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PAGE 2 | May 6, 2016 | 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 Oregon labor honors fallen workers Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor & Manager: 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. Send a check for that amount, indicating mailing address and union affilia- tion, to P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213. For 25 or more subscriptions, group rates of $9.60 a year per person are available to trade union organizations. Call 503-288-3311 for de- tails. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a change of address. When or- dering a change, please give your old and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 IRS PROBLEMS? • Haven’t filed for ... years? • Lost records? • Liens - Garnishments? Call Me to Compare Prices with those you See on TV Nancy D. Anderson Enrolled Agent www.nancydanderson.com 503-244-2577 T welve truck drivers, four loggers, and three farmers were among 41 workers who died in job-related accidents in Oregon last year. All were re- membered at Workers Memo- rial Day ceremonies held in Portland and Salem April 25 and 28 by the Northwest Oregon La- bor Council (NOLC) and Ore- gon AFL-CIO, respectively. “Achieving prosperity in Oregon should include all work- ers returning home safely at the end of their shifts,” Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said in a press state- ment prior to the ceremony at the Fallen Workers Memorial outside the Labor and Industries Building in Salem. Brown also issued a proclamation declaring April 28 Workers Memorial Day in Oregon. In Portland, as the names of the deceased workers were read, a bell rang and an American flag was raised in their honor. (See photo above.) “The list is dramatically shorter than it was 20 years ago, or 30 years ago, or 50 years ago. That’s a success. That’s worth being proud of,” Oregon-OSHA Administrator Michael Woods said at the NOLC gathering. “But it’s not worth declaring job done. This mission isn’t accom- plished.” Woods called on union work- ers to look to the future with a good deal of impatience. “Demand more from govern- ment regulators. Demand more from one another. And demand more from yourselves,” he said. “It is too easy to fall into a pat- tern of only worrying about the fatalities when they happen, and that’s simply too late.” Workers Memorial Day serves as an annual nationwide day of remembrance. It recog- nizes the thousands of U.S. workers who die each year on the job and the more than 1 mil- lion who are injured each year at work. The observance is tradi- tionally held on April 28 because Congress passed the Occupa- tional Safety and Health Act on that date in 1970. In Washington state, 84 workers were remembered at ceremonies held in several cities on April 28.
