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April 15, 2011:NWLP 4/12/11 10:17 AM Page 10 Judge rules against Sizemore in his suit against unions for calling him a racketeer SALEM — A Marion County cir- cuit court judge has ruled against anti- union ballot measure sponsor Bill Sizemore in a lawsuit he filed against multiple groups and individuals for calling him a “racketeer.” Sizemore sued American Federa- tion of Teachers, National Education Association, Service Employees Inter- national Union, Our Oregon, the Med- ford Mail Tribune, The Skanner News- NECA/IBEW #48 Thompson steps down from Roofers #49 certifies over 3,000 Roofers and Waterproofers Local 49 threw a farewell party for Business Manager Michael Thompson (center) on April 8. Sharing a story with him in in OSHA training the photo above is Roy Bolt (left), a retired apprenticeship coordinator, and Loren Mounce, president of Arrow Roofing and Sheet Metal. Thompson, who is recovering from a bout with cancer, said the overall wear and tear of the job has taken its toll after 15 years in the union’s top post. “It’s time to go,” he said. Thompson has one year remaining in his term of office. The Local’s Executive Board appointed Russ Garnett interim business manager until an election can be held in June. Thompson, 52, is a 34-year member of the union. As business manager he helped grow the local from 267 members that met in a small one-room house to a 600-member local with a large union hall and training center. He is leaving with bargaining completed on a new contract. Members will vote on the pact in May. “Mike left us in a good position,” said Garnett, who has served Local 49 as president, vice president, and Executive Board member. Thompson will return to the trade and remain a member of the union. With upcoming work at Intel as the latest push, the International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 48 and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) have recently reached over 3,000 members who have taken the federal Occupa- tional Safety and Health Administra- tion (OSHA) outreach training. To date, 2,503 Local 48 electricians have taken OSHA 10 training, which is a specialized 10-hour course developed to provide workers, supervisors and others construction personnel with an awareness of construction safety and health concerns in the construction in- dustry on a wide variety of topics. A total of 712 electricians have taken OSHA 30 training, a specialized 30-hour training geared towards super- visors, project managers, owners and safety mangers. Trainees use OSHA regulations to find and decipher the ac- tual legal responsibility that employers have as it applies to the topics covered in the OSHA 10 training, along with additional safety topics. “Our state-of-the-art training center and expert instructors make certain that safety is first and foremost on every- one’s mind,” said Local 48 Business Manager Clif Davis. “NECA and IBEW realizes that our work involves many regulatory facets and it’s in everyone’s best interests for each person to be on the same page when it comes to safety, regardless of whether someone is an apprentice, journeyman or a supervisor,” said Tim Gauthier, now in his 30th year as NECA chapter executive manager. paper, Arthur Towers, Scott Moore, Kevin Looper, and other groups and in- dividuals — for referring to him as “convicted racketeer Bill Sizemore,” or other versions of that phrase. The suit was filed under the Oregon Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal to publish false statements about candi- dates or political committees. Basically, Sizemore’s argument was that his groups were convicted of rack- eteering, not he himself, and therefore, calling him a racketeer was false. 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This month the group is bringing in human resources professionals to give insider tips on what employers look for in job applicants, and to help prepare that two groups headed by Sizemore had demonstrated a pattern of fraud and forgery, and therefore were in vio- lation of Oregon’s Racketeer Influ- enced and Corrupt Organizations law. But Judge Joseph Guimond didn’t buy that argument. “The court finds that it could be reasonably inferred that Bill Sizemore was a ‘convicted racket- eer,’” Guimond wrote in a March 18 ruling, “as he was the executive direc- tor of the political action committees that were found liable for fraud, for- gery, and racketeering.” for even the hardest interview ques- tions. In past months, experts on tax-aid, résumé building, and navigating the un- employment insurance system have been on hand to answer questions and share tips. 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