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L ABOR What’s Happening AND NEWS FR OM AR OUND THE P A C I F I C N O R T H W E S T duce the unnecessary costs our mem- bers are currently paying for their health care premiums,” said Ed Edwards, di- rector of OSEA government relations. “We have no doubt that endorsing Gov. Kulongoski is the right thing to do.” Teacher, school unions give nod to Gov. Kulongoski Letter Carriers collect 1.4 million pounds of food The Oregon Education Association and the Oregon School Employees As- sociation have endorsed Gov. Ted Ku- longoski for re-election. Kulongoski, a Democrat, faces a difficult campaign against Republican Ron Saxton and independent Ben Westlund, a Republican state senator, who left the party this year. OEA, the state’s largest union with more than 45,000 members, took no action in the primary election, where Kulongoski faced two opponents. The OSEA, which represents 20,000 educational employees in 140 Oregon school districts, community colleges, education service districts, Head Start, libraries, and park and recreation districts endorsed Jim Hill in the Democratic primary and Kevin Mannix in the Republican primary. OEA President Larry Wolf said the endorsement “means that the OEA will recommend Kulongoski to the en- tire membership, and brings with it volunteer support and financial assis- tance.” OSEA President Merlene Martin said Kulongoski “is the only candidate with a real plan for increasing the funding of education, and who will support and promote other priority is- sues, such as lowering the cost of health care.” All of the major candidates for gov- ernor were invited to interview with OSEA’s board of directors and mem- bers. Only Kulongoski and Senator Westlund chose to seek the union’s en- dorsement. OSEA officials said their primary focus in endorsement is the candidate’s position on the issues that members have identified as critical to the health and enhancement of Oregon’s public education system. “Governor Kulongoski has commit- ted to increase and stabilize funding of schools and to continue to fight to re- More than 3,000 Letter Carriers in Oregon and Clark County, Wash., col- lected a total of 1,401,454 pounds of food during the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive, exceed- ing last year’s total of 1,358,819 pounds. The NALC food drive takes place annually on the second Saturday in May. It is the largest one-day food drive in Oregon and in the nation. Branch 82 letter carriers — cover- ing Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, as well as McMinnville, Newberg, Sheridan and St. Helens — collected 620,827 pounds of food this year. “What our letter carriers do on this one day is simply amazing,” said Rachel Bristol, executive director of Oregon Food Bank. “We are grateful for their tremendous work. We also thank the hundreds of volunteers who stepped forward to help and the hun- dreds of thousands of postal customers who donated bags of high-quality food for their letter carriers to pick up on this day. Evergreen College to host summer school for women OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Ever- green State College Labor Center is hosting its 16th annual Summer School for Union Women and Com- munity Activists June 28-July 2. This year’s theme is “Women Bringing It Back Together: Building Alliances Between Union and Community Ac- tivists to Realize Our Goals Locally and Globally.” For more information, call Nina Triffleman at 360-867-6525, or e-mail her at trifflen@evergreen.edu. Zachary Zabinsky • Social Security • SSI - Disability Claims Personal Attention To Every Case Working For Disability Rights Since 1983 New class of IBEW Local 48 apprentices graduate Electrical Workers Local 48 recently graduated 154 apprentices from the NECA-IBEW joint electrical training center. One hundred and thirty two of the graduates are now recognized as licensed commercial electricians while 21 received their license in limited energy along with one licensed residential electrician. The apprentices received hundreds of hours of classroom instruction in a state-of-the-art facility in Northeast Portland. This year’s graduates include: Daniel Aguirre, Robert Anderson, Dale Anderson, David