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January 1, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
List of unions backing Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign growing
WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI)—
The list of unions backing Hillary
Clinton for this year’s Demo-
cratic presidential nomination is
growing. The most recent was
the American Federation of Gov-
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ernment Employees. AFGE is the
18th union—all but two of them
in the AFL-CIO—to endorse the
former secretary of state.
Three AFL-CIO unions—the
Communications Workers of
America, National Nurses
United, and the American Postal
Workers Union—have endorsed
her top primary opponent, Sen.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).
Clinton has backing from the
two primary teachers unions—
the American Federation of
Teachers and the National Edu-
cation Association, and the two
largest public employee unions
—the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME) and the
independent Service Employees
International Union.
Clinton also has endorse-
ments from the International As-
sociation of Machinists; North
America’s Building Trades (for-
merly the National Building
Trades Council); the Laborers
Union; the International Long-
shoreman Association; Operat-
ing Engineers; Operative Plas-
terers and Cement Masons;
Roofers, Waterproofers and Al-
lied Workers; Bricklayers and
Allied Craftworkers; United As-
sociation of Plumbers and Fit-
ters; Painters and Allied Trades;
the Iron Workers; Heat and
Frost Insulators; and the inde-
pendent Carpenters Union.
The AFL-CIO has yet to take
a position. The labor federation
hasn’t endorsed a candidate dur-
ing a presidential primary since
1999, when it backed Al Gore.
Elevator Constructors Local 23 elects
new slate of Executive Board officers
In officer elections held Dec. 10,
members of Portland-headquar-
tered International Union of El-
evator Constructors (IUEC) Lo-
cal 23 elected Lance Hilger
president. Also elected were
Lance Martin, vice president;
Bob Pyne, treasurer; Dan Gar-
rett, recording secretary; Gene
Stratton, warden; and Reo An-
derson, correspondent. Terms
are for one year.
Russ Vollendorf was elected
to a three-year term as a trustee.
Mike Lovely and Dan Garret
were elected to three-year terms
on the Executive Board.
Hilger, Martin, and Dave
Tremain were elected delegates
to the union’s July 11-15 na-
tional convention in Chicago.
They’ll be accompanied by Lo-
cal 23 Business Representative
Randy Carmony. Carmony is
serving his first term, which ex-
pires in December 2017.
Elevator construction is a spe-
cialized trade building and main-
taining elevators, escalators, and
moving walkways. Local 23 rep-
resents 260 members with juris-
diction in Oregon, plus six south-
west Washington counties.
... Stan Danielson
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industry over the past 30 years,”
Danielson said.
Recently divorced, Danielson
is building a house in Bend,
Oregon, and will move there
this spring. In retirement he
wants to enjoy time with his
three daughters and 10 grand-
children—ages 5 months to 24
years. He’ll also spend more
time snow and water skiing, rid-
ing horses, and riding his
Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Apprenticeship coordinator
Walt Caudle was elected to suc-
ceed Danielson as business
manager. At press time the elec-
tion—which included all posi-
tions within the local—was
awaiting certification from the
international union.