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PAGE 10 | April 15, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PEOPLE Oregon AFSCME hires successor to executive director Ken Allen Oregon AFSCME Council 75 has named San Francisco union leader Michael Seville to re- place its longtime executive di- rector Ken Allen, who is retiring at the end of July. Seville currently is research director at Local 21 of the Inter- national Federation of Profes- sional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) — a 10,000-member public sector union representing employees at the City and County of San Francisco and ...Workplace deaths increase other local governments in the Bay Area. Oregon AFSCME is the statewide organization that coordi- nates politi- Michael Seville cal work and provides staff representation to locals of state county and municipal workers. Seville will begin working there in mid-June, overlapping with Allen for six weeks. With a journalism degree from University of California Santa Cruz and a law degree from Golden Gate University, Seville worked as a journalist and as a labor attorney prior to joining Local 21. As a lawyer representing building trades unions in San Francisco, he helped secure an agreement that established saliva testing as a more accurate, less intrusive form of drug testing. At Local 21, Seville led fights against contracting out union members’ work, and helped de- feat an attempt to cut public em- ployee pensions in San Jose. He also helped create a publicity campaign that highlighted the work of Local 21 members. Seville said he expects to bring Local 21’s fact-driven ap- proach to contract bargaining, in which the union conducts a thorough economic analysis be- fore beginning negotiations. “We pride ourselves on knowing the budget better than the employer,” Seville told the Labor Press. From Page killed in 2014 increased 9 per- cent to 1,621, the highest ever recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ census, which started in 1992. Rebecca Reindel, a safety and health specialist with the national AFL-CIO, told Fair- Warning Reports that the bulk of the increase in the older worker category came among people age 65 and up. “We have people working longer now than they have in the past, and older workers can be at great risk for safety and health hazards,” Reindel said. “Too often employers want the worker to adapt to the process rather than designing a process to adapt to the worker. And, in an aging work force, those problems become more promi- nent.” Contract workers accounted for 17 percent of all job-related deaths in 2014, rising 6 percent to 797. Fatal injuries to self-em- ployed workers rose 10 percent to 1,047. Women killed on the job rose 13 percent to 359. Even with this increase, women accounted for only 8 percent of all job-re- lated deaths in 2014. Fatal work injuries among men were higher at 4,320. Out of 4,251 worker fatalities in private industry in 2014, 874 —or 20.5 percent—were in construction. The leading causes were falls (349), electro- cutions (74), struck by object (73), and caught-in/between (12). These “Fatal Four” were responsible for 58.1 percent of construction casualties in 2014, BLS reports. Vote Dave McTEAGUE A Real Democrat for Congress! unlike “Blue Dog” conservative Cong. Kurt Schrader, Dave mcTeague is a friend of labor. He has been endorsed by the AWPPW and iLWu. He’s a past member of AfSCme (City of Salem worker) and Teamsters Local 670 (Salem cannery worker). FAIR TRADE (McTeague) vs. UNFAIR TRADE (Schrader) incumbent Kurt Schrader votes for unfair trade deals that cost Oregon jobs. Schrader’s “Blue Dog” conservatives passed “fast Track” so Congress can’t make these deals fair. He supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which mcTeague strongly opposes! unfair trade shut down Oregon City’s Blue Heron mill, costing 175 jobs. Once Blue Heron took our recycled paper and turned it into newsprint and paper products made and used here. now our recycled paper is shipped to subsidized mills in China, where labor rights and environ- mental standards are weak or non-existent. When you put your paper recycle bin out for pickup, know it’s not staying here, thanks to mr. Schrader. It’s Time for a Change! Dave mcTeague is fighting unfair trade, joining with Oregon’s labor union and citizen movements. go to www.mcteagueforcongress.com to learn about Schrader’s poor record on labor issues. Please make an individual donation now: www.mcteagueforcongress.com/contribute McTEAGUE IN, SCHRADER OUT! Authorized and paid for by mcTeague for Congress, 14425 Se johnson road, milwaukie, Oregon 97267, 1-971 915-3283(Dave). We need your help now! Call us to volunteer or get a lawnsign!
