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About Northwest labor press. (Portland , Ore.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 2014)
Washington AFL-CIO re-elects leadership SEATTLE — Washington State Labor Council, AFL- CIO, announced the results of leadership elections Dec. 8. The state labor federation has over 600 local union affiliates, totaling about 400,000 rank- and-file union members. Johnson Leadership elections occur every four years. This year there were no contested seats, so all candidates ran unop- posed. Incumbent WSLC Presi- dent Jeff Johnson, a member of Office and Professional Employees Local 8, and Sec- Dodson retary-Treasurer Lynne Dod- son, a member of the American Federation of Teachers, were re- elected, and so were 14 of the 18 Exec- utive Board members. The WSLC Ex- ecutive Board is divided into six geographic districts, which at one time corresponded to Washington’s Con- gressional districts. (Because of popu- lation growth and redistricting, the state today has 10 Congressional Districts.) To be a candidate for WSLC office, an individual must be nominated by five affiliated unions. In Northwest Wash- ington’s Second District, only one can- didate met that requirement, so there are two vacant seats that will be filled by appointments. There were also two AFSCME’s Dharmarajah appointed to Oregon Council on Civil Rights Yaju Dharmara- jah, a union repre- sentative for Oregon AFSCME Council 75, has been ap- pointed by Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian to the Ore- gon Council on Civil Rights, the Oregon Bureau of La- bor and Industries announced Dec. 9. The Council advises the labor com- missioner on civil rights enforcement. During the 2013 legislative session, it supported the passage of legislation protecting the civil rights of unpaid in- terns. Dharmarajah, who is from Sri Lanka, has a master’s degree and law degree from University of Oregon. He was active with the UO Graduate Teaching Fellows union, worked as an organizer for Service Employees Inter- national Union in Massachusetts and Oregon, and has worked in Oregon AF- SCME’s Bend office since 2010. He chairs Central Oregon Jobs with Jus- tice, and helped set up the Central Ore- gon Social Justice Center, an office space shared by JwJ, Oregon AF- SCME, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, and several com- munity social justice groups and immi- gration law firms. PAGE 6 new Executive Board mem- bers: David Myers and Paul Parmley. For District 3 in Southwest Washington (Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Skamania, Thurston and Wahkiakum counties), the vice presidents are: Bob Guenther, lobbyist for SeaTac-headquartered IBEW Local 77; David Myers, inter- national representative for IBEW Ninth District (replac- ing organizer Tim Pfeiffer of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers); and Shannon Walker, member, Machinists Lodge W56. Local 16 Members, Officers, and Staff Wish Everyone a Safe and Happy Holiday OFFICERS STAFF RIC OLANDER President JOHN CANDIOTO Business Manager/FST DELBERT BROWN Business Representative ART HIMM Vice President MATT O’ NEILL Recording Secretary RON HERGENRADER Warden RUSS BENTON Business Representative ROBERT RIEHL Business Representative DENNIS DOVER Business Representative JOE HARRIS Organizer/Conductor VANESSA STEWARD Organizer NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS EXECUTIVE BOARD Darrell Alcorn, Devin Hosking, Joel Hutchinson, Charlie Johnson, Seth Kerner, William Willman TRUSTEES Ed Dawes, Tom Harding, Brian Noble Sharon Allen, Office Manager Emmy Keever, Secretary Ana Miranda, Receptionist DECEMBER 19, 2014
