prevailing wage law and making him in contempt of court. nonunion — are tied to the labor move- Oregon a so-called right-to-work state Sizemore’s initiatives for 2008 in- ment. “You carry them. Your success is in which the union shop is banned. clude more measures that would pro- their success,” he said. Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is congratulated by Bob Shiprack, executive They are just two of 29 initiatives hibit unions from collecting dues from Kulongoski said the November elec- secretary of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council, and Sizemore has filed for the 2008 election members’ checks; an initiative that tion will be a barometer for the 2008 Ken Allen, executive director of Oregon AFSCME Council 75, after he was cycle. Most of the initiatives attack pub- would prevent public employee unions presidential election. “What happens in endorsed for re-election by the Oregon AFL-CIO — an endorsement that lic employee unions and teachers. from making campaign contributions to America and in Oregon (this Novem- eluded him in the May primary. One of Sizemore’s initiatives will elected public officials that would make ber) sets the stage for 2008.” appear on the November 2006 ballot. decisions at the workplace. Unions In other political action, COPE en- Delegates also endorsed Senate Re- endorsed on a standing vote of 21-2. He had filed nearly a dozen. caught contributing would be “guilty of dorsed incumbent U.S. Reps. Earl Blu- publican Frank Morse in Dist. 8. A recommendation by the Oregon Sizemore still owes the Oregon Edu- bribery or attempting to bribe an elected menauer, David Wu, Peter DeFazio, In the House, COPE backed De- AFL-CIO to endorse Republican Rep. cation Association and the Oregon Fed- official,” the initiative reads. Another and Darlene Hooley. They also backed mocrats Howard Owens, Dist. 3; Nancy Debi Farr in Dist. 14 (Eugene) failed on eration of Teachers-Oregon nearly $2.5 initiative would subject teacher pay Democrat Carol Voisin, who is chal- Nathanson, Dist. 13; Sara Gelser, Dist. a standing vote. A motion by the Lane million after they successfully sued him raises and job security to classroom per- lenging Republican Greg Walden in the 16; Dan Thackaberry, Dist. 17; Brian County Labor Council to endorse her and his organization, Oregon Taxpayers formance. Second District. Delegates representing Grisham, Dist. 19; Jason Brown, Dist. Democratic opponent, Chris Edwards, United (OTU), in December 2000, Some of Sizemore initiatives on file construction unions opposed the en- 23; Sal Peralta, Dist. 24; Charles was approved 18-9. That was followed charging a pattern of fraud and racket- don’t attack unions, but they would af- dorsement, citing Walden’s support for “Chuck” Lee, Dist. 25; Tobias Read, by a motion for a roll-call vote, in which eering activities that caused the unions fect the initiative process. One would prevailing wage laws. Dist. 27; Mitch Greenlick, Dist. 33; Edwards failed to garner a two-thirds’ to have to spend heavily to defeat them. repeal 2002’s Ballot Measure 26, the In legislative races, the AFL-CIO en- Greg MacPherson; Dist. 38; and Ben majority, resulting in no action. The jury agreed that: Sizemore’s organ- union-backed initiative banning the dorsed the following candidates: Cannon, Dist. 46. Before the May primary, COPE en- izations submitted forged signatures on buying and selling of signatures. Signa- Senate Democrats Alan Bates, Dist. In roll-call voting, COPE endorsed dorsed several incumbents in the Sen- the initial statements of sponsorship for ture-gatherers now must be paid by the 3; Paul Evans, Dist. 10; Peter Courtney, incumbent Republicans Vicki Berger in ate and House. For a complete list of en- the future ballot measures; they submit- hour. A co-sponsor of the newly-filed Dist. 11; Elizabeth “Betsy” Johnson, Dist. 20 and Scott Bruun in Dist. 37. dorsements go to the labor federation’s ted forged signatures on initiative peti- initiative is Tim Trickey, who owns a Dist. 16; and Rod Monroe, Dist. 24. Republican Bob Jenson, Dist. 59, was Web site at www.oraflcio.org. tions used to qualify measures for the signature-gathering business. Another Sizemore initiative would allow initiatives to contain a provision stating that the courts cannot overturn a ballot measure if passed by voters. Still another initiative would require the sec- retary of state to “scrutinize every sig- nature” that is turned in on a petition. None of the 38 initiatives on file at the secretary of state’s office as of July Take advantage 31 had been approved for circulation. of your Credit Southgate Mobile & RV Park 7911 SE 82nd Ave. Union’s LOW Portland, Oregon Spaces Available up to 35’ RATES on loan 503-771-5262 products before it’s to late! 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AUGUST 4, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 3 L ABOR AND P OLITICAL NEWS FROM AROUND THE PACIFIC N ORTHWEST What’s ‘Union Yes’ racer qualifies 16th at Happening Woodburn event WOODBURN, Ore. — The “Union Yes” race car driven by Thompson wins Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 mem- fifth term at ber Greg Hindman qualified 16th at the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Roofers Local 49 event July 6-9 at Woodburn Dragstrip. Sixty-four cars attempted to lock-in Michael Thompson has been re- one of the 48 available positions in the elected by acclamation as business Top Comp qualifying field. manager of the United Union of Hindman secured his top finish Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied with a 7.11-second pass during his Workers Local 49 in Portland. third run. He then went on to win three He was sworn in to his fifth term of rounds, making it to the remaining the 450-member local on July 13. four drivers in the Top Sportsman race. In a three-way race for president, The Woodburn race was Hind- Darrell Hopkins Sr. unseated incum- man’s third event in the 2006 season. bent Russ Garnett. Candidate Jim Earlier this year, the “Union Yes” Newsom finished third. race car competed in divisional races Motorcycle Poker Run delivers winning hand Russ Nicolai defeated Bruce Wynne in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. Ashley Keels and Iris Smith of Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation accept a check for $25,000 from the for an open seat as vice president, Hindman has been able to compete while John Havens was re-elected “Unions for Kids” Motorcycle Poker Run held June 10 in Portland. Presenting the check is Unions for Kids co-chair with the help of sponsorships by labor Lee Duncan (center), a business representative of Electrical Workers Local 48, and Dave Tully of Teamsters Joint Warden, defeating Jim Breneman. unions, councils and businesses. Paul Corbin ran unopposed for Council 37. The fourth annual Motorcycle event raised more than three times the $7,500 total last year. Nearly 300 “With all these locals, councils and riders, mostly union members and their friends, participated. “In four years we have jumped from the initial $2,500 recording secretary. He succeeds vendors working together towards one Howard Nave, who is retiring. raised to this year’s $25,000,” said Duncan. “This event has become a tremendous success. It is great to be able to do message, ‘Union Yes,’ this program is something like this for the kids who desperately need our help.” For the second year in a row, the raffle included a new Elected to Local 49’s Executive such a powerful advertising campaign. Board were Hopkins Sr., Nicolai, Gar- Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which IBEW Local 48 member Bob Borman won. “Everyone wants that motorcycle,” We are able to reach many more peo- said Duncan. “The raffle adds excitement to the event and considerably increases participation.” Standing in the nett, Ray Carpenter and Emily Blatch- ple than any one of us could do alone,” ford. background are union volunteers who helped staff the day-long event and members of unions that donated money. said Hindman. “I feel so fortunate to The check was presented at the Northwest Oregon Labor Council delegates’ meeting July 24. Elected delegates to the interna- have the opportunity to represent or- tional convention were Carpenter, ganized labor. I am inspired by each Garnett, Hopkins Sr., Nicolai and and union member, and of course, by the 29; the Northwest Regional Council of Nave. brothers and sisters of the labor move- Carpenters, Plumbers and Fitters Lo- Labor Day picnics 350 janitors at ment that came before us.” cals 290 and Oregon AFSCME Coun- on tap in Portland ServiceMaster win Sponsors of the “Union Yes” race cil 75. Corporate sponsors are Gre- SEIU