GENERAL GENERAL Solidarity Update ELECTIONELECTION 2016 2016 October 2016 October 2016

COVER  ASEA PAC Supports PFD Voter Registration Among the state races, federal offices, and presidential electoral votes to be decided in November’s General Election, two ballot measures will also go before voters. PAGE 2 The first ballot measure links Permanent Fund Dividend applications to voter registrations and ASEA Endorsed Candidates House 1 - would automatically register a PFD applicant to vote, if eligible. House 2 - Steve Thompson Proponents assert that PFD Voter Registration will benefit young and rural Alaskans, Senate B - Luke Hopkins House 3 - Christina Sinclair residents who relocate frequently, and military service members. By linking voter registration House 4 - David Guttenburg with PFD applications, all Alaskans can keep their voter registration current and accurate House 5 - without additional paperwork and effort.  Famous Words of Solidarity The petition drive to qualify PFD Voter Registration for the ballot resulted in more than 46,000 PAGE 3 signatures from around the state. ASEA Endorsed Candidates (continued) The ASEA Political Action Committee voted unanimously to contribute a total of $10,000 to House 6 - Jason Land the campaign, adding its support with that of other organizations including AFL-CIO Alaska, BP House 7 - No Endorsement House 8 - No Endorsement Alaska, NAACP, ACLU, NEA-Alaska, and numerous regional and native corporations. House 9 - No Endorsement A broad coalition of organizations has thrown support behind the PFD Voter Registration House 10 - No Endorsement campaign to promote the concept and educate Alaskans. More information can be found at House 11 - Bert Verrall House 12 - Gretchen Wehmhoff http://pfdvoter.com House 13 - No Endorsement No opposing viewpoints to the PFD Voter Registration ballot measure were published in the House 14 - Joe Hackenmueller Senate H - election pamphlet. House 15 - Gabrielle LeDoux The second of the ballot measures would amend the Alaska Constitution to allow the House 16 - Ivy Spohnholtz issuance of general obligation bonds by the State for underwriting post-secondary student House 17 - Andrew Josephson House 18 - Harriett Drummond loans. The question itself does not authorize indebtedness, only adds post-secondary student loans to the narrow list of subjects for which voters can be asked that the state incur debt. Page 4 ASEA Endorsed Candidates (continued) According to a statement of support printed in the Official Election Pamphlet, “The debt will be Senate J - issued through the Alaska Student Loan Corporation (ASLC), which makes loans available to House 19 - students at the lowest interest rates it can based on the bond market.” House 20 - Les Gara House 21 - In turn, borrowing students would pay back the loans and the program would operate at no House 22 - No Endorsement cost. Senate P - Forrest McDonald House 23 - No opposing viewpoints to the proposed constitutional amendment were received for the House 24 - Sue Levi election pamphlet. House 25 - Pat Higgins House 26 - No Endorsement

PAGE 5 ASEA Endorsed Candidates (continued) Senate N - Vince Beltrami House 27 - Harry Crawford

