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Longtime Bakers Local 114 Rep Gene
Beaudoin to retire; Shad Clark hired
Gene Beaudoin, a union represen-
tative of Bakery, Confectionery, To-
bacco Workers and Grain Millers Lo-
cal 114 in Portland, is retiring after
17 years at the union.
His last day will be Sept. 30.
His successor is Shad Clark, a for-
mer president of the local and a 16-
year member employed at Franz
Bakery in Portland.
Beaudoin, 55, started his baking
career in 1976 as a helper at Franz
Bakery. He was working as a relief
foreman at the bakery in 1992 when
he was brought in as Local 114’s
wholesale bakery business agent. He
was re-elected to that post every three
years since.
Prior to becoming a full-time
business agent, Beaudoin served the
union as a shop steward, Executive
Board member, and as its president.
He was a trustee to the Oregon Bak-
ers Union Trust and to the BCTGM
Pacific Northwest Joint Board, and
‘Labor Night’ at
ballpark slated
for Aug. 27
The Columbia Pacific Building and
Construction Trades Council will spon-
sor “Labor Night at the Portland
Beavers” Thursday, Aug. 27. Tickets
are $12. The Beavers’ opponent is the
Tacoma Rainiers.
The game starts at 7 p.m., and the
first pitch will be thrown by Al Panek,
retired president of Teamsters Joint
Council No. 37 and former labor liai-
son to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden.
Unions are encouraged to purchase
bulk tickets before Aug 25. Discount
tickets will not be available at the box
office. To order, call Brian Pollard at
503-553-5441 or go to bpol-
lard@pgepark.com.
was chairper-
son of the
BCTGM
Western Con-
ference Strike
and Boycott
Committees.
During his
career at Lo-
cal 114 he
worked with
four secre-
G ENE B EAUDOIN
tary-treasur-
ers, including
Alex Eden-
hofer, Noel
Johnson,
Laurel Koch,
and Terry
Lansing.
“Gene has
been unselfish
with his com-
passion and
dedication to
S HAD C LARK
serving our
members,” said Lansing, the current
secretary-treasurer. “Gene has the
unique talent of understanding each
and every bakery production line and
every bakery crew throughout our in-
dustry in our area. That ability made
him and our local successful in en-
forcing and maintaining our labor
agreements.”
Beaudoin, who at one time had
thought of becoming a teacher, says
he liked being able to help members.
“If I had any one goal as a business
rep, it was to give members the abil-
ity to go to work in peace, go home in
peace, and earn a good living,” he
said.
In retirement, Beaudoin and his
wife, Denise, will be looking after
their two grandchildren while their
daughter attends college. Denise
works part time.
Clark, who holds a bachelor’s de-
gree in business administration from
Winthrop University in Rock Hill,
S.C., has served as Local 114’s pres-
ident since 2008.
Beaudoin got Clark his first job at
Franz Bakery 16 years ago, and en-
couraged him to run for the union’s
Executive Board. Clark was working
in the receiving department at Franz
when he was elected business agent.
He had to resign as president to take
the job, and succeeding him as presi-
dent is Georgine Barragan.
“I’m from a union family, so I
guess you could say it’s in my
blood,” Clark said.
His father, Pat, was secretary-
treasurer of Bakers Local 364 in Van-
couver, Wash. Pat passed away in
1993 while in office.
Clark’s mother is a retired admin-
istrative assistant from the Oregon
Nurses Association.
Clark said he intends to maintain
the relationships that Beaudoin has
worked so hard to develop over
nearly two decades.
Move to revitalize
CLUW chapter in
Portland under way
A group of unionists are trying to re-
vitalize a chapter of the Coalition of La-
bor Union Women in Oregon.
A meeting is slated for Monday,
Aug. 31, at 6 p.m. at the Portland office
of the Oregon AFL-CIO, 10 North Rus-
sell St.
CLUW is a constituency group of
the AFL-CIO. Its mission is to bring
union women together to advocate for
women’s issues, such as equal pay in
the workplace, child and elder care ben-
efits, protection from sexual harassment
and more. Nationally, CLUW has more
than 75 chapters with members from 60
international and national unions.
To RSVP or for more information
about the Portland chapter, contact Bar-
bara Byrd, secretary-treasurer of the
Oregon AFL-CIO, at 503 585-6320, ex-
tension 322.
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