endorses car include the Columbia-Pacific sham Transmission, AutoMax USA, and Bend, Ore. back pay settlement Building and Construction Trades Nitrous Express and Wheelez. Gov. Kulongoski Council; Roofers Local 49; Cement For more information about the The Northwest Oregon Labor Janitors ordered to arrive early for for re-election Masons Local 555; the International race car, contact Brandi Hindman at Council once again will host a Labor work shifts at the Rose Garden arena Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Lo- 503-740-8806 or go to their Website at Day picnic. will get back pay as part of the set- The Service Employees Interna- cals 280 and 640; Iron Workers Local www.unionyesracing.com. Oaks Park in Southeast Portland tlement of a court case. In July, Ser- tional Union (SEIU) announced July has been booked fro Monday, Sept. 4. viceMaster Swan Island agreed to 31 that it has endorsed Gov. Ted Ku- Unions are reserving space for what is pay $84,125 to settle a class action longoski’s re-election effort. the largest Labor Day bash in Oregon. lawsuit filed in May 2005 in Mult- SEIU Locals 503 and 49, which Bill Lucy, secretary-treasurer of the nomah County Circuit Court over represent 45,000 workers in Oregon, American Federation of State, County violations of Oregon’s wage and endorsed Democratic challenger Jim and Municipal Employees, will be the hour laws. Hill in the three-man primary in May. keynote speaker. The suit alleged that ServiceMas- “In this (general) election, Kulon- The Labor Council will sell food ter directed employees to arrive at a goski is clearly the right candidate for scrip for 25 cents each. Three scrip certain time and then wait up to an Oregon,” said Kurt Kessler, an SEIU will get you a hot dog and chips, two hour until the end of an event like a Local 503 member who provides serv- scrip a soda pop, and four scrip a beer. Blazers basketball game, before ices to senior citizens in Medford. A deluxe ride bracelet costs $8.25 clocking in. That would run afoul of “There is no question in our minds and is good from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oregon law. that working families will be better off This year the roller rink will be open The settlement was declared a (if Kulongoski is re-elected.)” for those with ride bracelets. victory by Portland-based Service Joe DiNicola, a corporate tax audi- For more information, or to pur- Employees Local 49, which paid the tor who serves as president of SEIU chase scrip, call 503-235-9444. attorneys fees. Local 49 has watch- Local 503, says Kulongoski’s Repub- Union members in Central Ore- dogged abuses by ServiceMaster lican opponent Ron Saxton is too ex- gon will host a “Labor Day Unity Swan Island, a nonunion cleaning treme for Oregon. Picnic” starting at noon Monday, firm that competes with unionized “If elected, Saxton will dismantle Sept. 4, at Pioneer Park. companies. ServiceMaster Swan Is- the services Oregonians rely on. When Union members and family and land janitors typically work part it comes to affordable health care, edu- friends of labor are invited to enjoy time, make just above minimum cation for our children economic fair- free hamburgers, hot dogs, vegetar- wage and do not receive health ben- ness and workers’ rights, Ron Saxton Sheet Metal Workers ‘cruise-in’ ian choices, raw veggies, chips, dips, efits. ServiceMaster Swan Island is a plans to send Oregon backwards,” soft drinks and more. Participants local franchise of a national com- DiNicola said. Oregon Congresswoman Darlene Hooley calls out a winning ticket at the are asked to bring a potluck dessert pany; some ServiceMaster fran- SEIU’s endorsement follows hun- Summer Blast and Cruise-In July 30 at West Linn Willamette Park hosted by to share. Entertainment will include chises are union-represented. dreds of conversations among union Sheet Metal Workers Local 16, SMACNA and the HVAC & Metals Institute. live music and games for kids. The damages will be split among members, as well as votes by union The day included a barbecue, live band, kids’games and a display of hot rods, For more information, call over 350 janitors who cleaned the members elected to its political action trucks and motorcycles. All proceeds from the event went to Local 16’s Food Kathryn Wood at 541-385-8471. Rose Garden between 1999 and committees and boards of both locals. Bank. Helping with the prizes are Local 16 President Ric Olander (center), 2005, depending on hours worked. and Business Representative Del Brown. About 600 people attended.

PAGE 4 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS AUGUST 4, 2006 After being illegally fired in 2002 Portland school custodians’ return murky Eight months after the Oregon Attorneys representing custodians dians are back to work. union would be faced with the choice to Supreme Court ruled that privatizing maintain the district had no authority to In any case, that pay will last only strike or take concessions. Quarry 8” Safety toe or reg. Portland Public Schools custodial de- impose a deadline for the acceptance of until a new union contract is negotiated. The PPS Board has asked district Gortex/Vibram. Black partment was illegal, details about the reinstatement offer. But they and the And the district shows every sign of re- management to keep the custodial de- custodians’ return to work are still steering committee elected by the ter- turning to the hardball bargaining partment budget to $16 or $17 million. Try a pair on, you’ll like them. murky. minated custodians to oversee their re- stances it had in the past. Four years ago it was $18 million. In all Tough boots for the Northwest. Just over a month before the school turn plan to cooperate and try to meet This time, the district may bargain in likelihood, there will be fewer custodi- year begins, it wasn’t clear how many the deadline. They think over half may a hurry. In recent bargaining with cafe- ans to do the same work. AL’S SHOES of the roughly 330 custodians the dis- agree to return; a better number will be teria workers and office support staff, That’s the future the custodians 5811 SE 82nd, Portland 503-771-2130 trict fired in August 2002 would choose available Aug. 4. the district dragged its feet and held off would return to. It’s no wonder many Mon-Fri 10-7:30 Sat 10-5:30 Sun 12-6 to return. Some details emerged when steering for six months before giving its wage are hesitant to return. On July 6, the district sent a letter to committee chair Steve Armony had his and benefit proposal. The custodians, the attorneys representing the custodi- first meeting July 26 with his district on the other hand, have been given a de ans. The letter announced an offer to counterparts — Jim Christensen, hired facto proposal before they return to “recall” them to their former positions, to manage the transition, and Randy work, and before their bargaining team and imposed a deadline of July 20 for Thomas, custodial service manager. has been selected. The custodians won’t individuals to accept the offer. The district has signed a contract with be district employees — or union mem- ramers/metro That deadline was extended to July PHC, the current janitorial contractor, bers — until they formally accept rein- K 28, and again to Aug. 4. to use its supervisors until December. statement and return to work. mailing service Once the district has determined how The district is proposing to pay cus- 3201 N.W. YEON many custodians want to return, it will todians what the employees of PHC, the PORTLAND, OREGON 97210 fill positions in order of seniority, and private contractor, were paid — $10.55 (503) 274-1638 FAX (503) 227-1245 then hire to fill any still-vacant posi- an hour for “day custodians” and THE ONLY UNION MAILER tions. New hires will have to pass a civil $10.35 an hour for “night janitors.” In service exam. The goal is to get every- other words, the district will pay custo- IN OREGON one on the job before school begins dians $14.56 to $22.71 upon return Visit our Web site at www.kramersmailing.com CUSTODIAN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS Sept. 6. Once all positions are filled, the (presumably because it’s legally obli- MEMBERS OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 223 Aug. 19 & 29, 2006 workers will choose a contract bargain- gated to) and then propose to cut that — Eric Brending, Owner — Benson High School Cafeteria ing team, which will be joined by a salary a third to a half. 546 NE 12th Ave. Portland staffperson from their union, Service Four years ago, the district proposed Sign in at 9:00 AM Employees International Union Local a cut of nearly as much, asking custo- 503. dians to absorb $4.5 million in