AFL-CIO Summer School
Special Recognition
to Workers Everywhere
happy labor day!
orEgon statE Building and
ConstruCtion tradEs CounCil
EUGENE — The annual Oregon AFL-CIO Summer
School drew nearly 170 participants to the University of Ore-
gon Aug. 1-3. Coordinated by the Labor Education and Re-
search Center, offered two core courses and 12 workshops.
Thirteen unionists graduated from the U-LEAD program.
LERC offers a curriculum that enables workers to earn a cer-
tificate in union leadership. Participants need 64 hours of class
time to qualify. Pictured above with LERC Director Bob Bus-
sel (right) and LERC Instructor Helen Moss (left) are gradu-
ates Mike Marshall of UFCW Local 555, Kevyn Paul of Ore-
gon Nurses Association, Amy Shaffer of AFSCME Local 189,
and Annette Skillman of AFSCME Local 2376. The highlight
of the summer school was an Aug. 2 performance by Jimmy
Collier (right), a longtime civil rights activist and musician
who worked as staff entertainer for Dr. Martin Luther King
during the Civil Rights movement. He also traveled and sang
with Pete Seeger. His performance was followed by an auction
fundraiser, with proceeds going to VOZ Worker’s Rights Edu-
cation Project.
John Mohlis
Executive secretary
503-788-7153
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Have a safe and Happy Labor Day.
From the members and Staff of
Laborers Local 296
“Fighting for better working conditions for all”
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JACK ROY
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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
AUGUST 15, 2014