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Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 re-elects John Candioto John Candioto was returned as busi- ness manager of Portland-based Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 in union offi- cer elections held June 26 to 28, out- polling challenger Dennis Boyd 84 to 16 percent. Candioto has been business manager since his Dec. 1, 2011, ap- pointment by Local 16’s Executive Board. He succeeded Len Phillips, who retired. Local 16 represents 1,938 sheet metal workers in construction and manufacturing in Oregon and South- west Washington — including about 400 retirees. Members also elected four full-time business representatives and 16 offi- cers. Incumbent business representa- tive Willy Myers won with 68 percent of the vote against chal- lenger Robert Brewer, and incumbent business rep Russ Benton, who was ap- pointed to re- place Candioto in December, won with 64 JOHN percent of the CANDIOTO vote against challenger Robert Riehl. Business rep- resentatives Dennis Dover and Del Brown were elected unopposed. Brown represents production employ- ees, while the others represent mem- bers in construction. Charles Johnson, Seth Kerner, and James Ramos were the top vote-getters for Executive Board for the local’s con- struction members. All other officers were elected unopposed. Those were: president, Ric Olander; vice president, Art Himm; recording secretary, Matt O’Neill; Executive Board for produc- tion, Darrell Alcorn, Devin Hosking, and William Willman; Executive Board for Southwest Oregon, Joel Hutchinson; trustees, Ed Dawes, Tom Harding, and James Philley; and war- den, Ron Hergenrader. All terms are three years, and offi- cers were sworn in July 11. Candioto, 55, has been in the sheet metal trade since he went to work as an apprentice in 1976 in Local 242 (which is now Local 55) in Walla Walla, Wash- ington. A 1975 graduate of Cleveland High School in Portland, his first union work was pouring concrete at Hanford Nuclear Reservation as a member of Laborers Local 348. He moved to Port- land in 1988, became a member of Lo- cal 16, and was elected to the Local 16 Executive Board in 2003, and business agent in 2006. On the building trades side, work has picked up in the last couple years, at Intel and projects around Portland, as well as at Facebook’s Prineville data center; just under 12 percent of the union membership are currently out of work. Construction sheet metal work- ers install heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and ductwork, as well as architectural and structural and decorative sheet metal, including metal roofs and siding. WSLC convention Aug. 6-9 in Wenatchee WENATCHEE, Wash. — The 2012 Constitutional Convention of the Wash- ington State Labor Council (WSLC) will be held Monday through Thursday, Aug. 6-9, at the Coast Wenatchee Hotel and Convention Center. The WSLC is comprised of more than 500 affiliated labor organizations, representing some 400,000 rank-and-file members across the state. Under the theme “Stronger To- gether,” the convention agenda will fea- ture AFL-CIO Executive Vice Presi- dent Arlene Holt Baker and labor-endorsed candidates, including U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell and Jay In- slee for governor. In addition, there will be panels on Jobs and the Economy; Trade, Immigrant Workers and Traf- ficking; and Union Organizing. Special convention events include a golf tournament and opening reception Aug. 5; film night Aug. 6; a COPE bar- becue fundraiser Aug. 7; and conven- tion banquet Aug. 7. Also on Aug. 5, the Washington Young Emerging Labor Leaders (WA YELL) will hold its first convention. For more info about the convention, contact Jan or Karen at 206-281-8901. Make your union-made sundae using these products from members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain MIllers Union; the Machinists Union; United Food & Commercial Workers; Teamsters; and the United Auto Workers. * Hershey operates a number of nonunion manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mex- ico that produce Hershey products, including Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and more. PAGE 8 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS JULY 20, 2012
