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PAGE 10 | June 3, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS BUILDING COMMUNITY Support Labor’s Community Service Agency by shopping at unionized Fred Meyer STARS! COMMITMENT TO TRAINING SETS UNION PAINTERS AND FLOOR COVERERS APART FROM THEIR COMPETITION Nearly 100 union painters and floor coverers received $599 bonus checks May 20 at a Safety Training Awards Recognition (STAR) banquet in Portland. The craftsmen and women are members of Portland-based Painters Lo- cal 10 and Floor Coverers Lo- cal 1236 who work for em- ployers of the Signatory Painting Contractors Organi- zation and the Signatory Floor Covering Contractors. The union workers quali- fied for the bonuses after completing seven classes (painters only) and 24 hours of voluntary skill-advancement train- ing and safety courses over a 12-month period. The STAR program was initiated in 2004 when Painters and Allied Trades District Coun- cil No. 5 and the Signatory Painting Contrac- tors Organization made a commitment to each other to field the best-trained, highest educated workforce in the industry. This led to the creation of the Painters Union/Manage- ment Partnership, or PUMP. The program is funded by a cents-per-hour contribution ne- gotiated in their collective bargaining agree- ment. Local 1236 started funding its PUMP program in 2010. Bonus checks were awarded starting in 2012. The following members received bonus checks: PAINTERS — Miguel Almanza, Jorge Arel- lano, Raquel Avalos, Christopher Barela, William Barney, Juan Bernal, Joe Bishop, Hum- berto Blanco, Mike Bokamper, Timothy Brad- field, Jose Bravo, Sean Carpenter, Brian Chung, Angel Cuellar, Gregory Cunningham, Martin Daniell, John Daniels, Frances Delandro, Ger- ald Dooley, Harry Drury, Foo (Beng) Foong, Jose Franquez, Jaime Garcia, Larry Goebel, Hector Gonzalez, Sergio Gonzales, Timothy Goodnight, Ian Gordon, Patrick Greene, Eileen Grigat, Carlos Hernandez, Daniel Hill, Michael Hocking, Darrell Holbrook, Jonathan Jaimez, Damon Keene, Roger Kennedy, Jason Lay- ton, Mark Lightner, Michael Llanos, Manuel Lomeli, Moses Longoria, Eric Mann, Justin Manning, Scott Marchant, Higinio Marcos- Jimenez, Sean McCarthy, Julio Mena Fuentes, Richard Mentzer, David Mercado, Moises Mercado, James Meyer, Daryl Mid- dleton, Joel Miller, Daniel Norman, Jason Os- trowski, Ronald Pearson, Charles Pennell, Jeff Phares, Rudy Ponder, Kenneth Rheel, Francisco Rico, Atanacio Rodriguez, Steven Rodriguez, Joel Roman-Fernandez, Moises Romero, Jon Saiz, Kevin Sauers, Erin Scott, James Shields, Vincent Spillman, Jeff Splichal, Nicholas Sprecher, Todd Stange, Matthew Svetich, Paul Swearingen, Jesus Valencia, Amber Vankuren, Juan Carlos Vay- lon, Noel Vega, Chris Vezaldenos, Seth Wan- namaker, and Juan Zepeda. FLOOR COVERERS — Jonathan Doran, Jeff Hamilton, Loren Harshman, Steve Lut- trell, Roberto Mendez Luna, Rodrigo Morales-Corona, Michael Nguyen, Michael Nielsen, Dave Rowden, Donald Rusk, Thomas Schafer, Clinton Stone, Brent Tomp- kins, Robert Wheeler, and Craig Wolf. Union members can help fund programs for Labor’s Community Service Agency (LCSA) using their Fred Meyer Rewards Card. Fred Meyer, a union employer, will donate $2.5 million to non- profits in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho annually through a new program it calls Community Rewards. All you have to do is link your Rewards Card and use it when you shop at Fred Meyer. Here’s how it works: Link your Fred Meyer Re- wards Card online to LCSA (number 91427) at www.fred- meyer.com/communityrewards. Whenever you use your Re- wards Card when shopping at Fred Meyer, you’ll be helping La- bor’s Community Service Agency earn a donation. That’s because at the end of each quarter, Fred Meyer will make a donation to participating non-profits