Affiliation &
Growth Committee
Delegates voted to support each of the fol-
lowing resolutions:
• Oregon State Workers Memorial: Estab-
lish and finding funding for a permanent me-
morial to be located on the Oregon State
Capitol grounds.
• Safe Patient Care and the Right to a
Fair Election Process: Support Legacy
RNs right to organize without interference
from management and call on CEO Lee
Domanico to remain neutral in the United
Nurses of Legacy’s union election.
• Urge Congress to Enact Legislation Re-
quiring Paid Parental Leave: Support leg-
islation that provides 12 weeks of paid
parental leave for workers to care for and
bond with the birth or adoption of a child.
• Urge Congress to Enact Legislation Re-
quiring Paid Family Medical Leave: Sup-
port legislation that will provide 12 weeks
of paid family leave for workers due to ill-
ness or to care for an ill family member.
Al Dorgan of Albany Steelworkers Local 7150 speaks on behalf of a resolution to fund a workers’ memorial site at the State Capitol in Salem.
Law and Legislation Committee
Delegates voted to support each
of the following resolutions:
• Prohibit Release of Emer-
gency 911 Voice Tapes Without
Consent: Support legislation pro-
hibiting release of emergency 911
voice tapes to media without con-
sent of the caller or a parent,
spouse, guardian of the caller.
• Illegal Employers: Increase
penalties, including incarceration,
and strictly enforce all laws regard-
ing employers who hire and exploit
workers without legal status.
• Trade: Favor import tariffs to
protect job retention and the indus-
trial base of the United States.
• Support Public Financing
Campaign Reform: Support pub-
lic financing for all political cam-
paigns, ranging from local races to
statewide and legislative candi-
dates.
• Oppose Bush Administra-
tion’s Pending Free-Trade Agree-
ments: Oppose pending free-trade
agreements with Peru, Colombia,
Panama and South Korea, and re-
scind NAFTA and WTO.
• For Good Jobs and Energy
Independence: Work with politi-
cians, the Apollo Alliance, and
other similar coalitions to investi-
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gate best practices in reducing
greenhouse gases without adversely
impacting jobs.
• 2007 Comprehensive Immi-
gration Reform: Support full labor
protections and civil rights for im-
migrant workers and their families
so that they can join a union; sup-
port immigration reform legislation
that provides for an earned path to
legalization for undocumented im-
migrants living in the U.S.; oppose
expanded use of guest worker pro-
grams; oppose the House-passed
immigration bill HR 4437 and the
portions of S 2611 that would crim-
inalize undocumented workers and
those who assist immigrants.
the media ownership consolidation
rules, allowing a giant media cor-
porations to own more TV chan-
nels, radio stations and newspapers
in a single market.
• Demand the Governor Bar-
gain in Good Faith with Mem-
bers of AFSCME: Demand that
the governor use the same criteria
for represented employees as he
used for management when he gave
them 18 percent raises and that he
bargain in good faith with AF-
SCME Local 3336 and other AF-
SCME locals.
• Stop Media Consolidation:
Oppose the Federal Communica-
tion Commission’s efforts to loosen
• Oregon State Fair Booth: Continue to
participate in and help fund labor booth at
Oregon State Fair.
• Diverse Movement Calls for Diverse
Leaders: Encourage training and develop-
ment to build diversity in the leadership of
the labor movement and prepare a report
on diversity in the Oregon labor movement.
• OSEA-AFT Affiliation Process:
Strongly support affiliation vote by Oregon
School Employee Association with the
American Federation of Teachers.
• PLAs and Neutrality: Promote benefits
of project labor agreements and neutrality
agreements and develop strategies to public
and elected officials.
•Combatting Climate Change:
Appoint a Blue-Ribbon Committee
to do a comprehensive study of how
the state labor federation can assist
in the fight against climate change;
and encourage all organizations
and members to reduce, reuse and
recycle.
• The Oregon Job Creation
and Highway Congestion Relief
Initiative: Support passage of a
significant transportation funding
package in the 2009 legislative ses-
sion.
• Urge Congress to Enact Legislation Ex-
tending the Definition of ‘Immediate
Family’ Under the FMLA: Support legis-
lation that expands definition of “immedi-
ate family” to include grandparents, grand-
children, siblings, step-parents, parent
in-laws and domestic partners.
• Oregon AFL-CIO Unity Team: Create a
Unity Team to strategize on multi-union or-
ganizing campaigns.
• Union Voice in Economic Development:
Will recruit union members to serve on
boards and commissions dealing with eco-
nomic development.
Steve Wilson, secretary-treasurer of Woodworkers District Lodge W1,
and Bob Petroff, directing business representative of Machinists District
Lodge 24, telephone Oregon Congressman Greg Walden’s office to urge
him to vote to override President Bush’s threatened veto of a bill to help
fund the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Most of the 256
delegates at the convention made similar calls to Walden.
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
• Switch Cellular Service to Responsible
Providers: Encourage members, employ-
ers, city and state government officials and
others to switch cellular service to union-
ized AT&T Mobility and take advantage of
union discounts.
OCTOBER 19, 2007