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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | May 6, 2016 | PAGE 5 UNION DEMOCRACY UFCW’s Jeff Anderson elected president of Northwest Oregon Labor Council Jeff Anderson, secre- just been re-elected in tary treasurer of December 2015. He be- United Food and came ineligible to serve Commercial Workers when he was no longer a (UFCW) Local 555, delegate. was elected president Anderson, who was of the Northwest Ore- NOLC’s first vice presi- gon Labor Council dent, became interim (NOLC) in a special president until an election election held April 25. was held. That happened Jeff Anderson In a role-call vote of on April 25. affiliated unions, Anderson de- Anderson is a 40-year mem- feated Jeff Klatke, president of ber of UFCW. After graduating AFSCME Council 75, by a vote from high school in Dallas, Ore- of 31,088 to 13,140. gon in 1976, he took a job at the The president’s seat opened Salem Fred Meyer and joined earlier this year when incumbent Retail Clerks Local 992. He Robert Petroff lost an election to worked there for 10 years before represent his union, Machinists joining the UFCW staff as an or- Lodge 63, as a delegate to the ganizer. In 2008 he was elected council, and was removed as a secretary-treasurer of the delegate for Machinists District 20,000-member local. He is cur- W24. Petroff was in his fifth rently in his third term in that term as NOLC president, having post. Rerun election confirms Shirley Block and Jon Hunt as leaders of ATU Local 757 Shirley Block and Jon Hunt were reaffirmed as the top offi- cers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 in a re-run election overseen by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Block was earlier elected Lo- cal 757 president in regular union officer elections that took place June 23, 2015, and Hunt was elected vice president. But the election results were chal- lenged and voided for those two offices. In the race for vice pres- ident, candidate Dan Martin was found to have been ineligible be- cause of a conviction for theft or embezzlement of government funds. And in the race for union president, the DOL found that one candidate was unfairly de- nied access to an email list, and another candidate, Chris Or- lando, was found ineligible for being behind on union dues. In the mail ballots counted April 25, Block won 55 percent of the vote, outpolling Bruce Hansen (29 percent) and Henry Beasley (16 percent). Hunt won 52 percent of the vote — 1,192 to 1,111 — against challenger Christopher Day. Turnout was 45 percent, with 2,340 ballots cast out of 5,186 mailed. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT! Portland Association of Teachers UFCW 555 Portland Police Association Multnomah County Corrections Deputy Association Portland Community College Federation of Faculty and Academic Professionals (PCCFFAP-AFT2277) Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 757 Portland Firefighters Association Local 43 Professional and Technical Employees Local 17 AFSCME Local 189 UA Local 290 Basic Rigthts Oregon Equality PAC Green Light www.JulesBailey.com O REGON S TATE S ENATOR Portland City Commissioner AMANDA FRITZ A proud member of the Oregon Nurses Association Endorsed by: United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555; Communications Workers of America Local 7901; AFSCME Local 189; Northwest Oregon Labor Council; Oregon Nurses Association; Portland Association of Teachers; Carpenters Local 1503; Teamsters Joint Council 37; Laborers Local 483; Professional & Technical Engineers #17; Fire Fighters Local 43 Thanks organized labor for your support! Please vote to Re-Elect Our Voice in City Hall! Please add your name to her list: www.Amanda2016.com
