Local Motion
January 2007
Union election activity in Oregon and SW Washington,
according to the National Labor Relations Board
and the Oregon Employment Relations Board
Elections held
Union youths bowl over lawmakers
State Reps. Chip Shields (D-Portland) and Tobias Read (D-Beaverton)
were young-ish Oregon lawmakers who responded to an invitation to
bowl Feb. 10 with young union members of Oregon Council 75 of the
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees). The
event was hosted at Portland’s Hollywood Bowl by newly formed Next
Wave, a group that puts on monthly social events to get more young
AFSCME members involved. Up next, the group hopes to get younger
members to attend AFSCME's statewide convention in Bend in April.
Organizers didn’t say whether the bowling bill was paid out of the union
“strike” fund, but participants did pause to hear details of a pro-worker
legislative agenda from the lawmakers. Pictured above, from left to right,
are Shields, Eric Vecchi and Matt Hilton of Local 328 (Oregon Health
and Science University), and Martha Armstrong and Jeff Klatke of Local
The Portland Trail Blazers are team-
ing up with area unions for a “Union
Night” to raise funds for the National
Kidney Foundation through the Team-
sters Kidney Benefit.
The Blazers take on the Seattle Su-
personics at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April
14 at the Rose Garden. A block of $49
tickets has been set aside for union
members at a reduced price of $30. Five
dollars from each ticket sold will go to-
wards the Teamsters Kidney Benefit.
Tickets can be ordered online at
http://tickets.blazers.com/deals. The
password is “UNION.”
For more information about the
fundraiser, call Phil Horn at 503-963-
3965.
Nurse staffing bill
debated in Olympia
OLYMPIA, Wash. (PAI) — More
than 500 nurses, led by the Washington
State Nurses Association, rallied Feb. 6
at the State Capitol here to demand leg-
islative action on a new nurse-patient
staffing ratio bill.
The legislation, sponsored by De-
mocratic State Rep. Dawn Morell, a
nurse, would form a 15-member state
committee to set minimum nurse
staffing levels for every hospital. Nurse
staffing levels have not been updated in
several years, nurses at the rally said.
Morell said that unless the problem
is solved, high turnover of overworked
nurses would continue. They can’t pro-
vide top quality care, so “I watch them
drop out. They go to other jobs,” she
told local media before the rally. “This
is a retention bill.”
FEBRUARY 16, 2007
Umatilla County
UC Law Enforcement Assoc.
1/4
Zachary
Zabinsky
• Social Security
• SSI - Disability Claims
Personal Attention To Every Case
Working For Disability Rights
Since 1983
NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY
621 SW Morrison, Portland
223-8517
Weber Distribution
1/17
Teamsters Local 81
Union
No
Union
Pendleton
54
0
Gresham
44
49
Wilsonville
1
2
Willamette Education Service District
1/23
OEA vs. OSEA
Oregon City
103 55 15
City of Boardman Police Department
1/26
Oregon AFSCME Co. 75
Boardman
5
0
Elections requested
Company
Union
Location
# of employees
Distribution Plus
Teamsters Joint Council 37
Tualatin
17
SERCO
Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
Salem
4
Safeway (decertification)
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555
Burns
32
Roseburg
West Ambulance
40
International Association of EMTs and Paramedics, SEIU/NAGE
Healthy-Heart Screening
for Tradeswomen
Take a step toward lowering your risk for heart disease and stroke by
participating in this FREE, 30-minute screening that includes:
• Cholesterol (total, HDL)
• Blood Pressure
• Blood Sugar
• Body Fat Measurement
• Consultation with nurse about your
results
• Refreshments, socializing and net-
work with other tradeswomen after
the screening.
This screening made possible through a generous donation by the Women of Good Samaritan.
Coordination by Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. Many thanks to our hosts at the HVAC & Metals
Institute!
www.legacyhealth.org
Legacy Heart
Services
Health Syst
Legacy Health System, a non-profit organization, includes Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Emanuel Children’s
Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center, Meridian Park Hospital, Mount Hood Medical Center, Salmon
Creek Hospital, Legacy Clinics and CareMark/Managed HealthCare Northwest PPO. ©2007
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
Screening Date & Location:
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
4:00-7:00 p.m. (Appointments
scheduled every 15 minutes)
HVAC & Metals Institute
2379 N.E. 178th
Portland, Oregon 97230
FREE—Appointments required.
Spaces are limited. Please call 503-
335-3500 to schedule your appoint-
ment and for more information.
NO FASTING REQUIRED.
CHE-0001
‘Union Night’ at
Blazers will aid
Kidney Benefit fund
Location
First Student
1/5
SEIU Local 503
3135 (Housing Authority of
Portland). Above, bowler Jennifer
Patrick exults after knocking down
some pins. Patrick, who works at
Multnomah County, is a member of
Local 88.
Results:
Company
Date
Union
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