Labor Council ‘appreciates’ its friends at annual dinner
A large crowd turned out June 7 for
the 17th annual Labor Appreciation
and Recognition Night dinner spon-
sored by the Northwest Oregon Labor
Council (NOLC). The dinner recog-
nizes people for their commitment to
helping better the lives of workers and
people in their communities — and
also doubles as a fundraiser for Labor’s
Community Service Agency (LCSA).
This year’s event raised $3,621.66.
Top recognition is the Del Ricks
Community Service Award in honor of
the late Del Ricks, who was LCSA’s
executive director for 17 years. The
2014 recipients were Vickie Burns, ex-
ecutive director of LCSA, and Robin
Zimmerman, a longtime member of
Bakers Local 114. Zimmerman spear-
headed a political drive that ultimately
changed Oregon law to add bereave-
ment leave to the Oregon Family Leave
Act. Zimmerman became politically
active in 2008, following the death of
his wife to melanoma.
The labor council’s “Heritage
Award” was presented to Ambrose
Bittner, Paul Stuckenschneider, and
posthumously to Phil Parker.
Bittner is a retired apprenticeship
and training official of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor, who also served as sec-
retary-treasurer of Plasterers Local 77
and secretary-treasurer of the North-
west Conference of Plasterers and Ce-
ment Masons. Stuckenschneider is a
retired mediator with the Federal Me-
diation and Conciliation Services. Both
men are active in the community.
Parker, a retired member of IBEW
Local 48, was serving as president of
the Labor Roundtable of Southwest
Washington when he died of a heart at-
tack in April.
A “Business Appreciation” award
was presented to WorkSystems Inc.
WSI was cited for nearly 30 years
“standing in solidarity with labor on be-
half of workers and workforce devel-
opment programs, not just in the Port-
land metro area, but throughout the
state ... our shared goals for registered
apprenticeship training and family liv-
ing wage jobs with benefits have served
as the foundation for this important and
valuable partnership.”
Recognition awards went to:
Richard Schwarz, retired executive di-
rector of AFT-Oregon; University of
Oregon professor Steven Mayer;
Teamsters Local 223 member and
American Medical Response shop
steward Charlie Savoie; Rob
Williamson, an employee at IBEW
and United Workers Federal Credit
Union and member of Office and Pro-
fessional Employees Local 11; Belinda
Reagan, president of Portland Federa-
tion of School Professionals Local 111;
Machinists Lodge W24 Union Reps
Britt Cornman and Joe Kear; Adam
Crawford, labor liaison for United
Way of the Columbia-Willamette; Lori
Waldner-Vaughn, a member of Office
and Professional Employees Local 277
at American Income Life; Glenn
Shuck, retired executive director of
LCSA and an active volunteer for the
Oregon Military Support Network;
Ben Fain, a retired member of Amal-
gamated Transit Union Local 757 who
is an active volunteer with the Portland
Bus Project; Jane Carlson, a member
of the Oregon School Employees As-
sociation (OSEA) state board of direc-
tors; Richard Ramirez, OSEA direc-
tor of organizing; Barry Stevahn, a
35-year member of Boilermakers Lo-
cal 104 and active member of the Port-
land Metal Trades Council; Ken Mor-
gan, retired business manager of
Laborers Local 296; Local 296 mem-
ber Anjanet Baneulos; IBEW Local
48 member Dave Parker; Bob
Petroff, president of NOLC and assis-
Pictured seated in front row from left to right: Richard Schwarz, Barry Stevahn, Rob Williamson, Prof. Steven
Mayer, Glenn Shuck, and Lee Duncan. Seated back row from left to right: Linda DeLucia, Vickie Burns, Jane
Carlson, and Belinda Reagan. Standing from left to right: Robin Zimmerman, Jenny Weller, Lori Vaughn, Charlie
Savoie, Richard Ramirez, Ben Fain, Bob Petroff, Elana Guiney, Ambrose Bittner, Paul Stuckenschneider, Adam
Crawford, and Dave Parker.
tant directing business representative of
Machinists Lodge W24; Elana
Guiney, legislative and communica-
tions director for the Oregon AFL-CIO;
and Linda DeLucia, vice president of
the Oregon Alliance for Retired Amer-
icans.
Additionally, United Way of the Co-
lumbia-Willamette President Keith
Thomajan presented Bakers Local 114
with the “Labor Partner of the Year”
award for 2013. An official presentation
will be made June 25 at United Way’s
annual banquet.
Guest speakers were U.S. Reps.
Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader,
and Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad
Avakian. Dignitaries in attendance in-
cluded Multnomah County commis-
sioners Judy Shiprack and Loretta
Smith; Clackamas County commis-
sioners Jim Bernard, Paul Savas and
Martha Schrader; Washington County
commissioners Greg Malinowski, Roy
Rogers and Dick Schouten; and state
Reps. Lew Frederick and Barbara
Smith Warner.
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