Labor was the first price, the original purchase — money
that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver,
but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally
purchased.
A DAM S MITH
The Hard-Working
Dedicated Municipal Employees
What Our Presidents Have Said About Unions ...
“All that serves labor serves the
nation. All that harms is treason
... if a man tells you he loves
America, yet hates labor, he is
a liar...”
“If I were a worker in a
factory, the first thing I
would do would be join
a union.”
“The right to join a
union of one’s choice
is unquestioned to-
day, and is sanctioned
and protected by
law.”
“The American Labor Movement
has consistently demonstrated its
devotion to the public interest. It
is, and has been, good for all
America.”
Laborers Local 483
Salute our Union Brothers and Sisters
Richard Beetle
Scott Gibson
Business Manager
President
Kevin Stampflee
Farrell Richartz
Mark Lewis
Vice President
Recording Secretary
Sgt.-at-Arms
Donna Bandeen
Wesley Buchholz
Mike Murphy
PAC Treasurer
Executive Board
Executive Board
Here IS to
you on
Labor
Day!
Kitzhaber names Rives, Allen to new boards
David Rives, president of the Amer-
ican Federation of Teachers-Oregon,
has been nominated by Gov. John
Kitzhaber to serve on the 12-member
Oregon Education Investment Board.
The board will oversee an effort to
create a unified system for investing in
and delivering public education from
early childhood through high school
and college.
Ken Allen, executive director of
Oregon AFSCME Council 75, was
nominated to serve on the nine-mem-
ber Health Insurance Exchange Board.
The exchange is charged with de-
veloping a program that will provide
affordable health care coverage for in-
dividuals and small employers.
Both boards were created during the
2011 legislative session.
A Senate confirmation vote on the
nominations is set for late September.
Local 111 changes name; elects Reagan president
Several changes have taken place
over the past several months at Portland
Federation of Teachers and Classified
Employees Local 111.
For one, the union changed its name
to Portland Federation of School Pro-
fessionals Local 111. The local once
represented both teachers and classified
employees at Portland Public Schools,
but that changed with the formation of
the Portland Association of Teachers.
The last teacher member retired in
2008, so the union decided to change
its name to better reflect its member-
ship.
Secondly, Belinda Reagan was
elected president of the 1,400-member
local. She has been serving as interim
president since March 2010.
Your labor has kept the
family strong and this
nation proud.
Plasterers Local 82
Calvin McKinnis
Business Manager
Oregon/SW Washington
Plasterers JATC
12812 NE Marx
Portland, OR 97230
503-232-3257
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