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
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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