O’Connor,
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re-elected
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strategy to deal with employment im-
pacts of change.”
Pearson is senior policy officer at the
UK Trades Union Congress, with re-
sponsibility for climate change and en-
ergy policy. He recently became the
first chair of the Global Union’s Cli-
mate Working Group, after unions ob-
tained formal constituency status with
the UNFCCC, which allows them the
same level of recognition as business
and non-governmental organizations.”
“It’s an incredibly important event,
and an exciting opportunity,” Byrd told
the NW Labor Press. “I think there's
strong interest in this whole climate
change discussion, locally and glob-
ally.”
The U.S. delegation will issue a re-
port from COP13 and Byrd plans to
share the information at union meet-
ings.
IBEW #48’s Phil Parker named to
State Transportation Commission
Phillip Parker, a longtime member of Electrical Workers Local 48, has been ap-
pointed to the Washington Transportation Commission by Gov. Chris Gregoire.
The commission is composed of seven citizen members appointed by the gov-
ernor and confirmed by the Senate. Commissioners work with the Washington
State Department of Transportation and elected officials to define the state’s trans-
portation plan, transportation investment plan and transportation policy.
Parker, 61, of Vancouver, succeeds Ed Barnes, a retired member and business
manager of Local 48, who served on the commission for the past 12 years. Com-
missioners can serve only two terms.
Parker was appointed Nov. 16. His term is for six years.
In addition to his work as an electrician, Parker is the chairperson of the Labor
Roundtable of Southwest Washington and a member of the executive board of the
Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council. He is a member of the
Tech Prep Advisory Committee for Clark College, the Columbia River Economic
Development Council and the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce.
He serves on the Clark County Public Facilities District Board and is a member
of the Washington State Electrical Board.
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JUDY O’CONNOR
Oregon AFL-CIO Secretary-Trea-
surer Barbara Byrd will be part of a na-
tional delegation of 25 union leaders at-
tending a conference on climate change
Dec. 3-14 in Bali, Indonesia.
The 13th Conference of the Parties
(COP13) of the UN Framework Con-
vention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
will draw close to 100 unionists from
around the world. Leading the union
delegation from the United States will
be Bob Baugh, executive director of the
Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO.
Baugh is a former secretary-treasurer of
the Oregon AFL-CIO.
The COP13 delegation will be coor-
dinated by the International Trade
Union Confederation and the Trade
Union Advisory Committee to the Or-
ganisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD), with other
trade union bodies through a trade
union Working Group on Climate
Change.
“Climate change presents massive
challenges for trade unions globally, in
developed and developing nations,” said
Philip Pearson, chair of the Trade Union
Working Group on climate change.
“We intend to mount a strong lobby in
Bali for targets in the post-Kyoto period
that will substantially increase cuts to
greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to
work for the adoption of a Green Jobs
IBEW & United Workers F.C.U.
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their Holiday Giving Program for a second year.
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Judy O’Connor was re-elected Nov.
26 to a new four-year term as executive
secretary-treasurer of the Northwest
Oregon Labor Council. A long-time
member of Office and Professional Em-
ployees Local 11, she ran unopposed.
Also re-elected by acclamation to
new terms were President Bob Petroff,
1st Vice President Barbara Hougen and
2nd Vice President Lynn Lehrbach.
Petroff is directing business representa-
tive of Machinists District Lodge 24 and
a delegate from Lodge 63; Hougen is a
delegate from Electrical Workers Local
89 and Lehrbach is a delegate from
Teamsters Joint Council No. 37.
Elected by acclamation to NOLC’s
Executive Board were Glenn Shuck, Po-
sition 1; Terry Lansing, Position 2;
Janet Irwin, Position 3; Roberta Cun-
ningham, Position 4; John Mohlis, Posi-
tion 5; Dan Sass, Position 6, and Ed
Barnes, Position 7. Shuck is a delegate
from Steelworkers Local 330; Lansing
is secretary-treasurer of Bakers Local
114; Irwin is a delegate from AFSCME
Local 88; Cunningham is executive vice
president of United Food and Commer-
cial Workers Local 555; Mohlis is exec-
utive secretary-treasurer of the Colum-
bia-Pacific Building Trades Council;
Sass is secretary-treasurer of Machinists
District Lodge 24 and a delegate from
Lodge 1432; and Barnes is a delegate
from IBEW Local 48.
Sam Gillispie, a delegate from
UFCW Local 555, and Scott Lucy, a
delegate from Machinists Lodge 63,
were re-elected reading clerks, and John
Hall, a delegate from Machinists Lodge
63, and John Vandermosten, a delegate
from IBEW Local 48, were re-elected
sergeants-at-arms.
Elected trustees were incumbents
Shannon Walker of OPEIU Local 277,
and Lee Duncan of IBEW Local 48.
Newcomer Steve Konopa of UFCW
Local 555 will join them.
All officers and board members will
be installed at the delegates’ meeting in
January 2008.
Oregon AFL-CIO’s Byrd to attend
climate change conference in Bali
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