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About Northwest labor press. (Portland , Ore.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 2011)
Activists observe Human Rights Day Chris Phillips of Portland Jobs with Justice leaflets outside the downtown Nordstrom store Dec. 10 encouraging shoppers to buy American-made, union-made products. Union activists coordinated the action in observance of Human Rights Day. “Workers’ rights are human rights,” the AFL-CIO declares every Dec. 10. Human Rights Day com- memorates the 1948 adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And workers’ rights are among those, such as Article 23, which guarantees to the people of the world the right to work, protection against unemployment, equal pay for equal work, and the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of their interests; and Article 24, which declares that everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including rea- sonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. In Portland, about 50 local labor union activists observed Human Rights Day with a rally in Director Park, after which teams of leafleters took the message to nearby mall shoppers. “Your mall purchase supports cor- porations who continue to pay low wages, manufacture overseas, and reap the benefits through growing profits for shareholders and top exec- utives,” said the flier, urging recipi- ents instead to shop made-in-Amer- ica, shop union-made and buy local. The event was sponsored by Ore- gon AFL-CIO, Oregon AFSCME, Occupy Portland, CAUSA, and Port- land Jobs with Justice. Happy Holidays! OREGON AFL-CIO Officers Tackett, Petroff re-elected to NOLC Bob Tackett has been re-elected ex- ecutive secretary- treasurer of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council. He ran unopposed. It is his first full term in B OB T ACKETT office, having suc- ceeded Judy O’Con- nor, who retired in September 2009. Tackett, 58, is a 37-year member of United Steelworkers Local 330. Prior to becoming a full-time B OB P ETROFF officer of the labor council, he worked for the Oregon AFL-CIO as its Workforce Investment Act labor liaison. In that job, he helped dislocated workers get plugged into employment and re-training pro- grams and file for state unemployment insurance and federal Trade Adjust- ment Assistance benefits. In other election results, Bob Petroff, 57, assistant directing busi- ness representative of Machinists Dis- trict W24, was re-elected to a fourth term as president of the state’s largest labor council. He ran unopposed. Also re-elected without opposition were First Vice-President Lynn Lehrbach of Teamsters Joint Council No. 37; and Second Vice President Jeff Anderson, secretary-treasurer of United Food and Commercial Work- ers (UFCW) Local 555. Seven at-large Executive Board members were re-elected by acclama- tion. They were: Everice Moro of Ore- gon School Employees Association- American Federation of Teachers, Position 1; Terry Lansing, financial secretary-treasurer of Bakers Local 114, Position 2; Janet Irwin of Mult- nomah County Employees AFSCME Local 88, Position 3; Sam Gillispie, grievance director of UFCW Local 555, Position 4; John Mohlis, execu- tive director of the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council and member of Bricklayers PAGE 2 Local 1, Position 5; Dan Sass, secre- tary-treasurer of Machinists District W24, Position 6; and Ed Barnes, re- tired member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 48, Position 7. Re-elected as reading clerks were Scott Lucy, a business representative for Machinists District W24, and Jodi Guetzloe-Parker, a union representa- tive for Laborers Local 320. John Hall of Machinists District W24 and John Vandermosten, a re- tired member of IBEW Local 48, were re-elected sergeants-at arms; and Joe Esmonde, a union rep for IBEW Local 48, and Jeannie Trapold and Lisa Dupell, union reps for UFCW Local 555, were re-elected trustees. The final nominations were held at the delegates’ meeting Nov. 14. Since there was no opposition, all of the can- didates were declared winners. Offi- cers will be sworn in at the Jan. 23 delegates meeting. Terms are for four years. NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Tom Chamberlain Barbara Byrd President Secretary-Treasurer Staff E LANA G UINEY , Legislative & Communications Director G RAHAM T RAINOR , Political Director S TEVE L ANNING , Government Affairs Specialist R USSELL S ANDERS , Communications Assistant C HRIS H EWITT , Organizing Specialist J ESS G IANNETTINO , Community Action Organizer M ARK W ARNE , WIA Labor Liaison S UE H ARRISON , Secretary Salem 503 585-6320 Portland 503 224-3169 www.oraflcio.org DECEMBER 16, 2011