wage The PPS Custodians Civil Service Board (CCSB) will The chief hurdle to returning, Ar- and benefit concessions out of a total of conduct a Custodian Civil Service examination on each mony says, is that it’s tough for custodi- $15.6 million. PPS didn’t budge from BENNETT HARTMAN of the above dates for the purpose of qualifying a pool ans to make a decision when they don’t that offer in six months of negotiations. of candidates for potential employment as custodians know what they'll be returning to. Faced with the threat of privatization, MORRIS & KAPLAN, LLP within the Portland Public School system. “It ain’t gonna be like the old days,” the union bargaining team agreed to ac- Preregister for an exam via the Portland Schools Armony said. “They’ll have to be more cept $2.4 million of that cut, but the dis- Attorneys at Law Human Resources Web site (www.hr.pps.k12.or.us). of a united union than ever to go back to trict decided to pursue the whole $4.5 Go to the Employment Opportunities section and scroll work for the school district.” million cut by outsourcing the depart- to the Civil Service Exam link. Or, if preferred, register The district said it would pay them ment. upon arrival at Benson on the day of the test. All their old salaries, plus the same per- Armony said he expects bargaining applicants are required to provide photo ID verification centage increases that were given to the will again be hard-fought when custo- Representing Unions and Workers Since 1960 on the day of testing. district’s cafeteria workers over the last dians return. Additional information is available via the Human Re- four years. Armony and the attorneys This time, it’s clear the district can’t sources Web site. reject the idea that raises negotiated for legally privatize. But it can declare im- Portland Public Schools is an equal opportunity one group can apply to the other, but passe and impose its offer, if and when educator and employer. agreed to settle that dispute once custo- bargaining breaks down. 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AUGUST 4, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 5 Official Exterior & Interior Metal Trades Council Portland City & Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at Klamath Falls area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Specialists 2154 NOLC board room, 1125 SE Madison, Portland. Metropolitan Employees Aug. 22, at the Moose Lodge, 1577 Oak Ave., Klamath Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 1125 Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at IBEW Lo- 189 Falls. SE Madison, Suite 207, Portland. cal 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Medford area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. Notices Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 24, at 650A Industrial Cir., White City. 6025 E Burnside, Portland. Roseburg area meetings will resume in Oct. Glass Workers 740 Mid-Columbia General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. Salem area members meet 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, at Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at 22, 6025 E Burnside, Portland. 1810 Hawthorne Ave. NE, Salem. Asbestos Workers 36 Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Spring- Labor Council The Dalles area members meeting has been canceled for Aug. Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9. field. Delegates meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 3313 W. Roofers & Waterproofers Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at 2nd, The Dalles. Humboldt-Del Norte Co. area members meet 5:30 Members meet 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11. p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Eureka Training Center, Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Candalaria Terrace, Suite 204, 2659 Commercial St. SE, 49 Salem. 832 E St., Eureka, Calif. Molders 139 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Bakery, Confectionery, Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, preceded Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7. Iron Workers 29 by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Carpenters Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave, Portland. (Phone: USW 1097 Tobacco Workers and PLEASE NOTE: The Aug. 17 meeting has been can- Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. 503 232-4807) Members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, preceded celed. by a 3 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the union of- Grain Millers 114 Multnomah County Sheet Metal fice, 91237 Old Mill Town Rd., Westport. Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, in Iron Workers the meeting room at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 205, Port- Employees 88 Workers 16 land. Shopmen 516 General Membership meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. Portland meeting canceled for August. Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, 16, preceded by a 6 p.m. stewards meeting. Medford meeting canceled for August. Aug. 24 is Building Boilermakers 500 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., #300, Portland. PLEASE Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, NOTE: The 38th annual golf tournament will be held Meetings are at the Council 75 office, 6025 E Burn- at UA #290 Hall, 3861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield, pre- Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at 2515 NE ceded by a 5 p.m. VOC meeting. Trades Night at the Columbia Blvd., Portland. Sunday, Aug. 27, at Glendoveer West Golf Course. The side, Portland. format is 4-person, best ball. Please call the local for en- Coos Bay area meetings have been canceled for Au- try forms. 503 257-4743 gust. Meetings resume in September. Portland Beavers Bricklayers and Allied Northwest Oregon NOTICE: Check out our new Web site at Labor Roundtable of Labor Council www.smw16.org. The Columbia-Pacific Building and Craftworkers 1 Construction Trades Council will have The Aug. 15 meeting has been canceled. PLEASE Southwest Washington Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at the IBEW Sign Painters & NOTE: The BAC Local 1 annual picnic will be held Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. a labor night at the Portland Beavers from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at Blue Lake Delegates meet 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at Hometown Paint Makers 1094 Buffet, 7809-B Vancouver Plaza Dr., Vancouver, Wash. AAA Baseball game on Thursday, Park. Reservations are required, please call 503 232- Members meet 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 0358 Operating Engineers 701 21, in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Port- Aug. 24, at PGE Park. Laborers 483 District 1 members meet 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at land. Gates open at 6:05 p.m. and the Carpenters 1715 Municipal Employees Gladstone Union Hall, 555 E. First St., Gladstone. first pitch will be thrown at 7:05 p.m. Members meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, preceded District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Southern Oregon The Beavers take on Las Vegas. by a 5 p.m. Executive Board meeting at 612 E. Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the North Bend/Coos Bay Labor Center, 3427 Ash St., North McLoughlin, Vancouver, Wash. Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. Bend. Central Labor Council Aug. 24 is also Miller Lite Thurs- District 5 members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Gladstone Union Hall, 555 E. First St., Gladstone. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the Labor day, with discounted prices for beer. Cement Masons 555 Laborers/Vancouver 335 District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. Affiliates of the CPBCTC have Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at 12812 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, preceded by a at Courtyard Marriott, 600 Airport Rd., Medford. purchased a block of tickets along the NE Marx St., Portland. 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancouver La- District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. Southwestern Oregon bor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. 