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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.