Labor council re-elects slate of officers
VANCOUVER — The Clark, Ska-
mania, West Klickitat Counties Cen-
tral Labor Council held officer elec-
tions Jan. 25. All ran unopposed.
Re-elected secretary-treasurer were
Mike Phillips of Vancouver Fire Fight-
ers Local 452; president, Cager
Clabaugh of International Longshore
and Warehouse Union Local 4; and
vice president, Mike Carnahan of
Electrical Workers Local 48.
Elected to the Executive Board
were Bud Bartunek of Painters District
Council 5, Shannon Walker of Office
and Professional Employees Interna-
tional Union Local 277, and Lucy
Hamill of United Food and Commer-
cial Workers Local 555.
Elected trustees were Suzanne
Scheans of Plumbers and Fitters Local
290, John Murphy of Bakers Local
364, and Mark Rauchenstein of Inter-
national Federation of Professional
and Technical Engineers Local 17.
Rick Thompson of Machinists
Lodge 63 was elected sergeant-at-arms.
The Labor Council is hosting an in-
ternal organizing class on Saturday,
Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Fire Fighters Hall, 2807 Fruit Valley
Rd in Vancouver. The class will be
taught by the Labor Education and Re-
search Center of the University of Ore-
gon. Seats are still available. Call
Phillips at 360-921-7484 to register.
Cost is $35 with lunch provided.
Anti-sweatshop rally set Feb. 19 at City Hall
Workers’ rights activists are hold-
ing a noon hour rally outside Portland
City Hall on Monday, Feb. 19, calling
for Portland to pass a “sweat-free” or-
dinance and join a consortium of local
governments that would monitor labor
conditions in sweatshops.
Oregon Labor Commissioner Dan
Gardner is expected to speak at the
rally, along with Fire Fighers Local 43
Vice President Ed Hall and two Third
World union leaders who are touring
the United States to talk about sweat-
shops — Beatriz Fuentes, whose
union represents a flower plantation in
Colombia; and Kotagarahalli Ja-
yaram, an organizer for the Garment
and Textile Workers Union in India.
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The Sweatfree Portland Campaign
has been meeting with city commis-
sioners and staff since October. Com-
missioners appear to be willing to
pass a symbolic resolution opposing
sweatshop abuses, but have balked at
committing tax dollars to fight the
problem without evidence that city
government is purchasing sizable
amounts of goods made in sweat-
shops.
In a Feb. 1 press statement, cam-
paign activists said the city is buying
goods from companies that have hired
subcontractors accused of labor rights
violations.
The campaign has been endorsed
by more than a dozen labor organiza-
tions. The rally will go from noon to 1
p.m. on the Southwest Fourth Avenue
side of City Hall, which is located at
1221 SW Fourth, between Madison
and Jefferson.
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