16, at The Riverhouse, 3075 N. Hwy. 97, Bend. first base/right field line at $9 each. District 2 members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, Central Labor Council Contact your local union for infor- Clark, Skamania & at the Marriott Residence Inn, 25 Club Rd., Eugene. Linoleum Layers 1236 Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the Bay mation about how to obtain a ticket. W. Klickitat Counties PLEASE NOTE: The Aug. meeting is “Special Call” Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend. to vote on adjusting the hourly pension fund contribu- Labor Council tion. Painters & Drywall United Association 290 Delegates meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24, preceded Executive Board meets 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at 16th annual Labor the Union Office 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Finishers 10 Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. by an Executive Board meeting, at the ILWU Local 4 18, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin. Hall, 1205 Ingalls St., Vancouver, Wash. Portland Area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at 11105 24, at the Union Office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Port- NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Astoria area members meet 6:00 pm Wednesday, Aug. Award Banquet land. 23, at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Bend area members meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the Local 290 Training Center, 2161 SW First, Red- slated Sept. 8 Columbia-Pacific Marion-Polk-Yamhill Pile Drivers, Divers mond. Building Trades Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, VANCOUVER, Wash. — The 16th Labor Council & Shipwrights 2416 Aug. 29, at Curry County Search and Rescue, 417 Rail- annual Labor Award Banquet will be Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 8 and Aug. road St., Brookings. 15, at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Portland. Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, fol- Members meet 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, preceded by a held Friday, Sept. 8 at the Red Lion lowed by a 7 p.m. general meeting at SEIU #503, 1730 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 2205 N Lombard, Coos Bay area members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. Commercial St. SE, Salem. Portland. 22, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse, Coos Hotel at the Quay. The event is spon- Bay. Electrical Workers 48 Eugene area members meet 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. sored by the Labor Roundtable of Marine Unit meets 5 p.m. Monday, Aug 28. 21, at the Eugene #290 Hall. Southwest Washington. Bylaws Committee meets 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug 22, in the Executive Boardroom. Tickets are $45 per person. A no- Residential Unit meets 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug 9, host bar opens at 6 p.m., with dinner at in the Dispatch Lobby General Membership meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Retiree Meeting Notices 7 p.m. The tentative keynote speaker is Aug 23, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. pre-meeting buffet. Congressman Brian Baird. Wasco Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug 9, at the For more information, call 360- Wasco PUD, 2345 River Rd., The Dalles. ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED ELECTRICAL WORKERS 48 10520 NE Halsey, Portland. Coast Unit meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug 9, at Astoria 687-5611. Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. AMERICANS OREGON CHAPTER Retired Electricians of Local 48, Coast Unit Picnic will be held 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Satur- Executive Board meets 10 a.m. wives and friends meet Tuesday, Aug. NORTHWEST OREGON LABOR day Aug 12, at Cullaby Lake Park between Seaside & Astoria Thursday, Aug. 10, in the Northwest 8, and travel on a FREE 48-seat lux- RETIREES COUNCIL A Rewarding Job Serving EWMC meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug 9, in the Exec- Oregon Labor Council board room, at ury bus to Lucky Eagle Casino in Business meeting from 10 a.m. to utive Boardroom. Sound & Communication Unit meets 6:30 p.m. 1125 SE Madison, Portland. Rochester, WA. The bus will leave at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at 1125 SE Working Families in Oregon Wednesday, Aug 16. Retirees meet 9:30 a.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m. from Westminster Presby- Madison #100G, Portland. Electrical Women of Local 48 meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Union Plus Mortgage is HIRING! Aug 15, at NIETC, 16021 NE Airport Way. Aug. 24, at Westmoreland Union terian Church, NE 16th and Hancock, Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug Manor, 6404 SE 23rd Ave., Portland. and will also pick-up additional pas- OREGON AFSCME 503.449.6994 16 and Sept 6. Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, un- All retirees are welcome to attend. sengers at Russellville Plaza, 20 SE Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. less otherwise noted. 103rd Ave, at 8:45 a.m. and will return 15, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E DEATH ASSESSMENTS: The following death as- sessments have been declared for Aug. and are payable at BAKERS 114 at 4:30 p.m. Receive casino coupons, Burnside, Portland. Call Michael 50 cents: No. 2113, Glenn W. Jenkins; No. 2114, Milo L. Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, enjoy lunch plus raffle gifts and Arken for information at 503-239- IRS PROBLEMS? Greene, and No. 2115, John M. Herceg. Aug. 24, at North Clackamas Park for snacks for the drive home. Let’s fill 9858, ext. 124. Electrical Workers 280 the annual potluck picnic. For more the bus! For reservations, please call • Haven’t filed for...years? information, please call Diane at 503 Vera Larson (503) 252-2296. SHEET METAL WORKERS 16 Bend Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at the • Lost records? IBEW/UA Training Center, 2161 SW First St., Red- 762-6924. Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, mond. GLASS WORKERS 740 Aug. 10, at The Old Spaghetti Factory, • Liens-Levie-Garnishments? Joint Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, at the Central Electrical Training Center, 33309 Hwy. 99E, CARPENTERS Retirees meet 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18925 NW Tanasbourne Dr. (Exit 64 • Negotiate settlements. Tangent. Retired Carpenters meet for lunch 15, at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 off Hwy.26). All Sheet Metal Workers Executive Board meets 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at • Retiring? Have Questions? 32969 Hwy. 99E, Tangent. 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at JJ NE Halsey, Portland. and spouses welcome. North’s Grand Buffet, 10520 NE Call Nancy D. Anderson Elevator Constructors 23 Halsey, Portland. LINOLEUM LAYERS 1236 UNITED ASSOCIATION 290 Enrolled Agent/Tax Practitioner Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, preceded Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Friday, Portland/Eugene area retiree meet- by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE Whitaker Way, Portland. Aug. 11, at JJ North’s Grand Buffet, ings will resume in September. 503-697-7757

PAGE 6 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS AUGUST 4, 2006 (ABOVE) MDA North Metro and Vancouver Goodwill Ambassador Carson Jones, 12, and his counselor Bobby Heiney, 24, from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. (RIGHT) Water Ball, organized by Springfield Local 1395 and Hoodland Local 1660, was a camp favorite for more than 100 MDA campers. Some 70 union firefighters took part. Fire Fighters play with MDA kids at summer camp WELCHES, Ore. — Over 100 firefighters from Hood River, Hoodland, Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, Clackamas, Lake Os- wego, Hillsboro, Albany, Estacada and Portland took part in “Fire- fighter’s Day” July 12 at the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s an- nual summer camp at Camp Arrah Wanna. Over 90 youths from Oregon and Southwest Washington attended the camp July 8-15. The camp allows children ages 6 to 21 with neuromuscular dis- eases who are in wheelchairs or have limited mobility to enjoy a fun-filled week of activities in a physically and emotionally-safe environment. “The camp experience gives participants the unique opportunity to make friends and participate in outdoor events alongside youth with similar diseases,” said Jes- Successfully Protecting Your Rights sica Pollack, public affairs coordinator for the MDA Portland region. Juries have awarded more than $12 million More than 30 firefighters donated a week of their personal time by serving as camp counselors for the entire week. in verdicts for our clients since 2000. On Firefighter’s Day, the kids played a few games of water ball and had Fire- fighter Fear Factor where they had to dig gummy worms out of tins of pudding with their face. They also had blindfolded wheelchair maze races. “The kids had a great time with them (firefighters) while they were there,” Pol- In or out of court, the trial lawyers at lock said. Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP know how The International Association of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO, is one of MDA’s old- to get you the best results. est and largest sponsors. Fire Fighters have contributed over $230 million to MDA since 1954. Not only do they volunteer at camp every year, fire departments across Representing working people Toxic injuries Oregon and the U.S. participate in Fill-the-Boot drives, whereby firefighters ask in the Northwest and Alaska passing motorists to fill their fire boots with cash for MDA. X MDA sent out a special “thank-you” to the following locals for attending this for more than 30 years Construction accidents year’s MDA camp: Albany 845, Canby 1660, Clackamas County 1159, Corvallis X 2240, Forest Grove 1660, Gresham 1062, Hillsboro 2210, Hood River 3256, Hood- land 1660, Newberg 1660, Portland 43, Sandy 1660, Springfield 1395, Tualatin Nursing home abuse and neglect Valley 1660, and Vancouver, Wash. 452. X Maritime and railroad injuries OREGON X Korean War Veterans Tel: 503.224-4100 Products liability organization is looking for new Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call ALASKA X members. The group meets the Tel: 907.276-5152 Automobile, truck, and airplane accidents 4th Tuesday each month 503-288-5537 (Aug. 22), at noon at 1638 NE Broadway, Portland Milwaukie Elks Lodge, 13121 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP For more information, call www.lbblitigation.com Committed to Your Best Interests Max Loucks at 503-286-1464

AUGUST 4, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 7 CWA embarks on program to boost organizing activity

LAS VEGAS (PAI) — In a move to split virtually 50-50 between telecom group,” said CWA President Larry Co- era of altruism, and rampant outsourc- cesses and incompetence of the Repub- boost its organizing and political drives, workers and other workers. The others hen. ing in industries once considered im- lican-controlled Senate, House and the Communications Workers of Amer- include The Newspaper Guild, broad- CWA said the new fund would “sup- mune to this pandemic,” said CWA Sec- White House. But, she warned, that ica created a new $24 million-per-year cast workers, the former International port campaigns to change employers’ retary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling . “anyone who sits back and waits for the Strategic Industry Fund. Union of Electronic Workers, the Asso- anti-union behavior and changes in pub- That landscape, combined with Democrats to run a dynamic, competent The fund is part of the 700,000-plus ciation of Flight Attendants, some gov- lic policy on issues such as trade and shrinking union density in many indus- campaign would be making a huge mis- member union’s “Ready for the Future” ernment workers and others. health care that affect working families.” tries, and what she called the “wrong- take.” revamp plan adopted by the CWA con- “Offense, not defense, is the point of It will be spent on campaigns in dif- headed” split between the AFL-CIO That leaves the fight up to the union vention, which met here July 10-11. the Strategic Industry Fund. It will give ferent industries, “based on the percent- and Change to Win’s unions produces movement, Easterling declared. The plan came after a year of work and us the means for major, long-range ac- age of member contributions.” Those “a threat to our very survival,” Easter- “We have no choice but to fight. consultation with rank-and-file mem- tion programs to change the terms of contributions now go to CWA’s strike ling added. Politics is not a spectator sport. bers and locals. engagement with our employers and re- fund, which has $380 million and will The good news, she stated, is that the Whether we like it or not, we are all par- The fund will be used for a wide shape the economic landscape in which continue to grow through investments. country is finally awakening to the ex- ticipants in our democracy.” range of industries and issues, reflect- we bargain. This proposal lets us take The “Ready for the Future” plan also ing the fact that CWA, once an union of charge of our future and build our bar- endorsed a key Cohen goal, which he telecommunications workers, is now gaining power in every major industry took to the entire AFL-CIO as its new Organizing Committee chairman, of Federal judge kills Maryland’s making union stewards “soldiers for democracy.” At CWA, that means cre- Fair Share Health Care plan THE MARCO CONSULTING GROUP ating “a trained, motivated army of 50,000 stewards and activists ... to de- BALTIMORE (PAI) — In a ruling ity of regulation in order to permit the THE MARCO fend workers’ workplace interests and that left business chortling and workers nationally uniform administration of CONSULTING join with activists in other unions to and their allies determined to fight on, a employee benefit plans,’” Motz wrote. GROUP build a movement for fundamental federal district judge in Maryland “Uniformity is impossible if plans are change.” tossed out the state’s new Fair Share subject to different legal obligations in CWA also wants to build a new po- Health Care Act on July 19, saying it vi- different states.” litical program to take on local commu- olated federal law. Maryland’s law was to start Jan. 1, nity fights for good jobs, health care, Fair Share said private for-profit 2007 and apply to all employers in the and the right to organize, among other Maryland employers who hit that state with more than 10,000 workers. INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS TO 10,000-worker figure had to spend the But the Retail Industry Leaders Associ- MULTI-EMPLOYER BENEFIT FUNDS causes. And it said it would “increase resources for political campaigns equivalent of 8 percent of their payroll ation, a Wal-Mart-established front through stepped-up, voluntary contri- costs in the state on health care for their group, sued. PLEASE CALL JASON ZENK IN TACOMA, WA AT (253) 759-6768 butions from members,” and set a $5 workers there, or contribute an equiva- “The reason for the suit against the million fundraising goal. lent amount to a state fund for the unin- Fair Share law wasn’t legal, but politi- “We face economic trends that pose sured. cal,” said Mark Frederici of UFCW Lo- MIDWEST OFFICE EAST COAST OFFICE WEST COAST OFFICE greater threats ... including far more U.S. District Judge J. Frederick cal 400. “This decision was to spike the 550 WEST WASHINGTON BLVD. 1220 ADAMS STREET 2912 NORTH 26TH STREET globalization, a more belligerent private Motz, a Reagan appointee, said the political momentum that Fair Share was TACOMA, WA 98407 NINTH FLOOR FIRST FLOOR P: 253-759-6768 CHICAGO, IL 60661 BOSTON, MA 02124 sector that has relentlessly eroded gov- Maryland law, which the Democratic- gaining around the country. I’m disap- F: 312-575-9840 P: 312 575-9000 P: 617 298-0967 ernment’s power to regulate it, levels of run Legislature passed this year over pointed the other side is crowing, be- F: 312 575-9840 F: 617 298-0966 greed that make the 1980s look like an Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s veto, cause the decision still doesn’t solve the was invalid under the federal Employee problem of the uninsured in Maryland Retirement Income Security Act. or elsewhere.” Motz explained that ERISA’s “pre- The Maryland law was the first in a emption clause” trumped the Fair Share national movement, pushed by the law because otherwise companies AFL-CIO and its allies, to get large cor- would be subject to many different state porations, with Wal-Mart in the lead, and local laws on health care coverage. who do not pay for their workers’health “The main objective of ERISA’s pre- care costs to do so. emption clause is ‘to avoid a multiplic-

