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PAGE 2 | July 17, 2015 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $13.75 per year for union members, $20 a year for all others. 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Anderson Enrolled Agent NPTI Fellow/America’s Tax Expert LTC-1807 www.nancydanderson.com 503-244-2577 IBEW Local 280 elects Lindsey new business manager TANGENT, Ore.—IBEW Lo- cal 280 will have entirely new leadership as a result of recent union officer elections. In mail ballots counted June 2, mem- bers elected Drew Lindsey as business manager, rejecting two-term incumbent Tim Frew by 136 to 119. And for all other officer positions, no incumbent ran for re-election, and candi- dates were elected unopposed. All told, about 270 ballots were mailed in. Local 280, headquartered in Tangent, Oregon, represents about 1,100 electricians in con- struction and sound and com- munications in nine counties in Central Oregon and the South- ern Willamette Valley. Business manager is the one elected of- fice that is also a full-time paid position. Lindsey, 51, is a 22-year IBEW member, and has been a Local 280 officer previously. He was vice president under busi- ness manager Jerry Fletcher, and then president during Frew’s first term. For six years, he also taught classes for first year apprentices at the IBEW training center. Lindsey grew up in Lebanon, Oregon, and raised two daugh- ters as a single father, one still at home. He joined IBEW after 12 years as a Teamster member working at what is now divided. the NORPAC cannery. “I’d like people to His younger brother shake hands at union John Lindsey used to meetings. If political work as a pipefitter in differences are there, Plumbers and Pipefit- we can’t let them divide ters Local 290 and now us,” Lindsey said. is a Linn County com- For his part, Frew missioner. plans to go back to the Lindsey says as busi- tools and work as a Drew Lindsey ness manager he plans union electrician. to concentrate on collective bar- Also elected besides Lindsey gaining. He also hopes to in- were: Mark Crenshaw, presi- crease attendance and involve- dent; Brian Samp, recording ment in the union, and set a secretary; Rob Jackson, treas- friendlier and more unifying urer; Executive Board at-large tone where members don’t get members Jeremy Kroon, Michael Popish, and Mike Williams; and Examining Board members Christopher Bate and Randy Saltmarsh. No one was nominated for the position of vice president, which will re- main vacant, along with a third Examining Board position, until an appointment is made. Three out of the six candi- dates won positions as Interna- tional Convention delegate — Tim Miller, Bill Kisselburgh, and Tom Baumann. The new officers begin their three-year terms July 16. RETIREMENT Retirees lobby Congress on Social Security, Medicare The Alliance for Retired Amer- icans (ARA), a constituency group of the AFL-CIO, pre- sented White House Conference on Aging Executive Director Nora Super with 226,000 signa- tures, saying that expanding So- cial Security should be a focus of the group. The White House Conference on Aging was held July 13. Some 400 retiree activists were in Washington, D.C., the week prior for the Alliance’s national legislative onference. Retirees face major chal- lenges with both the U.S. House and Senate controlled by Re- publicans. Led by presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the GOP leadership recently re- leased its 2016 budget, renew- ing their call to cut Social Secu- rity and overhaul (privatize) Medicare. ARA members say the gov- ernment needs to protect and improve Medicare as the highly successful public program it has been for nearly 50 years. Re- tirees also lobbied elected offi- cials, calling on them to protect Social Security Disability Insur- ance. This year marks the 50th an- niversary of Medicare, Medi- caid, and the Older Americans Act, as well as the 80th anniver- sary of Social Security. The Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans will join in a 50th anniversary celebration of Medicare on Thursday, July 30, at Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW Third and Madison, Port- land. Festivities get under way at 11:30 a.m. Speakers are slated for noon.
