The Labor Roundtable of Southwest Washington award winners front row from left to right: Mike Bridges
representing IBEW Local 48; Shannon Walker, president of the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council; Bob
Carroll of IBEW Local 48; Al Bauer, former state senator; Nancy Baker, Port of Vancouver Commissioner; Kelly
Love Parker, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce; and Tom Hunt,
on behalf of former state legislator Bob Schaeffer. In the back row are Roy Jennings of Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 757; and Ed Barnes, retired business manager of IBEW Local 48.
Labor stalwarts recognized by
SW Washington Labor Roundtable
VANCOUVER — A capacity
crowd of union members, politicians,
family and friends attended the annual
Labor Roundtable of Southwest Wash-
ington awards banquet Sept. 26 at the
Vancouver Hilton Hotel and Conven-
tion Center.
Awards are given to individuals or
organizations whose leadership has
made a significant impact on organized
labor and the community at large.
Awards are presented in a variety of
categories.
This year, the Roundtable an-
nounced a new award — the Phil
Parker Public Service Award for Excel-
lence. Parker was the longtime chair of
the Labor Roundtable who died of a
heart attack last April.
The inaugural award went to Mike
Ciraulo, division chief for Clark
County Fire & Rescue, and a former
city councilor in Battle Ground.
Roy Jennings, a bus operator at C-
TRAN and member of Amalgamated
Transit Union Local 757, was named
“Union Member of the Year.” Jennings
serves as secretary-treasurer for both
the Labor Roundtable and the South-
west Washington Central Labor Coun-
cil.
Ed Barnes, a retired business man-
ager of International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 48,
was awarded “Labor Leader of the
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M IKE C IRAULO
Year.” Barnes, 81, succeeded Parker as
chair of the Labor Roundtable. He also
serves as a Clark County commis-
sioner. He was appointed to the post in
June to fill the unexpired term of Steve
Stuart. A new commissioner will be
elected in November.
IBEW Local 48 was named “Labor
Union of the Year.” Accepting the
award on behalf of the union were busi-
ness reps Bob Carroll and Mike
Bridges.
Carroll later received a special “In
Solidarity Award” for his work in the
community and politics.
The “Lifetime Achievement Award”
went to Robert “Bob” Schaeffer, a for-
mer state representative from the 49th
District and a tireless community ac-
tivist. Schaeffer, 84, was not able to at-
tend the banquet. Accepting the award
on his behalf was his friend Tom Hunt.
Port of Vancouver Commissioner
Nancy Baker took home the “Labor
Service” award, and Kelly Love Parker,
president and chief executive officer of
the Greater Vancouver Chamber of
Commerce, received the “Community
Service Award.” Love is a former mem-
ber of the International Alliance of The-
atrical Stage Employees (IATSE).
Special presentations were made to
former Vancouver mayor Royce Pol-
lard, and to former state senator Al
Bauer, for their military service. Bauer,
86, is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Pol-
lard, 75, had a career as a U.S. Army
officer beginning in 1961. He was de-
ployed during the Vietnam War, and
was commander of the Vancouver Bar-
racks, from which he retired in 1988.
Both men received a plaque and a
U.S. flag that at one time had flown
over the U.S. Capitol.
The keynote speaker was Robert
Knight, president of Clark College.
Congratulatory messages were re-
ceived from Washington U.S. Senators
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell,
Gov. Jay Inslee, and Third District
Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beut-
ler.
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
OCTOBER 3, 2014