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PAGE 8 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS AUGUST 4, 2006 Senator Smith heeds call Think Again • By Tim Nesbitt of 2,300 union members in ‘Kentucky River’ cases U.S. Senator Gordon Smith, (R-Ore- employees, depriving 45,000 disabled Bill Sizemore’s born-again accountability gon), ended his silence July 31 by ask- workers of the right to join a union. t first glance, it looked like a free speech rights. If Measure 26 ber of signature gatherers caught ing that the National Labor Relations The Board also found that graduate Acase of born-again accountabil- had been written to ban all forms of committing forgery and fraud this Board (NLRB) hold oral arguments be- research and teaching assistants are not ity. Or jailhouse redemption. Or just paid signature gathering, it would year compared to four years ago. fore issuing any rulings on three pend- employees because their primary rela- plain chutzpah. never have passed muster with the But now that Measure 26 is in ef- ing cases known collectively as “Ken- tionship with the university is educa- Here was Bill Sizemore, the guy courts. But by focusing on the fect, all sponsors of initiatives must tucky River.” tional rather than economic. This deci- whose organization was convicted method of payment and the corrupt- attest that they are not paying boun- The AFL-CIO held national protests sion, the report said, has denied more of racketeering for using forged and ing effects of that method, Measure ties or commissions for signatures. the week of July 7, in which it called on than 51,000 graduate teaching and re- falsely-obtained signatures on initia- 26 struck the right balance. The And this is why Sizemore is paying Congress to allow oral arguments in the search assistants at 1,561 private uni- tive petitions, complaining that we Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled more attention to the practices of cases. At issue is whether the NLRB versities the right to organize. haven’t done enough to clean up the earlier this year that Measure 26’s those who carry his petitions. will broaden the definition of supervi- The NLRB also decided that tempo- initiative process. prohibition on per-signature pay- A signature collected by a volun- sors to potentially deny millions of rary employees at nursing homes could Sizemore’s complaint, high- ments “serves the important regula- teer still costs the same, no matter workers the right to belong to a union not join a union with permanent em- lighted in an opinion piece in the tory interest in preventing fraud and what your political leanings. And by re-classifying them as supervisors. ployees unless the temporary agency Oregonian last month, challenged forgery in the initiative process.” those who pay for signatures now The Oregon AFL-CIO and its affili- and the employer agreed to the arrange- the effects of Measure 26, the Initia- Sizemore ignored that important have to be responsible for how ates collected 2,300 signatures, hosted ment. The decision severely restricts the tive Integrity Act, which was spon- distinction in his Oregonian piece, they’re collected, even if it costs two rallies, and convinced lawmakers to basic rights of more than two million sored by Oregon’s unions and ap- characterizing Measure 26 as a ban more to finance a responsible cam- join their fight to preserve union rights temporary and contract workers. proved by Oregon voters in 2002. I on all forms of paid signature gath- paign operation than to put money for workers. Oregon’s Democratic con- “President Bush has filled the NLRB was a chief petitioner for that meas- ering. on the street to troll for signatures. gressional delegation signed a letter to with anti-union members who have ure, along with community activists And he ignored his own recent So if Sizemore and his col- the NLRB asking for oral arguments, as made it more difficult for workers to or- Ellen Lowe and Bob Davis. history as well. leagues are now presenting them- did Gov. Ted Kulongoski and a host of ganize a labor union,” Miller said in a We filed Measure 26 largely in During the 2002 election cycle, selves as defenders of the initiative statewide and local elected officials. statement releasing the report. The response to what Sizemore and his Sizemore told a TV reporter that he process and bragging that they The only holdouts were Smith and NLRB has “used double standards, ra- Initiatives-R-Us signature gathering was not responsible for the practices “caught and turned in nearly 20 peo- U.S. Rep. Greg Walden. tionales and unfair, inconsistent rulings business was doing to the initiative of the individuals who were carrying ple for forging signatures” this year, Smith’s letter to the NLRB asks the to give employers more power over process. his initiative petitions, because they I’d say that’s pretty good evidence Board to hold oral arguments on the workers,” he said. Sizemore’s initiative business were independent contractors over that Measure 26 is doing its job. three Kentucky River cases. “These plan was very much in keeping with whom he had no control. No ques- cases are too important to our nation’s his free market philosophy — use tions asked, no responsibility. ### workers to disregard oral arguments,” he LEGAL PROBLEMS?? contractors and subcontractors to Sizemore continued to deny any Clarification: In my July 7 col- wrote, adding that the federal govern- ply your petitions and pay what it responsibility for his signature gath- umn on higher education, I wrote ment should ensure “safer workplaces, For $16 a month takes to exchange dollars for signa- erers, even when two of them went that the state used to contribute $3 in improved training, family wages, fam- coverage includes: ily health care, retirement security and a tures, no questions asked. As busi- to jail for forgery and election law operating funds for our public uni- O Unlimited toll-free phone ness plans go, it was cost-effective. violations. It took a lengthy racket- versities for every $1 that resident voice at work.” consultation with attorneys. But it was also corrupting. eering case, brought by the Oregon students paid in tuition, and that the Over the past five years, President O A comprehensive will with Out-of-state mercenaries, who Education Association and the state’s contribution has since de- Bush’s appointees to the NLRB (three yearly updates is included. were experienced in high-volume American Federation of Teachers- clined to 60 cents on the dollar. I of them recess appointments to avoid O Representation for traffic tickets, petitioning, swarmed here. Slick Oregon, to prove otherwise. have since discovered that the data Senate confirmation hearings) have accidents, criminal, and civil suits. operators used bait-and-switch tac- Sizemore mentioned none of this on tuition revenue did not distin- taken away or “severely restricted” the O Coverage on IRS tax audits. tics to trick voters into signing peti- in his Oregonian piece, of course. guish between in-state and out-of- rights of millions of workers to organize O Divorce, child custody, bank- tions for initiatives they did not sup- Instead, he tried to promote himself state tuition. So my description of into unions and enjoy the benefits of ruptcy and many more benefits.* port. And forgers were rewarded as a defender of the initiative the decline is state support from $3 collective bargaining, according to a THESE LEGAL SERVICES with cash on the table. Our signa- process and disparaged Measure 26 to 60 cents on the dollar should have July 13 report issued by U.S. Rep. 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We had to thread a legal needle to servative causes. students. ucation and the Workforce. * Some services not 100% covered rein in these practices, since paying He even tried to argue that there The 25-page report cites cases by For more for signature gathering had been de- were fewer problems with petition- Tim Nesbitt is a former president of which the Labor Board excluded large information, categories of workers from being repre- termined by the courts to be a con- ing back in the good old days before the Oregon AFL-CIO. call 503-760-2456 stitutionally-protected exercise of Measure 26, citing the higher num- sented by a union by ruling they are not employees, but rank as supervisors. It or toll-free at decided that disabled workers in reha- (888) 252-7930 bilitation programs do not constitute www.prepaidlegal.com/info/randallnix