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Scott Kawasaki, (Incumbent - D) Christina Sinclair, (D) The ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 PAC House District 1 - Downtown Fairbanks House District 3 - North Pole/Badger recommends the following list of ●Supports a “Defined Benefit” candidates for the upcoming General ●Has consistently voted to system for Alaska’s public ratify negotiated contracts Election to be held on Tuesday, employees ●Supports a Defined Benefit ●Opposes contracting out of public November 8. Recommendations are Option for public employees services based on questionnaires returned by ● Opposes moving state the candidate and legislative voting employees from unionized to “At Will” status www.akdemocrats.org/rep_kawasaki records. PAC endorsements for public ●Would support appropriations to fund collective office are based on the candidate’s bargaining agreements & would oppose any support for public employee issues, Steve Thompson, (Incumbent - R) legislation that hinders collective bargaining House District 2 - Fairbanks/ Ft. Wainwright not party affiliation. http://www.christinasinclairforalaska.com ●Number one priority is The following recommendations affordable energy for reflect political positions that ASEA/ David Guttenburg, (Incumbent - D) residents of Interior Alaska House District 4 - Western Fairbanks AFSCME Local 52 PAC believes are in ●“Time to look at responsible the best interest of public employees. spending and balancing the ●Believes that State workers are budget.” entitled to all the benefits of collective bargaining and the ●Key priority is improving education from the security of a negotiated beginning grades through the university level agreement http://elections.alaska.gov/election/2016/Primary/ ●Has sponsored legislation to provide a Defined (directory continued from page 1) CandidateOEP/23240204.pdf Benefit retirement option House 28 - Shirley Cote House 29 - No Endorsement https://www.facebook.com/GuttenbergforStateHouse House 30 - Shauna Thornton Luke Hopkins, (D) Senate District B Senate P - Gary Stevens North Pole/Badger & Western Fairbanks Adam Wool, (Incumbent - D) House 31 - Paul Seaton House 32 - Louise B. Stutes ●Supports a Defined Benefit House District 5 - Chena Ridge/Airport House 33 - Sam Kito III retirement system for public House 34 - No Endorsement employees ●Supports providing a Define House 35 - Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins ●As Mayor of the Fairbanks Benefit option for public North Star Borough, he employees PAGE 6 recognized the right of ●Opposes privatization of employees to form a union. ASEA Endorsed Candidates (continued) government services House 36 - Was one of the first mayors to allow collective ●Opposes moving employees House 37 - bargaining without an election from unionized to “At Will” status House 38 - Zach Fansler ●Opposes moving state employees from ● Would oppose any move to make Alaska a  The Executive Board President’s Corner unionized status to “At Will” employees without “Right To Work” state union protection  Did You Know? http://hopkinsforsenate.com/ http://www.adamwool.com/ PAGE 7 ASEA Endorsed Candidates (continued) Senate T - House 39 - House 40 - Dean Westlake U.S. Senate - U.S. Representative - Steve Lindbeck Time has arrived when working people should decide on the necessity of united action as citizens at the ballot box. - Resolution of the American Federation of Labor, 1886 PAGE 8 The labor movement’s political activity is aimed at encouraging the greatest possible participation in elections. ASEA Health Benefit Trust - Trustee Run-off Democracy cannot succeed if only the rich and powerful have and use the votes. -George Meany, 1978 Election Underway! If the political mainstream doesn’t address the issue of economic insecurity, the political fringe surely will—by scapegoating immigrants, minorities, foreigners and by stoking people’s fears. -Robert Kuttner Solidarity Update Page 3 - GENERAL ELECTION 2016- Oct. 2016

Jason Land, (D) Gretchen Wehmhoff, (D) Gabrielle LeDoux, (Incumbent - R) House District 6 - Eielson/Denali/Upper House District 12 - Chugiak/Gateway House District 15 - Elmendorf Yukon/Border Region ●Supports collective bargaining ●Supports a cost neutral Tier V ●Supports Defined Benefits and thinks we should move ●“A contractual obligation is a Defined Benefit for public promise to pay and the employees forward with this legislation especially if its cost neutral Legislature must fund the state’s ●Against outsourcing public contractual obligations to state services as the results are more ●Thinks outsourcing has a employees.” about profits for the contractor negative impact on quality of ●Opposes “Right to Work” legislation not services for the public work and morale of employees ●Supports collective bargaining for all employees ●Opposes reclassifying union jobs to exempt or “At Will” status http://www.facebook.com/VoteLeDoux ●Supports negotiated health insurance and ●Opposes any legislation that threatens union sees no reason for it to be removed from health trusts in collective bargaining collective bargaining www.gretchenforhouse.com Ivy Spohnholtz, - (Incumbent - D) http://www.jasonlandforstatehouse.com House District 16 - College Gate

