Union members go bowling,
raise over $12,000 for MDA
Union members raised $12,287.75 for the Mus-
cular Dystrophy Association (MDA) April 27 at
the Labor Bowl Challenge. Forty-two bowlers
from a half-dozen locals participated in the 19th
annual event. The money raised this year brings
labor’s total contribution over the years to
$288,328.75.
Portland Fire Fighters Local 43 topped all
fundraisers with $4,460. The National Associa-
tion of Letter Carriers Branch 82 collected $3,028
and had 26 bowlers participate.
Other contributors through bowling pledges or
lane sponsorships were Plumbers and Fitters Lo-
cal 290, Bakers Local 114, Bricklayers Local 1,
Tualatin Valley Fire Fighters Local 1660, Ma-
chinists Lodge 63, Electrical Workers Local 48,
Elevator Constructors Local 23, Teamsters Local
162, the Northwest Oregon Labor Retirees
Council and the NW Priority Credit Union.
As far as the bowling went, Pat Fuge of Fire
Fighters Local 43 won a trophy for men’s high
game (231) and high series (604), and Evie Hill
of American Postal Workers Union Local 128
captured women’s high game (174) and high se-
ries (458).
Awards also were presented for low-game and
low-series for both men and women, but we
won’t go there.
Money raised from the Labor Bowl Challenge
helps provide wheelchairs and braces for young-
sters, medical care, research and MDA summer
camps.
How Presidential Labor
Endorsements Stack Up
BARACK OBAMA
United Food and Commercial
Workers; Teamsters; Service Em-
ployees International Union;
UNITE HERE; Boilermakers;
Plumbers and Fitters; Change to
Win labor federation; Utility
Workers Union; International
Longshore and Warehouse Union;
Oregon Education Association;
American Federation of Govern-
ment Employees; Oregon AFSCME
Council 75.
HILLARY CLINTON
Roger G. Worthington, P.C. leads the fight to find a cure
for
Mesothelioma cancer
caused by asbestos exposure
Since 1989, we have been dedicated to helping asbestos cancer patients
get justice in the courtrooms and help in the hospitals. In the last ten years,
we have recovered over $725 million for our clients.
$34 Million:
$20 Million:
$12.6 Million:
$10 Million:
$8.4 Million:
60 year-old Navy veteran and carpenter
54 year-old engineer
69 year-old psychiatrist exposed at home
54 year-old woman exposed via father’s clothes
60 year-old Navy veteran and crane operator
800-831-9399
For a free booklet of medical/legal information, including medical experts,
patient profiles, clinical trials and asbestos products, call us or visit our website.
www.mesothel.com
Mesothelioma typically
We’ve helped hundreds
develops 20 to 60 years
after the first asbestos
exposure. Each year
about 3,000 new cases
of mesothelioma are
diagnosed in the U.S.
of patients find the best
doctors, coast to coast
and we’re known for
providing up-to-date
medical information
and patient education.
Asbestos lawyers for life.
Offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, and Dallas, Texas • Lawyers licensed in California, Oregon, and Texas
Roger G. Worthington, P.C. has donated more than $2.5 Million to medical research
working on a cure for mesothelioma — more than all the asbestos companies combined.
PAGE 4
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
AFSCME; American Federation of
Teachers; Amalgamated Transit
Union; Bricklayers; National Associ-
ation of Letter Carriers; Machinists
Union; Office and Professional Em-
ployees; Painters and Allied Trades;
Sheet Metal Workers; Transporta-
tion-Communications Union/IAM;
Theatrical Stage Employees; United
Transportation Union; Operative
Plasterers and Cement Masons In-
ternational Association.
...Union label candidates
(From Page 2)
cal races.
In Portland, City Council Position
1 has two union members running:
Mike Fahey, and Amanda Fritz. Fa-
hey, a former state representative, is a
retired member and leader of the Car-
penters Union, and continues as a
trustee of the union pension fund and
director of a union food bank. Fritz, a
registered nurse, is a member of the
Oregon Nurses Association who was
active in the 2001 nurses strike at Ore-
gon Health & Science University. In
City Council Position 4, incumbent
Randy Leonard, former president of
Portland Fire Fighters Local 43, is fa-
vored to win.
And running for Multnomah
County Commissioner, District 3,
Portland Habilitation Center public af-
fairs director Mike Delman is a for-
mer part-time staffperson at the Amer-
ican Federation of State County and
Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Besides union members, a number
of office-seekers are members of the
AFL-CIO’s community affiliate,
Working America. Among them are
seven legislative candidates, including
Oregon Bus Project founder Jefferson
Smith, running a first-time campaign
in House District 47, Portland; State
Rep. Jackie Dingfelder, now running
for Senate District 23, Portland; and
five incumbent state reps running for
re-election: Peter Buckley, House Dis-
trict 5, Ashland; Brian Clem, House
District 21, Salem; Dave Hunt, House
District 40, Clackamas County; Tina
Kotek, House District 44, Portland;
and Ben Cannon, House District 46,
Portland.
Three candidates in statewide races
also belong to Working America:
Lewis & Clark law professor John
Kroger, running for attorney general;
State Sen. Ben Westlund, running for
state treasurer, and Oregon House
Speaker Jeff Merkley, running for
U.S. Senate. Merkley was the first
state legislator in Oregon to join
Working America.
Not every union member running
for office has backing and endorse-
ment from organized labor, but most
do.
“There’s nobody like union mem-
bers to know how to do the hard work
it takes to get people elected,” Rosen-
baum said.
Broadway Floral
for the BEST flowers call
503-288-5537
1638 NE Broadway, Portland
MAY 16, 2008