based on their percentage of spending as it relates to the total spending of all participating Fred Meyer Com- munity Reward organizations. And the great thing about it is you still get to keep and use all of your Fred Meyer rewards points, fuel points and rebates. Most purchases qualify for Community Rewards, but some items are not eligible, including prescriptions, lottery tickets, fuel, tobacco, and gift cards, to name a few. Washington AFL-CIO passes on congressional ‘fast track’ supporters Washington congressional candidates who voted for “Fast Track” Trade Promo- tion Authority last year were not endorsed by the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC), including U.S. Sen. Patty Mur- ray, who has challengers running for her office. Hundreds of delegates representing some 600 unions from across Washing- ton met May 21 in Seattle to vote on en- dorsements for congressional, statewide and legislative candidates. A two-thirds majority vote is required for endorse- ment. The Washington primary election is Aug. 2. In addition to Murray, Democratic Reps. Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen, and Derek Kilmer, plus all four of the state’s Republican members of Congress were not endorsed because of their support of Fast Track. Fast Track is intended to speed passage of the Trans-Pacific Part- nership (TPP) — a free trade agreement between 12 Pacific Rim nations —block- ing Congress from changing it to protect workers, consumers, or the environment. “The fact that rank-and-file delegates from across the state chose to make no recommendation in these races, despite some of these candidates’ excellent records on other working family issues, demonstrates how strongly the labor movement feels about improving U.S. trade policies,” said WSLC President Jeff Johnson. WSLC did endorse fellow union mem- ber and Democratic State Rep. Jim Moeller in his bid to unseat 3rd District Republican Congresswoman Jaime Her- rera Beutler. Moeller, 60, is a member of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Local 5017 at Kaiser Permanente, where he works as a chemi- cal dependency counselor. Moeller has represented the 49th Legislative District since 2002. Prior to that he served eight years on the Vancouver City Council. The state of Washington uses the “Top Two” system, which allows voters to choose among all candidates running for each office. Voters do not have to declare a party affiliation to vote in the primary. Candidates for partisan office may state a preference for a political party, which is listed on the ballot. The two candidates who receive the most votes in the pri- mary qualify for the General Election in November. Additional endorsement action will be made at the WSLC’s 2016 Constitutional Convention July 19-21 in Wenatchee. The following candidates and initiatives have been endorsed (or opposed) by the Washington State Labor Council: CONGRESS CD 3 — Jim Moeller STATEWIDE Governor — Jay Inslee Lt. Governor — Cyrus Habib Insurance Commissioner — Mike Kreidler Attorney General — Bob Ferguson Lands Commissioner — Dave Upthegrove Secretary of State — Tina Podlodowski State Auditor — Jeff Sprung Supt of Public Instruction — Chris Reykdal SUPREME COURT Position 1 — Mary Yu Position 5 — Barbara Madsen Position 6 — Charles Wiggins LEGISLATIVE (SW WASHINGTON) LD 17 Senate — Tim Probst LD 17 Representative Pos. 1 — Sam Kim LD 49 Senate — Annette Cleveland LD 49 Rep Pos. 1 — Sharon Wylie LD 49 Rep Pos. 2 — Monica Stonier INITIATIVES SUPPORT — Initiative 1433 on minimum leave/sick leave (action taken previously) OPPOSE — Initiative 732 on carbon taxes SUPPORT — Initiative 735 to repeal Citi- zens United SUPPORT — Initiative 1501 to protect vul- nerable individuals and in-home care- givers OPPOSE — Initiative 1515 on gender-seg- regated facilities