House District 13 ●Supports Defined Benefits ●Opposes privatizing as a way to House District 7 NO ENDORSEMENT balance the budget on the NO ENDORSEMENT Fort Richardson/North Eagle River backs of workers Greater Wasilla ●Opposes moving from unionized as this is a way Joe Hackenmueller, (N/A) around union representation and protection House District 14 - Eagle River/Chugach ●Supports negotiating of health trust benefit - this House District 8 arrangement has worked well and sees no ●Supports a Defined Benefit reason to change it NO ENDORSEMENT system option Big Lake/Point Mackenzie ●Opposed to privatization of www.ivyforalaska.com government services as it does not save money. The results are lower quality of services House District 9 ●Opposes efforts to reclassify Andrew Josephson, (Incumbent - D) NO ENDORSEMENT union positions to “At Will” status House District 17 - Anchorage University Richardson/East Mat-Su ●“Health Benefits are an essential part of the ●Supports the creation of a Tier V compensation package and helps retain Defined Benefit system employees.” ●Believes in and supports the House District 10 www.hackenmuellerforhouse.com collective bargaining process NO ENDORSEMENT Rural Mat-Su https://www.facebook.com/AndyJosephsonFor AlaskaStateHouse/ Bill Wielechowski, (Incumbent - D) Senate District H - Elmendorf/College Gate Bert Verrall, (N/A) Harriett Drummond, (Incumbent - D) House District 11 - Greater Palmer ●Supports the option of a House District 18 - Spenard Defined Benefit retirement ●Supports a Defined Benefit as system that provides greater ●Supports a Defined Benefit it removes the uncertainty of retirement security which is as (pension) system because all market fluctuation important to employee well-being workers deserve fair retirement as salaries and other benefits ●Opposes privatization plans – compensation, especially for Has never seen one that ●Works hard to put people before public service delivers the promised savings special interests ●Supports collective bargaining ●Opposes “Right To Work” as it ●Continues to fight for good jobs, safe streets, rights of workers puts profit before people responsible development and protecting our ●Opposes “Right to Work” legislation Alaskan way of life https://www.facebook.com/bertinthehouse/ www.wielechowski.org www.harrietdrummond.com Page 4 - GENERAL ELECTION 2016- Oct. 2016 Solidarity Update

Tom Begich, (D) Senate District J House District 22 Pat Higgins, (D) Mountain View/Downtown Anchorage NO ENDORSEMENT - Sand Lake House District 25 - Abbott

●Supports a full return to a ●Supports re-establishing a Defined Benefit system Forrest McDonald, (D) Defined Benefit program: it is Senate District L - Taku/Oceanview important for recruitment and ●Opposes privatization; public retention of employees services are central to the ●Supports a Defined Benefit ●Opposes the outsourcing of function of society and should government services remain within the purview of (Pension Retirement) System public agencies ●Opposes outsourcing govern- ●Opposes moving classified positions from ment services unionized status ●Opposes legislation that would take away the ●Opposes the move away from ●“Contracts negotiated in good faith should be ability to bargaining health trust benefits for unionized labor as the state should not play fully funded by the Legislature.” public employees bureaucratic games to strip employees of their ●Supports healthcare benefits as a mandatory rights www.tombegichforalaska.com subject of collective bargaining and strongly ●Union health trusts have been successful at opposes legislation that would undermine the providing health insurance to members at a right of the union to negotiate union health lower cost. It makes no sense to undermine a benefits Geran Tarr, (Incumbent ― D) successful model ●Opposes “Right to Work” as it is “Right to Work House District 19 - Mountain View www.restoringalaska.com for Less” ●Supports the return of pensions http://www.pathigginsforstatehouse.com/ for public employees (worked as legislative staff when Tier IV Chris Tuck, (Incumbent - D) happened) House District 23 - Taku ●Supports senior benefit programs ●Opposes “Right to Work” and House District 26 and other social safety net programs to assist will fight against so-called seniors on a fixed income “Right-to-Work” (for Less) NO ENDORSEMENT - Huffman https://www.facebook.com/RepresentativeGeranTarr legislation ●Will honor any bargaining arrangements negotiated with government employees Les Gara, (Incumbent - D) House District 20 - Downtown Anchorage http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2014/cs/ Chris_S_Tuck_HD23.pdf ●Supports the right to collectively bargain employment contracts ●Believes we need to be smart Sue Levi, (D) with our budget so we can build House District - 24 Oceanview Alaska’s economy ●Supports returning to a http://lesgara.org/ Defined Benefit System: the current contribution plan is a terrible return on investment for the state and its Matt Claman, (Incumbent - D) employees Harriett Drummond - House District 18 House District 21 - West Anchorage ●Opposes privatization of ●Alaskans want government government services that works with our families ●Strongly supports retaining classified status of and businesses to make sure union positions Alaska is a great State to ●Supports the continuation of the union health live, work, and raise a family trust as an important benefit to employees and their families in collective bargaining www.mattclaman.com https://www.facebook.com/SueLeviAlaska/ Solidarity Update Page 5 - GENERAL ELECTION 2016 - Oct. 2016

