Unite Against the War On Women rally April 28 in Salem
SALEM — Hundreds, if not thou-
sands, of people are expected to attend a
Unite Against the War On Women rally
Saturday, April 28, at the state Capitol
in Salem. The rally is from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Similar rallies are taking place that
day throughout the nation.
Tom Chamberlain, president of the
Oregon AFL-CIO, will be among a half
dozen speakers.
The Oregon AFL-CIO has endorsed
Unite Against the War on Women, as
has the Northwest Oregon Labor Coun-
cil, the Lane County Labor Council,
American Federation of Government
Employees District 11 and Locals 2157
and 1127. The International Brother-
hood of Electrical Workers Local 48 is
sponsoring a bus from Portland to the
State Capitol.
“This grassroots movement is being
brought to us by our unions,” said
Amanda Schroeder, organizer of the
Oregon event.
The nationwide rallies are to show
support for women’s rights and to de-
mand that every person be granted equal
opportunities, equal rights, and equal
representation.
Everyone is invited to attend.
For more information, go to their
web site at www.unitewomen.org or
www.facebook.com/groups/WOWOR/.
Labor to join Causa march May 1
SALEM — On May 1, more than a
thousand farolitos (paper lanterns) will
light the way as labor, faith, and com-
munity organizations join activists
from the Latino immigrant rights
group Causa Oregon in a march
around the state Capitol celebrating all
working people in Oregon.
“It will be a beautiful sight,” said
Francisco Lopez, Causa Oregon’s ex-
ecutive director, who expects to see a
record turnout for what is being billed
as the “Light of Hope” rally and
march. Gov. John Kitzhaber is ex-
pected to address the crowd and dis-
cuss the importance of driver’s license
access.
“Not only will the event be amazing
visually,” said Steven Araujo, executive
director of the Oregon School Employ-
ees Association (OSEA), “it will be an
historic moment where labor and com-
munity groups demonstrate they have
much more in common.”
OSEA Local 6732, an affiliate of
the American Federation of Teachers,
AFL-CIO, has been strengthening its
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relationships with community partners,
including entering into a formal, long-
term partnership with Causa Oregon.
“Both of our groups want jobs with
living wages and educational opportu-
nities for all Oregon residents,” said
union Presisdent Bonnie Luisi.
OSEA, the Oregon AFL-CIO, and
several other unions and labor councils
are assisting Causa Oregon in planning
the Salem event, as well as another
rally the same day in Madras.
The Madras rally and march will
begin at 2 p.m. in front of Madras City
Hall. The Salem event will begin at 6
p.m. on the Capitol steps. In addition
to the governor, a number of state leg-
islators — including Reps. Brad Witt,
Tina Kotek and Michael Dembrow —
are scheduled to speak. Following the
speeches, Causa Oregon will invite
participants to symbolize their alliance
by signing the Light of Hope Agree-
ment prior to the start of the paper
lantern march.
For more information, call 503-
488-0263.
Washington CLUB golf charity June 13-14
BREMERTON — The Washington
CLUB Charity Golf Classic will be held
June 13-14 at Gold Mountain Golf
Complex in Bremerton, Washington.
For the past 11 years the tournament,
a fundraiser for three Washington area
charities, has been held on the Thursday
and Friday before Father’s Day. This
year (and going forward), it will take
place a day earlier, on the Wednesday
and Thursday before Father’s Day.
CLUB stands for Contractors, Leg-
islators, Unions and Business.
Since its inception, WA-CLUB has
raised more than $825,000 for its three
benefiting charities — Holly Ridge
Center, The Children’s Hospital-Seattle,
and the Diabetes Research Institute.
Last year’s tournament brought in
close to $100,000.
There are various levels of participa-
tion, with all proceeds raised going di-
rectly to the charities. For more infor-
mation about the tournament, contact
Brian Remington at 206-432-9014 or e-
mail him at: brian@golfcorpsolu-
tions.com.
Painters’ McGarvey succeeds Ayers at
national Building Trades Department
Sean McGarvey, who has served as
secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO
Building and Construction Trades De-
partment (BCTD) since 2005, was
elected president April 16 by the
BCTD’s Governing Board of Presi-
dents. He succeeds Mark H. Ayers who
died April 8 at age 63.
Ayers, who previously had been di-
rector of construction and maintenance
for the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW) based in
Peoria, Ill., was the first union execu-
tive other than a general president to
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assume the building trades’ top job. He
was elected president of the BCTD in
early 2007.
McGarvey is a longtime officer
with the International Union of
Painters and Allied Trades.
He began his career with the IUPAT
in 1981 as an apprentice glazier with
Glazier’s Local 252 in Philadelphia,
before earning journeyman status in
1984. He served in various local and
international union capacities, includ-
ing IUPAT government affairs director
from 2002 until 2005.
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