Columbia-Pacific Building Trades
Council endorses in several races
Sam Adams picked up more labor
support in his campaign to become the
next mayor of Portland.
On April 24, the Columbia-Pacific
Building and Construction Trades
Council announced that it was endors-
ing Adams for mayor — as well as sev-
eral other candidates in city and county
races within its jurisdiction.
“As a city commissioner, Sam has
always been there for the building
trades,” said John Mohlis, executive
secretary-treasurer of the CPBCTC.
“He has a good record with us, and he
deserves our support.”
The building trades council also en-
dorsed Commissioner Randy Leonard
for re-election, and Nick Fish to fill an
open seat on the Portland City Council.
In Multnomah County, the building
trades backed newcomers Deborah
Kafoury and Judy Shiprack. Both are
seeking open seats on the County
Commission.
Kafoury is a former Oregon House
Democratic Leader from Portland. She
compiled a 90 percent Committee on
Political Education (COPE) voting
record with the Oregon AFL-CIO
while serving in Salem.
Shiprack served three terms in the
Oregon House, where she had a 95 per-
cent COPE voting record representing
Southeast Portland. At that time she
was Judy Bauman.
A former Multnomah County
deputy district attorney and former di-
Chase is backing union members with the Union Plus ® Mortgage
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for union members, their parents and children.
rector of Link Community Develop-
ment Corp., a union-backed affordable
housing nonprofit organization, she is
married to Bob Shiprack, executive
secretary of the Oregon State Building
and Construction Trades Council.
In Clackamas County, the building
trades endorsed Lynn Peterson and
Martha Schrader for re-election to the
County Commission, as well as new-
comer Trent Tidwell. The building
trades also endorsed Clackamas
Southwestern Oregon CLC likes
Main for Coos County Council
COOS BAY — Robert “Bob” Main has been endorsed by the Southwestern
Oregon Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, in a non-partisan race for Coos County
commissioner, Position No. 1.
Main, currently the Coos County assessor, is challenging incumbent commis-
sioner John Griffith. Main is a former delegate to the labor council as a member of
the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2936.
Griffith, who was described by the labor council “as very non-labor friendly,”
declined to answer a questionnaire sent in advance to him or to attend the labor
council’s candidate’s forum April 7 at the Bay Area Center in North Bend.
“Bob Main was overwhelmingly endorsed because of his clear support for
union members and their families,” said Shawn Jennings, director of the Commit-
tee on Political Education for the SWOCLC.
Jennings said residents of Coos County are angry by the lack of response to
residents’needs, and continued cuts in public services affecting public safety, such
as the sheriff’s department, district attorney, animal enforcement, drug enforce-
ment and the juvenile department.
County employees are represented by AFSCME Local 2936.
Southwestern Oregon Labor Council represents over 2,500 AFL-CIO public
and private sector workers from Coos, Curry and Western Douglas counties.
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