Vince Beltrami, (D) House District 29 Louise B. Stutes, (Incumbent - R) Senate District N - Anchorage NO ENDORSEMENT - North Kenai House District 32 - ●Supports collective bargaining Kodiak/Cordova/Seldovia ●Opposes “Right-to-Work” (for Shauna Thornton, (D) ● Supports collective bargaining less) as employees need certain ●Supports a sustainable budget, House District 30 - Kenai/Soldotna protections which are real jobs with living wages provided by the process ●Priority to protect the PFD ●Wants to ensure Alaska gets its fair share of compensation for natural ●Opposes “regressive taxes” ●Imperative to support K-12 education as the highest resources ●Wants to make local voices a part of state decisions priority ●Open to new revenue and sensible cuts http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2014/cs/ http://www.beltramiforalaska.com/ www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2014/cs/Shauna- Louise_Stutes_HD32.pdf Thornton-for-web.pdf

Harry T. Crawford, (D) Gary Stevens, (Incumbent - R) Sam Kito III, (Incumbent - D) House District 27 - Anchorage Senate District P - Homer/South Kenai House District 33 - Downtown Juneau/ ●Believes funding and approval of Douglas/Haines/Skagway ●Opposes outsourcing: it has been c o l l e c t i v e b a r g a i n i n g done in the past and was agreements that have been ●Prime sponsor of legislation to unsuccessful negotiated should be honored provide a Defined Benefit ●Supports and believes in ●Priorities include excellence in Retirement option for public collective bargaining rights education, finding solutions to employees ●Opposed the change to Tier IV in the high dropout rate in our schools and low ●Supports collective bargaining 2005 and supports a return to a Defined graduation rate in higher education especially the right to bargain Benefits System for union health insurance trust ●Opposes the reclassification of unionized http://ballotpedia.org/GaryStevens https://www.facebook.com/kitoforhouse/ members to “At Will” status ●Opposes legislation that would take away the health benefit trust as this should always be in the hands of the members Paul Seaton, (Incumbent - R) House District 31 - Homer/South Kenai House District 34 www.crawfordforalaska.com NO ENDORSEMENT ●Supports in general that Mendenhall Valley retaining state control of required functions is more Shirley Cote, (D) beneficial House District 28 - South Anchorage ●Opposes “Right to Work” in Alaska Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, ●Supports a return to Defined Benefits System http://www.votepaulseaton.com/index.php (Incumbent - D) ●Outsourcing SHOULD NOT House District 35 - Sitka/Petersburg REPLACE the use of in-house expertise and skill. Outsourcing ●Supports and believes that we means profit for private owner need to adequately fund but lower wages for employees public education. Personally and less safety benefited from a strong public ●Opposes reclassification of positions from education unionized status to an “At Will” status ●Supports collective bargaining ●Opposes legislation that would hinder the ability and opposes “Right to Work” (for Less) to negotiate health trust benefits - these are crucial to state employees http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2014/cs/ www.shirleycoteforstatehouse.com Jonathan_Kreiss_TomkinsHD35.pdf Page 6 - GENERAL ELECTION 2016 - Oct. 2016 Solidarity Update