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PAGE 10 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS AUGUST 4, 2006 Let me say this about that NLRB poised to ‘promote’ Open ...He traveled the world many of us to supervisor Forum (From Page 2) By RICK S. BENDER In fact, there are at least 135 other who was elected to the U. S. Senate, defeating an incumbent Republican in a vote President NLRB cases being held pending rulings lifting wages, benefits and working con- count that took days to complete. Jim’s first wife was Portland writer Jane Neu- Washington State Labor Council, on the Kentucky River decisions, 60 of ditions not just for union members, but berger Goodsell. Their marriage, which produced three daughters, ended in di- AFL-CIO which are union election cases. for all workers. vorce in 1971. In the United States, you don’t have It’s a breathtaking assault on union “Our nation has long recognized the GOODSELL LEFT the Democratic job to work as a reporter at the Oregon- the freedom to form a union if you are rights and you’ve probably never even rights of workers to organize and col- ian, but departed from there when the Labor Press editorship became available. in management, or are considered a su- heard about it. One reason is that, un- lectively bargain,” said Rep. Brian Fourteen years later, he moved from the Labor Press to become director of the pervisor. like previous labor boards, the Bush Baird, who has urged the NLRB to hear Portland regional office of the U.S. Department of Commerce. After five years, he For decades, employers have been NLRB has refused to allow oral argu- oral arguments in the cases. “Much of was transferred to Washington, D.C., to work in Commerce’s office of export pro- trying to drive truckloads of American ments in any of its cases. Even the Ken- what we take for granted today — the motion. Subsequent foreign assignments took him to countries in Europe, Latin workers through that cavernous loop- tucky River cases have not been opened five-day work week, overtime pay, re- America and Asia. hole by swelling their ranks of “assis- up for oral arguments, despite the ex- tirement benefits, health insurance, paid In 1972, Goodsell’s governmental career moved him into the American Foreign tant managers” and the like. The simple traordinary importance these decisions vacation, and more — came about as a Service. His first posting was to Australia where he served as director of the U.S. goal is to prevent them from banding to- hold for the future of America’s work- direct result of long and difficult nego- Trade Center in Sydney from 1972 to ’77. His next assignment took him to Milan, gether and negotiating for better wages ers. tiations by organized workers. Because Italy, as director of the U.S. Trade Center from 1978 to ’81. While working at Mi- and working conditions. Senators Patty Murray and Maria these cases have the potential to reshape lan in Northern Italy, Goodsell and wife Dee lived in a villa on Lake Como, an area Well, the Bush-appointed National Cantwell, along with most of Washing- fundamental worker rights and erode where Pliny the Elder, an ancient Roman scholar, had lived. After Dee became al- Labor Relations Board is poised to ex- ton’s congressional delegation, have the freedom to unionize, workers de- most blind, Jim transferred from Milan to run the U.S. Commerce Department of- pand that loophole, making it big written the chairman of the NLRB and serve to be heard on the ‘supervisory’ fice in Cleveland, Ohio, so that his wife could receive medical treatment at vari- enough for tractor-trailers. urged him at least to allow the affected issue.” ous facilities and also learn to use a guide dog. Their move to Twisp followed. NLRB rulings are expected this people this opportunity to make their We’re still waiting to see if the summer in three cases known as the case. NLRB will allow working people to be FOR MANY YEARS, Goodsell was an active mountaineer and backpacker. “Kentucky River decisions” that involve For American workers, the stakes heard, or if we will simply read about He made his first climb of Oregon’s Mount Hood in 1936 while attending Lincoln charge nurses in a hospital and nursing could not be higher. The right to collec- the loss of our freedoms in the morning High School. He made his last climb of Hood — 58 years later in 1994 at age 74. home and lead workers in a manufac- tive bargaining plays a critical role in paper. He became a member of the Mazamas, an Oregon mountaineering club, in 1963. turing plant. But they represent just the He climbed all of the mountains ranked by the Mazamas as “the 16 major North- tip of the iceberg. west peaks,” scaling some of them by a variety of routes. He edited three editions The NLRB will redefine who can be of the Mazamas yearbook in the late 1960s and also edited “We Climb High” a considered “supervisors.” Until now, chronology of the club’s first 75 years. The club awarded him its Parker Cup for supervisors were generally those who Oregon retirees invited to join his “exceptional service.” Jim and his wife Dee met each other at the Mazamas. had the power to hire and fire. But many At the time she was the Portland-based executive secretary of the American Acad- anticipate a new broader interpretation Alliance for Retired Americans emy of Dermatology. She edited the Mazamas’ yearbook for three years in the that will include any skilled or experi- early 1970s. enced worker who occasionally or inci- By VERNA PORTER You can become a member of the Jim’s major expedition in backpacking was a long trek in 1964 along the Pacific dentally oversees or assigns the work of The more time I spend talking to ARA by retiring as a member of one of Crest Trail from Lost Lake near Mount Hood northward through Washington State those less skilled. people as the president of the Oregon a number of international unions, or by to the Canadian border. With him was his longtime friend, Judge Herbert M. The decisions will affect construc- Alliance for Retired Americans filling out a form and paying 15 bucks a Schwab. (I wished them well after driving them from Portland to their daybreak tion workers, painters, welders, electri- (ORARA), the more I realize that most year. Either way, you join over three starting point. Someone else picked them up at the end of their journey.) cians — workers in nearly every indus- people know little about us. Those who million others. But what can you do to Goodsell was a member of the Labor Hall of Fame, voted in several years ago try. A new Economic Policy Institute do, and have joined or were signed up, help the mission succeed in Oregon? by the sponsoring Northwest Oregon Labor Retirees Council, which is affiliated analysis estimates the rulings could are also justifiably confused about ORARA needs your tangible partic- with the Portland-based Northwest Oregon Labor Council, AFL-CIO. strip as many as 8 million Americans of whether and how they got to be mem- ipation in and support for what we’re their union protection or block them bers. So let’s get a few things straight. doing locally. Therefore, we want you AT TWISP, Goodsell continued to be an editor. He edited several editions of from ever joining one. The national Alliance for Retired to become a member of ORARA. If the local school district’s “Imprints” publication, an annual magazine of the best In other words, many of us will wake Americans identifies its mission as “en- you’re part of a group that cares about student writing at all grade levels. up one morning this summer with the sur(ing) social and economic justice and what matters, you can get the group to At age 82 he began working as a copy editor and proofreader at the weekly same job and responsibilities we had full civil rights for all citizens so that formally affiliate with ORARA, but we Methow Valley News in Twisp. He was offered a part-time job after complaining the day before, but we will have lost our they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal still need your individual support. about grammatical and typographical errors in the paper. Some years back, Jim freedom of association with our co- and family fulfillment and security.” OK, let’s get down to basics: We wrote a humorous essay which appeared in several newspapers in which he dis- workers. To do this, ARA urges all older and need money to pay for the things we do, cussed “the apostrophe catastrophe.” His essay cited examples of how the apos- If you don’t think this threat to your retired people to work toward a world which usually means educating people trophe is misused by writers who should know better, and are not caught by their fundamental rights is real, talk to a that allows them the security to pursue on the issues that affect the quality of editors, who should know even more so. nurse at Virginia Mason Medical Center new and expanded activities with their your life after the age of 50. There’s in Seattle. The hospital recently at- families, unions, civic organizations and more to that than Medicare and Social GOODSELL made crossword puzzles and board games. Two year ago he tempted in court to reclassify all 600 of communities after they stop working. Security. If you think about it, you’ll be sold a crossword puzzle to the New York Times, which ran it on a Wednesday, the its registered nurses — every single one Sounds good, right? Also sounds a surprised at how the list will grow. day of the week when the paper’s crossword puzzles begin to get more difficult. — as