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Roseburg techie will lead OSEA Past president Bonnie Luisi retired and did not seek a second two-year term. In a close race, Roseburg School District network technician Tim Stoelb outpolled Bend-La Pine School District secretary Linda Bradetich to become president of Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA). The election took place June 30 among roughly 260 del- egates at the union’s annual convention. OSEA’s previous president, Bonnie Luisi, retired and did not seek a second two-year term. OSEA represents about 20,000 support workers in K-12 school dis- tricts around Oregon, as well as in Head Start centers, several community colleges and private contractors that have contracts with the schools. Its members in- clude school secretaries, custodians, cafeteria workers, school bus drivers, main- tenance work- TIM STOELB ers, and educa- tional assistants, as well as computer technicians and district office staff such as bookkeepers and payroll and accounting clerks. OSEA affiliated with American Federation of Teachers in 2008, becoming AFT Local 6732. Luisi, a secretary in Hermiston School District’s special education de- partment, decided to take advantage of an early retirement clause in the con- Union-sponsored hunting show returns to Sportsman Channel The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) award-winning hunting and fishing TV Show, “Brotherhood Out- doors” kicked off its third season June 28. The show airs Thursdays at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on the Sportsman Chan- nel, which is Channel 405 on Comcast. USA is a union-dedicated outdoor organization whose members hunt, fish, shoot and volunteer their skills for conservation. “Brotherhood Outdoors” showcases union workers who have the opportu- nity take part in an outfitted North American adventure or to act as a guide, inviting the show’s host to their favorite hunting or fishing locations. The show is produced by USA and sponsored by the Bank of Labor, the AFL-CIO, and numerous labor unions. For more information about the show, USA, or the Sportsman Channel, go online to www.BrotherhoodOut- doors.tv or www.unionsportsmen.org. tract recently ratified by her chapter in Her- miston. By re- tiring early, Luisi — a can- cer survivor — can continue receiving health insur- ance benefits until she is eli- BONNIE LUISI gible for Medicare. She will continue to serve on the OSEA Board as junior past presi- dent. Stoelb, 56, came to work for Rose- burg School District after a 21-year in- formational technology career in the U.S. Navy, where he attained the rank of chief petty officer. After watching bargaining sessions between the union and the school district in 2001, he got involved in OSEA, becoming building representative, steward, unit treasurer and president, OSEA Board member, director of OSEA Zone 5 in Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Douglas coun- ties, and a trustee on the Southern Ore- gon Central Labor Council. Stoelb will seek release from his job to work half time in Salem for OSEA. Stoelb told the Labor Press his pri- ority as president will be educating the public — at a time when public school budgets are being cut and public em- ployees and their unions have come un- der attack. “It would be nice to get people to understand that we’re not the bad guy,” Stoelb said. IN MEMORIAM C ARLA F LOYD , a past presi- dent of Communications Work- ers of America (CWA) Local 7901, passed away at her Southeast Portland home June 27. She was 62. Floyd served four terms as president of Local 7901 — from 1987 to 1996. During that time she negotiated numerous collec- tive bargaining agreements and repre- sented workers of various employers. She led the local during strikes against Dex One in 1989 and USWest in 1998, and was responsible for saving many jobs during the massive re-organiza- tion that US West (Qwest’s predeces- sor) went through in the 1990s. C ARLA J O F LOYD was born in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 28, 1949, to Heini and Dorothy Ziegler. She was raised in Corbett, Oregon, and gradu- ated high school there. She attended several colleges in Oregon and served as a Vista volunteer prior to starting her career with Pacific Northwest Bell more than 38 years ago. Before being elected president of Local 7901, Floyd was an ac- tive shop steward and execu- tive vice president. She chaired many committees within the local, including Community Services. Floyd also served as the la- bor representative on the Mult- nomah County Civil Service Board. At the time of her death, Floyd was working for CWA District 7 as the health benefits coordinator at Century Link (formerly Qwest). Floyd is survived by her daughter, Amanda Floyd; sister, Brenda Atkin- son; and grandson, Ethan Sanders. A memorial service was held July 20 at Rose City Funeral Home in Port- land. The family asks that in lieu of flow- ers, donations in Floyd’s name be made to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Do- nate on line at ASPCA.org/donate, or send a check to ASPCA Attn: Linda Tiramani, 520 8th Avenue 7th Floor, NY, NY 10018. Local Motion June 2012 A list of Oregon and Southwest Washington workplaces deciding whether to be union-represented – as reported by the National Labor Relations Board and the Oregon Employment Relations Board. Voting in union elections Date Workplace (Location) Union Yes No 9 3 59 33 5/23 Rural Metro paramedics (Eugene)Teamsters Local 206 6/7 Ore. Child Dev. Coalition (Cornelius) Laborers Local 320 DECERT Unionizing by majority sign-up Date Workplace (Location) Union Number of workers in unit 5/16 Multnomah County physicians (Portland) Oregon AFSCME 5/30 Washington County appraisers (Hillsboro) Oregon AFSCME 6/21 Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (Redmond) ATU Local 757 26 28 45 Requesting a union election Workplace (Location) Union Number of workers in unit City of Waldport (Waldport) Oregon AFSCME DECERT BrucePac (Woodburn, Silverton) Laborers Local 296 McMinnville Water and Light (McMinnville) IBEW Local 125 DECERT YoCream/Dannon frozen yogurt manufacturing (Portland) Teamsters Local 305 City of LaPine Public Works (LaPine) Teamsters Local 962 Turner Fire District (Turner) Fire Fighters Local 2557 DECERT 9 300 10 45 5 2 L EGEND : workers will be union-represented DECERT JULY 20, 2012 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS : workers will be on their own : A decertification election occurs when some union-represented workers declare that the union no longer has majority support. A ‘yes’ vote is a vote for the union. PAGE 7
