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May 15, 2009:NWLP 5/12/09 10:09 AM Page 6 Union members running for seats in May 19 special election Local unions hope to get some of their own elected in Oregon’s May 19 special election, which fills low-profile non-partisan positions like school boards and port commissions. AFSCME member Scott Bailey, re- gional economist for Southwest Wash- ington, is running for Portland Public Schools’ Zone 5 Board seat, and has the endorsement of Portland Associa- tion of Teachers and Carpenters Local 247. His opponent, Pam Knowles, is the chief operating officer of the Port- land Business Alliance. She has the en- dorsement of Service Employees Lo- cal 503. Teachers union leader Deborah Barnes is running for mayor of Mil- waukie with the endorsement of the city employees union (AFSCME Local 350), Professional Fire Fighters Asso- ciation of Clackamas County, North- west Oregon Labor Council (NOLC), and her own union, North Clackamas Education Association. Barnes grew up in a union house- hold: Her father Wendell Barnes was a meatcutter at Stroheckers Market and member of the negotiating team for what is now United Food and Com- mercial Workers Local 555. Barnes was president of her Ameri- can Federation of Television and Radio Artists local when she worked as a broadcast journalist at KPAM and other stations. For the past 15 years she has been a teacher at the Sabin-Schellen- berg Center in the North Clackamas School District. She serves on her union’s executive board and is cur- rently a member of the Milwaukie City Council. Her opponent, Republican Jeremy Ferguson, is a fellow city council mem- ber who was appointed interim mayor on the promise he wouldn’t run for the job, but he changed his mind. Earl Scott, a member of Interna- tional Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 21, is running for Port of St. Helens Commission, Posi- tion 5. Several Port of St. Helens termi- nals in Rainier use nonunion workers, ILWU wants members elected to port commissions as a voice to ensure that ports promote family-wage jobs. Scott has the endorsement of ILWU locals 21 and 8 and NOLC. Chuck Moffitt, former AFSCME Local 189 vice president and former treasurer of Oregon AFSCME Council 75, is running for Position 2 on the board of Multnomah Education Serv- ice District. MESD, like other educa- tion service districts around the state, handles programs like special educa- tion that aren’t cost effective for school districts to handle by themselves. Mof- fitt, who retired April 2008 after 22 years as an accountant at the City of Portland, has the endorsement of Ore- gon Education Association and AF- SCME Local 1995, both of which rep- resent MESD employees. In 2007 MESD tried to take away benefits, and board members wouldn’t Bookcases, CD players sought for Labor History Museum A new Labor History Museum for Oregon and Southwest Washington is progressing, reports Nellie Fox Ed- wards, a retired political director of the Oregon AFL-CIO. The museum is located in the new Oregon AFSCME Council 75 building at 1400 Tandem Ave. NE, Salem (near the Salem bypass). The new museum is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association. Fox said items are slowly being placed in the space, but that bookcases, display cabinets, DVD and CD players and other furniture are needed. “If anyone has these types of items to donate, we would really appreciate it,” Fox said. The Northwest Labor Press is do- nating bound volumes of Labor Press papers dating back to the early 1960s. The museum is unfolding in stages, Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call starting out as a meeting place with a “historical atmosphere” with memora- bilia, audio/visual materials, books, photos, and buttons. A museum committee has been es- tablished to look into possibilities for further development. More volunteer help is needed. For more information, contact Fox at 503 644-8520, or Jim Strassmaier at 503 236-1094, or e-mail at strassj@ spiritone.com. talk to the union even as AFSCME members struck for two weeks. Moffitt faces two other candidates, including incumbent Sean Schafer, who is backed by four MESD board members. Local 1995 is also endorsing Bernie Guisto and Mike Delman, who are run- ning unopposed for other MESD seats. In the Willamette Valley, the Mar- ion-Polk-Yamhill Counties Labor Council endorsed Nancy MacMorris- Adix for the Salem-Keizer School Board, Zone 3, and Malic Morris for a seat on the Polk County Fires District #1 Board. Morris, of Monmouth, is a union firefighter with the Tualatin Val- ley Fire Department. Harley motorcycle raffle tickets on sale to benefit charity A new Harley-Davidson motorcycle will be in the cards for one lucky raffle participant at this year’s “Unions for Kids” Motorcycle Poker Run slated for Saturday, June 13, at IBEW Local 48’s union hall at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. A limited number of tickets are on sale at a cost of $10 each. All proceeds go to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. The motorcycle is a 2009 Dyna Low Rider FXDL and is valued at $16,999. Money also is raised the day of the motorcycle ride through registration fees, from sponsors, a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and chili cookoff. Unions for Kids is a registered non- profit, all volunteer organization and all proceeds go to the kids at Doernbecher Hospital. Tickets for the motorcycle raffle can be purchased at the IBEW & United Workers Federal Credit Union, 9955 SE Washington St., Portland, and at the Carpenters Hall at 2215 N. Lombard, Portland. The raffle drawing will take place following the Motorcycle Poker Run on June 13. For more information, call Lee Dun- can at 503-260-5905 or visit their Web site at www.unions forkids.org. 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