supervisors, and therefore not el- bit vague, so let’s try everyday lan- There’s the instability of pensions and He daughter, Ann Goodsell, told the Labor Press that he “concocted locally- igible to speak with a united voice about guage. other investment schemes; taxes; livable themed crossword puzzles” for the Methow Valley News and that he wrote feature their working conditions and patient ORARA is one of 27 chartered state wages; the disappearance of good jobs; stories for the Twisp paper, in addition to his proofreading and copy editing. At the care issues through the Washington alliances working to enroll and mobi- .....well, you get the picture. request of the publisher, he also wrote a monthly in-house critique of the weekly State Nurses Association. lize anyone who’s retired, plans on re- Let’s face it. We can get these newspaper. Hundreds of nurses and their sup- tiring, or knows there’s no way they’ll things done, but we need everyone who porters rallied outside Virginia Mason’s ever be able to retire, into a nationwide cares about their future to join us and GOODSELL IS SURVIVED by three daughters, Ann Goodsell of Cam- grass-roots movement advocating a support us before their future becomes bridge, Massachusetts, Kate Marquez of Klamath Falls, and Molly Goodsell of front door, and the hospital ended up backing off its legal strategy — for now. progressive political and social agenda their present. If you just do what you Boulder, Colorado, and a sister, Gnan Wheelock of Wilsonville. He is also sur- that respects work and strengthens fam- can, ORARA can be the way you’ll be vived by three grandchildren, Jessie Marquez of Eugene, Michael Lebowitz of But a hospital administrator told one re- porter they were “waiting and watch- ilies. heard by the organizations and institu- New York City, and Ariel Johnson of Boulder; and two great-grandchildren, We in the Alliance intend to become tions that affect your interests. Samuel and Jackson DiChiara of Eugene. His late sister Helen Baldwin’s grand- ing” for the NLRB decisions before de- ciding whether to pursue re-class- the voice for older Americans by en- daughter, Tammy Baldwin, is a member of Congress representing Madison, Wis- gaging in important political battles to (Editor’s Note: ORARA President consin. ification again. Virginia Mason’s reprehensible ac- preserve programs vital to the health Verna Porter is a retired RN who advo- Goodsell was cremated and his ashes were to be scattered on mountain trails and economic security of all older cates and lobbies for good health care. and perhaps in the Pacific Ocean at Astoria. There was no funeral, but family and tions should serve as a wake-up call to all of us. Some employers are watching Americans, no matter the generation, She can be reached at vvj friends were to gather in the backyard of the Goodsell home in Twisp on Aug. 3. the tax bracket, or the color of the collar. [email protected] .) The event was to include live jazz by musicians who were friends of Jim’s. these decisions and prepared to pounce.

AUGUST 4, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 11 Oman Free Trade Agreement passes NAFTA-style trade deals proliferating around the globe By DON McINTOSH Greg Walden voted for it, while Ore- export processing, using foreign work- OFTA was more about Mideast politics gotiated but not approved yet by Con- Associate Editor gon’s Democrats — Earl Blumenauer, ers from south and southeast Asia. than about trade. Within the region, gress. Those include agreements with In June and July, Congress approved Darlene Hooley, Peter DeFazio and Oman has 3 million inhabitants, and Oman is considered a “strategic part- Colombia and Peru. Also on Congress’ yet another NAFTA-style trade agree- David Wu — voted against it. already, most of its private-sector work- ner” to the United States. trade agenda is a bill to declare Perma- ment, this time with a sultanate. Southwest Washington Congress- force is made up of foreign guest work- “It’s a pretty small country with nent Normal Trade Relations with Viet- The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agree- man Brian Baird was one of the 22 De- ers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, which we have a pretty small trade rela- nam, removing the designation of the ment (OFTA) pairs the United States mocrats in the House to vote for the Sri Lanka and the Philippines. tionship,” Lee said. country as requiring an annual human with Oman, a hereditary monarchy on treaty, despite appeals from local and Prior to the votes in Congress, the The agreement brings to 15 the num- rights review. the southeast border of Saudi Arabia. national labor groups and a phone call AFL-CIO’s Lee traveled to Kuwait and ber of countries that have NAFTA-style Trade negotiations at various stages Sultan Qabus ibn Said as-Said is the from Richard Trumka, secretary-treas- Jordan and met with trade union advo- bilateral or multilateral trade agree- are under way with Panama, United country’s absolute ruler, though 10 urer of the national AFL-CIO. In a press cates from Oman, as well as Yemen, ments with the United States. The oth- Arab Emirates, South Korea, Malaysia years ago he decreed the formation of statement after the vote, Baird said the Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Jor- ers are Canada, Mexico, Jordan, five and a group of five Southern African an elected advisory council. agreement will create jobs in Washing- dan. Lee said workers in the region see Central American countries and the Do- nations. The treaty is part of the Bush Ad- ton. Oman has 3 million inhabitants; 90 such trade treaties as capitulation to the minican Republic, Australia, Morocco, Meanwhile, advocates of so-called ministration’s strategy to expand the percent of its exports are oil. United States. Singapore, Chile and Bahrain. The “free trade” had a major setback July 24 North American Free Trade Agreement “We must ensure that future trade Like other NAFTA-style treaties, agreement with Bahrain, ratified by when it was announced that negotia- (NAFTA) to the Middle East by creat- agreements adequately address labor OFTA basically eliminates import tar- Congress in December 2005, was also tions on expanding the World Trade Or- ing a Middle East Free Trade Area. and environmental concerns,” Baird iffs on both sides, commits Oman to en- fought by the AFL-CIO, though Lee ganization to agriculture had been sus- OFTA is the ninth trade agreement said in the statement. force legal monopolies like patents, said the country does have independent pended after five years. Rich countries modeled on NAFTA to be ratified by OFTA, which lacks protection for copyrights and use of trademarks, and trade unions and doesn’t have the awful refused to give up subsidies to their the United States. Since NAFTA passed workers’rights or the environment, still sets up a body of laws and procedures to conditions found elsewhere in the re- farmers, while poor countries refused to in 1993, Congress has yet to reject any got Baird’s vote. protect the rights of foreign investors. gion. give up tariff protections of their farm- trade deal, and has agreed to restrict it- “This is the country with the worst What it doesn’t do is protect the Two more agreements have been ne- ers. self by voting each of them up or down labor laws of any country with whom rights of workers, in any way. OFTA, without amendment. we have a free-trade agreement,” said like other recent trade agreements, com- The national AFL-CIO opposed Thea Lee, chief international economist mits both countries to enforce their own OFTA on the grounds that it would do for the national AFL-CIO. “It should labor laws, whatever they may be. If nothing to protect workers’ rights, and have been an embarrassment to any they fail to do so, they can theoretically likely will cost jobs in the United States member of Congress who voted for it.” be fined, a fine the country would pay to — and lower living standards for work- “The State Department has identi- itself, to enforce the law. Of course, Gradine Storms ers in Oman. fied Oman as a destination country for there’s nothing to stop Oman from Real Estate Broker OFTA passed the U.S. Senate June men and women who become victims worsening or eliminating its labor laws. Member of CWA 7886 SE 13th Ave. 29 by 60 to 34. Oregon Republican of trafficking and forced labor,” said na- Hearing that OFTA might be a close Local 7901 Gordon Smith and Washington Democ- tional AFL-CIO President John vote in the U.S. House, on July 8 Sultan Portland, Oregon 97202 rat Maria Cantwell voted for it, while Sweeney, reacting to the House vote. 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