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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. In
2002, a Multnomah County jury found
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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-
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