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Lane CLC to host candidate training
EUGENE — Lane County Central
Labor Council will host its second
“campaign school and candidate train-
ing” Feb. 6 to 8. The idea is to equip
union members and supporters with the
know-how they need to run campaigns
for local elective office.
The Oregon AFL-CIO is co-sponsor
of the event, which is expected to attract
would-be candidates, campaign man-
agers and treasurers from around the
state. Over a dozen consultants and
elected officials will be giving the train-
ings. Some of the highlights include
Steve Novick, past consultant to unions
and candidate for U.S. Senate in the
2008 Democratic primary; Jon Isaacs,
who ran the successful U.S. Senate
campaign of Novick’s opponent Jeff
Merkley; and union leader Michael
Dembrow, one of Salem’s newest la-
bor-legislators, who won the Demo-
cratic nomination to a Northeast Port-
land state house seat in a tough three-
way race last May.
The first campaign school, held in
December 2007, drew about 20 atten-
dants for two days of workshops. One
of those, Rob Handy, defeated a four-
term incumbent for Lane County Com-
mission in November.
The school is the brainchild of Pat
Riggs-Henson, executive secretary-
treasurer of the Lane County CLC.
Riggs-Henson said her hope is to get
one union member on every board and
every elective body, so as to incubate
future generations of political leaders.
Participants learn how to map and
analyze an electorate to see whether it’s
possible to win. They learn how to win
endorsements, raise money, and de-
velop and stick to a message; how to re-
cruit and coordinate volunteers; and
how to maintain expense records to
comply with campaign finance report-
ing requirements. Handy — a pro-labor
landscaping business owner — said he
was already an experienced campaign
activist and attended the school think-
ing it would be a brush-up. But he says
he was stunned by the quality of pre-
senters and presentations, and credits
the school as a factor in his win.
The campaign school is open to
members of AFL-CIO and other
unions, as well as members of the AFL-
CIO’s Working America community
affiliate. Participation is limited to 40.
Register by Jan. 30 by contacting
Riggs-Henson at 541-914-6928 or by
e-mail at henson2831@comcast.net.
The school will take place at the
United Association of Plumbers &
Steamfitters Local 290 Training Cen-
ter, 2861 Pierce Pkwy., Springfield.
Feeney, Rebel Voices to appear in Portland Jan. 23
Folk singers Anne Feeney and Rebel
Voices will perform in Portland Friday,
Jan. 23, at Carvlin Hall, 1636 SE Hick-
ory St. (in the St. Phillip Neri Church
complex just north of SE Division St.).
The concert is presented by the Port-
land FolkMusic Society and its monthly
concert series, now in its 14th season.
Cost is $10 for union members or
members of the Portland FolkMusic So-
ciety, $12 for others, $5 for children 12
to 18, and free for kids under 12. Doors
open at 7 p.m.
Feeney, of Pittsburgh, is the grand-
daughter of a mineworkers’ organizer,
who also used music to carry the mes-
sage of solidarity to working people.
James Coon
Feeney has lived her life on the front-
lines — performing at thousands of ral-
lies, picket lines and demonstrations
over the years – including the WTO
demonstrations in Seattle, Solidarity
Day in Washington, D.C., and for 1.5
million people at the April 2004 March
for Women’s Lives.
Dubbed the “minister of culture” to
the movements for economic and social
justice and human rights, Feeney is “the
best labor singer in North America,”
said the late Utah Phillips.
Susan Lewis and Janet Stecher —
members of the American Federation
of Musicians Local 1000 in Seattle —
have created incredible harmony as
Raymond Thomas
Cynthia Newton
members of The Belles of Hoboken,
Shays’ Rebellion, and since 1989, Rebel
Voices. They took their name from the
book by Joyce Kornbluh, “Rebel
Voices: An IWW Anthology,” a collec-
tion of writings, songs, poems, and car-
toons by members of the Industrial
Workers of the World. “Wobblies” have
always been rabble rousers, unionists,
artists, and singers who attack the issues
of their time with passion and humor.
This same spirit moves Rebel Voices to-
day as they sing out for social and eco-
nomic justice.
For more information or for reserva-
tions, call 503 452-0130.
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Oregon AFL-CIO, LERC, to hold
legislative conference Jan. 24
The Oregon AFL-CIO and the Labor Education and Research Center
(LERC) of the University of Oregon will hold a 2009 legislative confer-
ence Saturday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Work-
ers Local 16 Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Portland.
Registration is $25 per person and must be made by Jan. 19. Registration
covers tuition, materials, lunch, and refreshments.
The conference will provide an opportunity for union activists to meet
lawmakers, learn how to lobby, and become informed on labor’s agenda for
the 2009 legislative session. Some of those issues include health care re-
form, green energy and job creation, and transportation.
Invited to attend are Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Attorney General John
Kroger, Senate President Peter Courtney, and elected legislators.
For more information, call LERC 541-346-5054.
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