Anderson, Boyd Bartholomew, William Bates, Mychal Baum, Jeremy Baxter, Robert Beal Jr., Christopher Behrman, Douglas Bell, Mark Bienerth, Bradley Brandenburg, John Brandenburg, Michael Bredall, Benjamin Brooks, Brian Caldwell, Marc Calkins, Bryan Campbell, Joshua Carter, Gabriel Caso, Paige Chambers, Jason Chandler, Dustin Clark, Cole Crenshaw, Kenneth Dailey, David Daniels, Robert Daniels, Troy Davis, Kyle Davis, Kevin Day, Bryce DeChand, Dean Dills, Nicholas Doering, Garland Dotson, Dolores Doyle, Ryan Dutton, Derek Earls, Scott Ernst, Scott Evans, Tyler Falconer, John Fenwick, Kipp Franklin, Paul Franklin, Stephen Fuentes, Ciro Galizia, Daryl Glover, Barbara Golden, Brian Gooch, Darrell Gore, David Granberg, Robin Greene, Jeffrey Grove, Brandon Hanson, Joseph Harvey, Russell Hayden, Jeff Heatherington, Donald Hester, Jason Hoyt, Dale Huskey, Hung Huynh, Nathan Jackson, Jason Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Neal Johnston, Robert Kee, Juston Keeble, Clarence Kemp, Kevin Kind, Garrett Kitchen, Paul Kitchen, Joshua Lewis, Gregory Lewis Jr., Dorian Libal, Timothy Linster, Matthew Lomax, Scott Loyd, Paul Lucas, Timothy Lucas, Lachlan Maclean, James Makin, Shannon Marsh, Marshall McGrady, Donald McGrady, Jason McKee, Johnathan McNeel, Todd McPherren, Corey Metzler, Ryan Meyers, Paul Miller, Randall Miller, Jory Mockenhaupt, Erik Moline, David Neuhauser, Paul New, Nick Nickolas, Damon Nordahl, Angela Nunes, Ryan Palmblad, Michael Petersen, Jeromy Peterson, Theodore Pitt, Michael Ray, Amy Reynolds, Erik Richardson, Rodney Richardson, Nicholas Rogers, Sasha Rotecki, Christopher Rowden, Steven Rushing, Louis Saenz, Joseph Saunders, Donald Selby, Lisa Serrano, Derek Shorb, Mark Simpson, Hans Slavens, Robert Slocomb, Eric Slothower, Christopher Smith, Daniel Smith, Matthew Smyth, Sara Stevenson, David Tankersley, Todd Thompson, Jeremy Tootoosis-Didier, Patrick Trepina, James Webber, Alan Wiland, Mark Witham, Wesley Withrow, Michael Yager Jr., Timothy Zumwalt, Adam Best, Brett Coe, Valerie Conte, Sean Creighton, Kevin Flinn, Nathan French, David Fuhrer, Teruko Hall, Adam Hansen, Sara Hughes, Aaron Johnson, Terrance Jorissen, Eric Kauffman, Mitchell Knobbs, Eric Lindquist, Keith McCormick, Iain Nugent, Cynthia Olson, Chad Stewart, Eric Stiffler, Marie Stoppelmoor and Michael Brauckmiller. IBEW pension manager killed in bike accident Sheryl McDaniel, a union pension benefit manager, died with her hus- band Darrel McDaniel in a May 29 bi- cycle accident south of Forest Grove. The two were riding northbound on the shoulder of Oregon Highway 47 when a 2002 Saab hit them from be- hind at about 11:45 a.m. Sheryl Mc- Daniel, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Darrel Mc- Daniel, 65, died in a helicopter on the way to Legacy Emanuel Hospital. Both wore helmets. The Washington County sheriff's office ruled alcohol was not a factor in the accident, and decided not to press charges against the driver, Patricia Suhrbier of Hillsboro. Sheryl McDaniel had worked for Portland-based Joseph H. Herrle & Associates, Inc. for over 30 years. She started as a personal secretary to the late company founder, Joseph H. Her- rle, who also founded A&I Benefit Plan Administrators. Later, she han- dled all aspects of pension benefits for the 20,000 participants in the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work- ers (IBEW) District 9 Pension Plan. She was planning to retire in May 2007. Her husband was a retired lift truck driver who had worked at James River Corporation. She was born May 20, 1945, in Hillsboro and graduated from Hills- boro High School in 1963. A memo- rial service was held June 5 at Sunset Presbyterian Church. Remembrances can be made to the Alzheimers Association, Columbia- Willamette Chapter, 1131 NW 21st Ave., Portland, OR 97209. K ramers/metro mailing service 3201 N.W. YEON PORTLAND, OREGON 97210 (503) 274-1638 FAX (503) 227-1245 THE ONLY UNION MAILER NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY IN OREGON 621 SW Morrison, Portland Visit our Web site at www.kramersmailing.com 223-8517 PAGE 4 P OLITICAL MEMBERS OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 223 — Eric Brending, Owner — NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS JUNE 16, 2006
