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Ashbrook tapped
as co-chair of new
civil rights council
‘STAR’ Painters
One hundred seventeen union Painters (pictured above) received $500, a
Carhartt jacket, and a $50 gift certificate May 13 at a Safety Training Awards
Recognition (STAR) banquet hosted by Painters and Allied Trades District
Council 5 and the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization. A provision
in the union contract gives journey-level painters the ability to qualify for cash
bonuses if they complete six classes and/or certifications, plus an additional 24
hours of skill advancement training over a one-year period. The program is
funded by employer contributions into a special fund. Classes — held in the
evenings and on weekends at the Painters Training Center in Northeast
Portland — include first aid, CPR, fall protection, OSHA 10 and others.
Painters are members of Locals 10 (Portland), 724 (Salem) and 1277 (Eugene).
This year’s group of recipients was the largest since the program’s inception
five years ago. Additionally, a drawing was held for seven VISA cash cards
worth $1,500 each. Winners were Chris Bishop, Ken Erickson, Brian Gray,
Terry Peterson, Steven Rodriguez, Marshall Simpson, and Jorge Valverde. In
the photo left, Terry Peterson, financial secretary of Local 10, is all smiles after
winning a VISA cash card. Handing out the cards are Bud Bartunek, assistant
director of District Council 5 (with mic), and Business Agent Tim Carrier.
Cecil Tibbetts returns to
AFSCME — in Washington
Former Oregon AFSCME Council
75 executive director Cecil Tibbetts has
taken a job as director of negotiations
for the Washington Federation of State
Employees, AFSCME Council 28 in
Olympia.
Tibbetts was the staff representative
for Multnomah County Employees AF-
SCME Local 88 from 1978 to 1981. He
was tapped as Council 75’s executive
director in 1981 and worked in that ca-
pacity until 1993. During that time he
served on then-Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's
“Mahonia Hall” task force of labor and
management representatives, which
produced the controversial 1990 work-
ers’ compensation reforms.
He also was co-chair of the Labor-
Management Advisory Committee on
Workers’ Compensation.
Tibbetts joined SAIF Corp., (State
Accident Insurance Fund) in April 1993
as deputy director for strategic plan-
ning. He was named director of human
resources and public affairs in 1996,
and in 2003 was appointed acting pres-
ident and chief executive officer. He re-
tired from SAIF in 2005.
UA #290 to host apprentice contest
Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 will host the United Association District 5 Re-
gional Apprentice Contest at the union’s training center in Tualatin Wednesday and
Thursday, June 10-11.
District 5 is made up of 11 western states, including Alaska and Hawaii. Each
local is allowed one apprentice contestant in each of five disciplines — welding,
plumbing, HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning), steamfitting, and
sprinklerfitting.
Local 290’s apprentice contestants were selected through competition held in
April. Corby Campbell will compete in welding; Joseph Barnes will compete in
HVAC; and Justin May will compete in plumbing.
The competition begins each day at 7 a.m. A banquet will be held at the train-
ing center hall on June 11 at 5 p.m.
JUNE 5, 2009
Connie Ashbrook executive director
of Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., has been
appointed co-chair of a newly created
Oregon Council on Civil Rights
(OCCR).
OCCR has been established by Ore-
gon Labor Commissioner Brad
Avakian. As head of the state’s civil
rights enforcement agency, the com-
missioner appointed a 25-member
council charged with advancing civil
rights in Oregon and fighting unlawful
discrimination of all forms.
Avakian said OCCR will work to-
ward stronger Oregon civil rights in
several ways. It will study and monitor
the causes, effects and solutions of un-
lawful discrimination in Oregon. It will
consider and propose legislative and
agency-based actions and solutions. It
will foster communication, goodwill,
cooperation, and conciliation among
groups interested in civil rights across
the state. And it will advise the state at-
large on policies and procedures related
to civil rights.
Joining Ashbrook as a co-chair is
James Mason, diversity education and
cultural competency director for Provi-
dence Health Systems.
A description of the OCCR struc-
ture, leadership, and meeting schedule
and member biographies is available at:
w w w. o reg o n . g o v / B O L I / C R D /
OCCR.shtml.
The first meeting of the OCCR will
be July 16 at BOLI’s headquarters in
Portland.
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