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Dorothy Lyman clocks out after 31
years at Iron Workers Local 516
Dorothy Lyman, a 31-year member of Office and Profes- after submitting her application. “Finally, I called him before
sional Employees Local 11, retired as office manager of Port- the start of Labor Day weekend and said, ‘Do you want me to
land-based Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local 516 after ... 31 start on Tuesday or not?’ ” she said.
Fortunately for her, Mon-
years at the union.
gelli said yes.
“I trained quite a few new
Three hundred seventy-
business managers,” Lyman
two months, and five busi-
quipped a day after she re-
ness managers later (includ-
ceived a plaque from Local
ing Tony Butkovich, Richard
11 for her years of member-
Gardner, Bruce Bunnell, and
ship.
current business manager
Lyman worked for five
Mike Lappier) Lyman, 65,
business managers, starting
filed the paperwork neces-
with the late Tony Mongelli,
sary to retire. Her last day
who hired her in September
was Sept. 18.
1978.
Lyman attended union
She had heard about an
meetings and served for sev-
opening for a secretary at Lo-
eral years as a Local 11
cal 516 after answering a
trustee. She also was a union
newspaper ad placed by Lo-
representative on the Western
cal 11. Having worked at a
States 401(k) pension fund
bank and for an appliance dis-
for the past seven years.
tributor, Lyman was experi-
Lyman enjoys quilting
enced, but none of those jobs
and gardening and, as a re-
paid very well.
“I needed a union job,” she Dorothy Lyman receives a plaque from Local 11 tiree, plans to do some vol-
said.
Financial Secretary Mike Richards recognizing her 31 unteer work.
Her successor at Local
Lyman said she hounded years of membership in Office and Professional
Mongelli for several weeks Employees International Union. Lyman retired Sept. 18. 516 is Kim Andrew.
History committee puts out call for WTO photos
The Northwest Oregon Labor Coun-
cil’s Labor History Committee is in
need of photographs, testimonials, and
other paraphernalia related to the 1999
World Trade Organization (WTO)
march in Seattle to use in its Labor His-
NOLC to sponsor
forum for veterans
in Portland Nov. 11
As part of Labor History Month in
Oregon, the Northwest Oregon Labor
Council will sponsor a Veteran’s Day
forum to honor those who served in the
military.
“Veteran Workers Tell Their Story:
Our Living History,” will be held from
2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the
Multnomah County Central Library,
801 SW 10th Avenue, Portland.
The event is free and open to the
public. Space is limited and seating is
available on a first-come, first serve ba-
sis. In addition to scheduled speakers,
the program will including readings
from the recently published, “Voices of
Vets: A Bridge Back to the World.”
Labor History Month was enacted in
1991 by the Oregon Legislature.
“This is an opportunity to recognize
and honor Oregon’s veterans by listen-
ing to their experiences in the service
and back home on the job. We will hear
about current experiences returning to
the workforce. We encourage family
members attending to share stories and
memories,” said NOLC History Com-
mittee Chair Jim Cook.
For more information or to schedule
an opportunity to speak, call Cook at
503 703-1693 or the NOLC office at
503 235-9444.
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tory Month presentation at the NOLC
delegates meeting on Monday, Nov. 23.
November is Labor History Month
in Oregon, and every year the council’s
Labor History Committee presents a
program looking back at a major labor
events.
Labor History Chairman Jim Cook
and Jerry Fitzsimmons of the National
Association of Letter Carriers are de-
veloping a PowerPoint presentation
showing the WTO protest. Photographs
from that event are needed for scanning
to include in the presentation.
The program also will include re-
flections of the WTO protests by
Arthur Stamoulis of the Oregon Fair
Trade Campaign, and Don McIntosh,
associate editor of the Northwest Labor
Press, who spent five days in Seattle re-
porting on the event.
WTO photos and items of interest
should be sent to NOLC via e-mail at
nolc@qwestoffice.net or to their office
at 1125 SE Madison St., Suite 100-D,
Portland, OR 97214.
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
Union volunteers help
in campaign to quash
Washington tax initiative
Union members in Southwest Washington are fully engaged in the
“No on I-1033” campaign. The statewide initiative is on the November
General Election ballot.
I-1033 is the work of initiative profiteer Tim Eyman, and would limit
increases in state and local government revenues to a formula based on in-
flation and population growth. Eyman is trying to cast the measure as a
necessary restraint on state government spending, but the initiative’s result
would be a crippling blow to counties and cities as well.
The nonpartisan Washington State Office of Financial Management
estimates the state would lose $5.9 billion over the next five years. Cities
are expected to lose $2.1 billion and counties another $694 million.
Union officials say I-1033 would permanently lock in billions of dol-
lars in recessionary cuts to education and social services, fire and police,
parks, roads, and other infrastructure.
“It would kill job growth and cut public services,” said Shannon
Walker, president of the Clark, Skamania, West Klickitat Central Labor
Council. “Our economy is already unstable. It’s starting to get better, but
this initiative could make it worse.”
I-1033 is similar to the misnamed “taxpayer bill of rights” (TABOR)
passed in Colorado several years ago that ultimately forced drastic cuts in
public services in that state.
That is why organized labor has joined a wide range of business and
religious leaders, educators, advocates for the mentally impaired, envi-
ronmental, civic and other groups in denouncing I-1033.
A Washington State Labor Council fact sheet says that by imposing
the cap when revenue is down due to the recession, the initiative “would
lock in thousands of layoffs among teachers, nurses, firefighters, police,
road maintenance and other public service workers,” and also lead to a
ripple effect of private sector job losses. Those who kept their jobs would
be stuck with unpaid leave, furloughs and pay cuts.
Walker is asking union members in Clark County to volunteer for
phone banking Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8
p.m. at the International Air & Hospitality Academy, 2901 E Mill Plain
Blvd, Vancouver.
For more information, contact Heather Melton-Stuart at 360 521-6255
or e-mail her at Heather@no1033.com.
Walker can be reached at 360 606-7317.
OCTOBER 16, 2009