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
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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!
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