...NOLC endorses Wheeler, Saltzman
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ernor of Lane County Commissioner
Pete Sorenson.
And the Service Employees Interna-
tional Union (SEIU) announced March
18 its support for the gubernatorial cam-
paign of former state treasurer Jim Hill.
On March 20, Oregon School Em-
ployees Association (OSEA) became
the second union to back Hill.
OSEA, alone among the unions, also
made an endorsement in the Republican
primary: Kevin Mannix. Mannix was
the only one of the three leading con-
tenders for the Republican nomination
who sought the union’s endorsement.
Ballots will be mailed April 28 and
are due May 16. Voters must be regis-
tered Democrat to vote in the Democra-
tic primary, and Republican to vote in
the Republican primary. The deadline
to register to vote, or to change party
registration is April 25.
In other political action March 27,
the Northwest Oregon Labor Council
endorsed Ted Wheeler for Multnomah
County chair; Gary Hansen for Mult-
nomah County Commission, District 2;
Steve March for Multnomah County
auditor; Lynn Peterson for Clackamas
County commissioner; Kevin Luby for
Washington County Circuit Court
judge, District 20; and Erik Sten and
Dan Saltzman for Portland City Coun-
cil, Positions 2 and 3, respectively.
Incumbent Sten has six challengers
and incumbent Saltzman has six — in-
cluding Amanda Fritz, a member of the
Oregon Nurses Association at Oregon
Health and Science University.
Saltzman has strong support from
building trades unions, UFCW Local
555 and the Teamsters [Local 555 and
the Teamsters are affiliated with NOLC
under Solidarity Charters]. They say
Saltzman has a good track record work-
ing with construction unions and op-
posing Wal-Mart.
The motion to endorse Saltzman
was strongly opposed at the NOLC del-
egates meeting by Laborers Local 483,
which represents approximately 500
city employees.
“Dan Saltzman is no friend of labor,”
said Local 483 Business Manager
Richard Beetle, explaining that Saltz-
man had a hand in scuttling a contract
with Parks and Recreation employees.
“Our members worked for months
without a contract and without retro
backpay,” Beetle said. “When the con-
tract finally came before the City Coun-
cil, Saltzman was the only commis-
sioner to vote against it.”
Beetle listed a half-dozen unions that
have endorsed Fritz, including two of
the largest unions at the city — the
American Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees Local 189
and Fire Fighters Local 43. Other
unions endorsing Fritz are Communi-
cations Workers Local 7901, Service
Employees Local 49, the Oregon
Nurses Association and the District
Council of Laborers.
Saltzman was endorsed on a stand-
ing vote.
Wheeler is a newcomer challenging
incumbent Diane Linn. He has backing
from the county’s largest union, AF-
SCME Local 88; UFCW Local 555;
the Teamsters and the Columbia-Pacific
Building Trades Council. Linn is
backed by the Portland Association of
Teachers, Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 757, Fire Fighters Local 43,
SEIU Local 49 and the Oregon Nurses
Association.
Hansen, a member of Plumbers and
Fitters Local 290 and a state representa-
tive from Dist. 44 in North Portland, is
running for an open seat against three
other candidates. Hansen served on the
County Commission in the early 1990s,
leaving to run for the Legislature.
Peterson is a Lake Oswego city
councilor running against incumbent
Larry Sowa, who recently switched po-
litical parties — from Democrat to Re-
publican. Clackamas County holds a
partisan primary while the others are
nonpartisan. Therefore, a candidate can
win in the primary with 50 percent plus
one of the votes. Otherwise, the top two
finishers face off in November.
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