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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | June 5, 2015 | PAGE 11 International taps Bakers Local 114 rep Shad Clark Paula Kingsbury (left) and Leanna Hakala (center), retirees from American Federation of Teachers-Oregon, join LCSA Executive Director Vickie Burns at the Beaverton City Library May 17 to crochet and knit items for newborn babies. The volunteer project is part of Labor Community Service Agency’s new Team Labor! pro- gram. The knitted items are donated to the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Clinic and Randall Children’s Hospital. The knitting group meets monthly, and volunteers are always welcome. Portland labor agency launches new community volunteer program Labor’s Community Service Agency (LCSA) has launched a program that will help union members and labor advocates volunteer for neighborhood and public service projects through- out the Portland metropolitan area. The Team Labor! program offers an array of volunteer jobs and services with various times and locations to choose from. Registered volunteers will work side-by-side with other union members, as well as the general public, lending a hand with community-enriching projects such as park clean up, library book repair, local conservation efforts, even knitting for new- borns. Volunteers will also be encouraged to wear clothing or gear printed with their local union logo while volunteering. The program came about on the heels of LCSA’s 2014 Pres- ents from Partners toy drive and holiday giving party. “Our volunteers, along with brothers and sisters who read or heard about Presents from Part- ners, were asking us for addi- tional opportunities,” said LCSA Executive Director Vickie Burns. “We considered several possibilities, but the Team Labor! concept fits best with our goals and mission.” LCSA will work with its part- ner United Way of the Colum- bia-Willamette and United Way’s Hands On Greater Port- land agency to develop and choose projects best suited to Team Labor! volunteers. On May 17, Burns and two union retirees — Paula Kings- bury and Leanna Hakala of the American Federation of Teach- ers-Oregon, volunteered at a knitting club to make items for newborn babies. “Union members have a sin- cere interest in helping our neighborhoods and communi- ties grow and thrive,” said Burns. “With such an abun- dance of talent and enthusiasm in our midst, Team Labor! vol- unteers can make a significant difference in the quality of life in the Portland Metro area.” To become a member of Team Labor!, register online at http://vols.pt/teamlabor For more information, visit the LCSA website at www.lc- saportland.org Shad Clark, who was at Oregon Nurses As- business agent at Port- sociation. land based Bakers Local He received a soc- 114, was hired as West- cer scholarship to ern Regional interna- Winthrop University tional representative of in Rock Hill, South the Bakery, Confec- Carolina, where he tionery, Tobacco Work- earned a bachelor’s ers and Grain Millers degree in human re- (BCTGM) effective June sources. Shad Clark 1. Clark replaces Eric After college, he Anderson, who retired. took a job at Franz BCTGM’s Western Region in- Bakery in Portland, where he cludes locals in California, Ore- became a member of Local 114. gon, Washington, Montana, He later was elected president of Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Local 114, and went to work as Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Ari- business agent. zona. To succeed Clark as business Working at the International, agent, the Local 114 Executive Clark will be one of two repre- Board named president Darren sentatives assisting Western Re- Hamann. Hamann, 41, worked gion locals in organizing and at Kroger Clackamas Bakery for contract bargaining campaigns. 20 years, and served on the Ex- It’s a diverse membership, rang- ecutive Board the last eight. ing from big industrial bakeries He’ll be responsible for negoti- to Boise sugar beet factory ating and enforcing the local’s workers to Bay Area employees wholesale contracts. of Ghirardelli, See’s Candy, and And to replace Hamann as American Licorice (makers of president, the Executive Board Red Vines). appointed Andrew Stern. Clark, 45, was born in Local 114, with about 1,200 Hawaii, but grew up in Port- members, includes workers at land, where he graduated from the Franz, Kroger, Safeway and graduated from Benson Poly- Bimbo/Oroweat wholesale bak- technic High School. eries, as well as cake decorators His father was principal offi- and bakery department workers cer of Bakers Local 364, and his in local unionized grocery mother was an office manager stores. IN MEMORIAM Bruce N. Zimmerman June 16, 1944 - April 27, 2015 Bruce Zimmerman, a former president of IBEW Local 48, died April 27 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Zimmerman was assistant di- rector at the NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center in Northeast Portland from 1991 until his retirement in October 2011. Prior to that, he worked for West Side Electric. He served as president of IBEW Local 48 from 2004 to 2007. He also served on several electrical boards, most recently chairing the board of the IBEW and United Workers Federal Credit Union. In 2008, Zimmerman and union brothers Jeff Hawkins and Bob Palandech went on a humanitarian trip to Peru with Health Bridges International, a Portland-based nonprofit. There, they helped local Peruvians revamp the electrical sys- tem at a health care clinic. Bruce Neal Zimmerman was born June 16, 1944, in Portland. He graduated from Cleveland High School in 1962. He went on to study mathematics and play football at Portland State University, where he received his Master’s degree. An avid sportsman, Zimmer- man met his wife, Kathy Weber, at a softball game, and they mar- ried Feb. 11, 1981. He is survived by his wife; daughters Ruthie Smith and Elizabeth Zimmerman; two grandchildren; and brother Gary.
