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JUNE 5, 2009:NWLP 6/2/09 10:18 AM Page 3 NW Oregon Labor Council recognizes its friends at annual dinner Twenty-eight people received awards May 30 at the 12th annual La- bor Appreciation and Recognition Night dinner sponsored by the North- west Oregon Labor Council. The event was a fundraiser for La- bor’s Community Service Agency. This year, $2,039 was raised on raffle tickets for cash and Made in the U.S. prizes do- nated by local unions and area busi- nesses. Recognized at this year’s dinner were: Joe Esmonde, IBEW Local 48; Becky Steward and Michael Hanna, Multnomah County Employees AF- SCME Local 88; Cameron Taylor and Victor Weekes, Bakers Local 364; Jodi Parker and David Tischer, Laborers Lo- cal 320; City Commissioner Nick Fish; Val Jack of the Oregon Alliance for Re- tired Americans; Linda Rasmussen, Communications Workers of America; Harold King, NOLC Retirees Council; Joe LeBarron, retired member of Amal- gamated Transit Union Local 757; Bar- bara Mathey, CEO of IBEW & United Workers Federal Credit Union; Darel Aker, retired from Joint Council of Teamsters No. 37; Randy Fish and Terry Lansing, Bakers Local 114; Jesse Sackett, Insulators Local 36; Shelby Palmer and Evertt Roberts, Interna- tional Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 8 and Local 40; Tyler Gorton, ILWU; John Mohlis, executive secre- tary of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council; Lynn Lehrbach, Joint Council of Teamsters No. 37; Jack Roy and Gary Moore, La- borers Local 296; Terry Allen Moe, pas- tor, Redeemer Lutheran Church and leader of Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good; Michael Arken, Ore- gon AFSCME Retirees; Aida Arada, Pictured are Labor Appreciation and Recognition Night recipients from left to right:Val Jack, Barbara Mathey, Victor Weekes, Terry Lansing, Randy Fish, and Jodi Parker. Oregon & Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers-Employers Train- ing Center; and the late Earl Kirkland, retired executive secretary of the Co- lumbia Pacific Building and Construc- tion Trades Council. Mayor reappoints Vancouver city employees forego cost-of-living raises for two years Additionally, all city managers and nonunion em- VANCOUVER — Members of four unions rep- The agreement will save the city approximately resenting workers at the City of Vancouver have $495,000 in 2009. Building Trades’ ployees received no cost- of-living increases for 2009. Earlier this year, Fire Fighters Local 452 agreed to agreed to give up cost-of-living raises for the next two “We are well aware of the city’s budget situation waive a previously negotiated cost-of-living increase and knew we would be asked to forgo pay increases years. Mohlis to PDC Office and Professional Employees International for 2009, which resulted in a savings of more than John Mohlis, executive secretary of the Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, has been appointed to a second term on the Port- land Development Commission. The action came as a consent agenda item at the May 20 Portland City Council meeting. Also reap- pointed at that time was PDC chair Charles Wilhoite. Appointments to the PDC, the quasi-independent development arm of the city of Portland, are made by the mayor and confirmed by City Council. Mohlis was first appointed to the commission in 2007 by then Mayor Tom Potter. His and Wilhoite’s new terms expire June 30, 2012. Local 11, which represents 172 city employees, ap- proved the deal, along with the Joint Labor Coalition, which is comprised of the Machinists Union, Plumbers and Fitters Local 290, and Teamsters Lo- cal 58. The coalition represents 67 employees. The contract does not impact step increases of 3.5 percent for roughly 100 employees. $700,000. Local 452 and sister Local 4378, as well as the Fire Marshal’s Unit and Fire Command, also waived their wage increases for 2009 and 2010. Two other unions, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees and the Po- lice Command Unit, also represented by Local 11, are working under terms of expired contracts. for the biennium,” said Rick Wilson, a business rep- resentative of OPEIU Local 11. “I am pleased to say that our members overwhelmingly pledged their sup- port for this agreement to help the city meet their fi- nancial challenges,” The Vancouver City Council approved the two- year contract at its meeting June 1. L EGAL P ROBLEMS ?? For $16 a month coverage includes: ❖ Unlimited toll-free phone consultation with attorneys. ❖ A comprehensive will with yearly updates is included. ❖ Representation for traffic tickets, accidents, criminal, and civil suits. ❖ Coverage on IRS tax audits. ❖ Divorce, child custody, bank- ruptcy and many more benefits.* THESE LEGAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY THE VERY BEST LAW FIRMS IN OREGON & WASHINGTON. * Some services not 100% covered For more information, call 503-760-2456 or toll-free at (888) 252-7930 www.prepaidlegal.com/info/randallnix JUNE 5, 2009 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 3
