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Six unionists tapped by LERC to study global warming crisis The Marco Consulting Group I NVESTMENT C ONSULTANTS TO M ULTI -E MPLOYER B ENEFIT F UNDS Please call Jason Zenk at 253-376-3391 Midwest Office 550 W Washington Blvd Ninth Floor Chicago, IL 60661 p: 312-575-9000 F: 312-575-9840 East Coast Office 1220 Adams St First Floor Boston, MA 02124 p: 617-298-0967 F: 617-298-0966 www.marcoconsulting.com Clark County Dems honor Barnes The Clark County Democratic Party presented Ed Barnes with the Val and Dan Ogden Lifetime Achieve- ment Award June 21 at the Jefferson Jackson dinner and auction. Val is a former state rep and Dan is a longtime party activist. The Ogdens presented Barnes with the award, which recognizes a person who has helped promote and support Democratic values. Barnes served 12 years on the Washington Trans- portation Commission and has volunteered for numerous com- mittees and party fundraising events in Clark County. “It certainly was a surprise,” Barnes said. “It was nice that labor was recognized.” Correction The NW Labor Press reported June 20 that the U.S. Postal Service cancelled a privatized mail delivery contract in Beaverton after a film crew hired by the Chase is backing union members with the Union Plus ® Mortgage Program — a home purchase and refinancing program exclusively for union members, their parents and children. Six union members from Oregon have been selected to participate in the first project of the Strategic Training and Action Research (STAR) initiative sponsored by the Labor Education and Research Center of the University of Oregon. The project, entitled, “Just Transi- tion: Developing a Union Approach to the Challenge of Global Warming,” will include workshops and field stud- ies that explore ways in which labor can combat environmental problems, while at the same time create living-wage jobs. One of the field trips will look at labor-initiated projects taking place in the San Francisco Bay area. The six union members selected to participate are: Kevin Card of Letter Carriers Branch 82; Rosalynn Greene of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Lo- cal 350; Agnes Lut of AFSCME Local 3336; Grant Swanson of AFSCME Lo- cal 88; Jakob Juntunen of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work- ers Local 48; and Marcy Putman of IBEW Local 125. The participants were selected based on their understanding of the issues sur- rounding labor and climate change pol- icy, their experiences in labor/environ- mentalist dialogues, and the support of their unions. “ ‘A Just Transition’ is a great first project,” said LERC Director Bob Bus- sel. “It gives labor activists a way to ex- plore cutting edge issues, which is cru- cial to the future of all workers.” The project is financed by the STAR Fund, which started with a $115,000 bequest from former Carpenters busi- ness agent Robert Uhrbrand and his wife Cloydene, a teacher. An additional $60,000 was raised at LERC’s 30th an- niversary celebration in March. The group will report on their find- ings at the annual AFL-CIO Summer School slated Aug. 8-10 in Eugene. They will continue to share their find- ings through labor, environmental and community networks in the fall. The group’s findings also will be helpful next year when the Oregon Legislature begins debating how to curb greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to global warming. For more information about the STAR Fund and its first project, call Barbara Byrd at LERC’s Portland of- fice, 503-412-3723. Byrd also is secre- tary-treasurer of the Oregon AFL-CIO. National Association of Letter Carriers followed the contractor and found malfeasance. In fact, the union had been given a verbal assurance that the con- tract was to be cancelled, but that had not happened as of the date of publica- tion. USPS is now in the process of can- celling the contract, at which point the contracted deliveries will be done by one or more union-represented letter carriers who have nearby routes. Also, the Labor Press reported wrongly that the contract paid $24,380 a year; the cor- rect amount was $23,980. 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