Elections are upon us and we all have a choice of who we will supporting in the upcoming elections. Members please keep in mind many individuals in the past have Dan Ortiz, (Incumbent - I) fought for your right to vote. Exercise that right! House District 36 - Ketchikan/ Wrangell/ So members go forth and make your voices heard so that we can positively impact Metlakatalla/Hydaburg change for our State and our Nation. ●Ready to uphold collective bargaining in Alaska, enjoyed long Dawn F Bundick career as teacher in Alaska ●Supports collectively bargained health care benefits ●Opposed to privatization: “Where I have witnessed it occurring, it has resulted in a lower quality of services provided.” http://danortizalaska.com/

Bryce Edgmon, (Incumbent - D) House District 37 - Bristol Bay/Aleutians/ Upper Kuskokwim

●”We need to do more to attract and r et ai n our st ate employees, particularly in the Bush.” ●Co-Sponsor of legislation to provided a Defined Benefit retirement option for public employees

http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2012/cs/ HD36-Bryce-Edgmon.pdf

Zach Fansler, (D) Did You Know That: House District 38 - Lower Kuskokwim The United States Electoral College is the process the founding fathers established in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the ●Supports a Defined Benefit President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular option for public employees: “It is vote of qualified citizens. important that employees have options that are independent The Electoral College process consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 votes of volatile market defined is required to elect the President. contribution accounts.” ●“Opposes “Right to Work” legislation. I think that this ultimately is an attempt to destroy unions and also Did You Know That: diminish the ability of everyday workers to get paid a Each state is entitled to an allotment of electors that equals the number of fair wage.” members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House http://www.electzachfansler.com/about/ of Representatives plus two for your Senators. Each candidate running for President has his or her own group of electors. They are generally chosen by the candidate’s political party. The meeting of electors takes place on the first Monday after the second House District 38 Wednesday in December after the presidential election. NO ENDORSEMENT - Lower Kuskokwim Each state’s electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress on the 6th of January in the year following the elections.

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Donny Olson, (Incumbent - D) Neal Foster, (Incumbent - D) Dean Westlake, (D) Senate District T - Bering Straits/Yukon House District 39 - Bering Straits/ House District 40 - Arctic Delta/ Arctic Yukon Delta/ ●Supports a defined benefit ●Supports funding and approval ●Believes that a good retirement for public employees of collective bargaining retirement system is ●Defends public services over agreements once they have important in recruitment and privatization been negotiated retention of quality public ●Opposed to transferring positions employees. out of classified service to “At Will” status: “Collective bargaining is a major part of what built http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2012/cs/ http://www.elections.alaska.gov/doc/oep/2014/cs/ American families.” Sen-T-Donald-Olson.pdf Neal_W_Foster_HD39.pdf http://www.electwestlake.com/

Lisa Murkowski, (Incumbent - R) Steve Lindbeck, (D) for U.S. Senate for U.S. House of Representative ● Alaska’s U.S. Senator since 2002 ●Believes that Alaska needs a ●Chairman of the Senate Energy and Congressman who understands the Natural Resources Committee challenges we face and will provide the leadership needed to build a ●Appropr iati ons C ommi ttee, new future for Alaska Chairman for the Interior and Environment Subcommittee ●Believes we need a new way of doing things as the old ways aren’t ●Committed to fighting for the issues working anymore that matter the most to all Alaskans ●As a journalist has dedicated his life to working with people across ●As Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Alaska and has worked with local leaders on cultural and educational my mission is to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy to all projects in villages and Native communities Alaskans and to fight for access to our natural resources ●Understands that we need new energy to diversity our economy and ●Continues to strengthen and preserve Alaska’s strategic military build a vibrant future for Alaska importance ●Will support small businesses, investment in infrastructure, ●Continues to implement reforms at the Veterans Administration so that make college affordable, and fight for early childhood education and the men and women, who dedicated their lives to us, receive the affordable childcare quality care they earned

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Because no candidate received at least 40% of the valid ballots cast in the fall Trustee election, a run-off election is being held be- tween the two candidates with the most number of votes:

YOUR VOTE COUNTS! ●Voting began Friday, October 7, 2016 and ends Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. AKDT. ●You must be a member in good standing with ASEA/AFSCME Local 52 to vote. ●Results will be available on the Health Trust website at aseahealth.org on Monday, November 7, 2016 Learn about the candidates and vote on-line at aseahealth.org today!

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