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PAGE 16 | December 15, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION DEMOCRACY New officers at AFSCME Local 88 Percy Winters, Jr., has been elected president of AFSCME Local 88 at Multnomah County. He succeeds Jason Heilbrun, who did not seek re- election. Also elected by accla- mation to two-year terms were Vice President Raymond De Silva, Treasurer Matt Davis, and Secretary Korie Erickson. They were installed in office last month. Others elected to the Local 88 Executive Board are: Public Safety Sector: Megan Gallagher, Lisa Alfano, Lela Clay, Annie Sons, and Amy Bacher. General Government/ Library Sector: Tom Newsom, Grant Swanson, John Barkurst, Karin Sandwick, and Scotty Scott. Health & Human Sector: Jackie Tate, Nick Tipton, Josefa Gonzalez, and Lakeesha Dumas. Transition Projects Inc.:: Christine Layton. Trustees: Jeanne Ramsten and Liang Wu. Local 88 is the largest em- ployee union at Multnomah County, representing approxi- mately 3,387 workers. Oregon Historical Society union affiliates with ILWU Local 5 Workers at the Oregon Histor- ical Society voted Nov. 21 to affiliate with International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 5, the lo- cal union that represents em- ployees at Powell’s Books. The unit consists of 23 full- time permanent librarians, archivists, and receptionists at the non-profit’s downtown Portland museum, library, and headquarters and a storage warehouse in Gresham. The workers have been unionized since 1990, when they formed their own independent union, the Oregon Historical Society Employee Association. Now they’ll be part of a 36,000- member West Coast union best known for representing work- ers on the docks. Within ILWU Local 5, they’ll maintain their own dues structure and their own offi- cers: President Joey Beach and Secretary-Treasurer Matt Cowan. Their current contract ex- pires Jan. 31, 2018. Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans elects new officers Everice Moro has been elected president of the Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans. She succeeds Scott Blau, a retiree of the National As- sociation of Letter Carri- ers Branch 82, who did Everice Moro not seek re- election. Moro is an active retired member of the Oregon School Employees Association-Ameri- can Federation of Teachers Lo- cal 6732. She also serves as sec- ond vice president of the Northwest Oregon Labor Coun- cil. Rounding out the retiree group’s Executive Board are Secretary Bonnie Luisi, Treas- urer Richard Schwarz, and Vice Presidents Louise Currin and Jackie Davais. All officers will assume office Jan. 1, 2018. The Alliance for Retired Americans is an AFL-CIO con- stituency group for retired union members. It focuses on issues that matter to the issues that mat- ter to current and future retirees. M erry C hristmas! from the officers and staff of R OOFERS AND W ATERPROOFERS L OCAL 49 Ray Carpenter Vice President-Executive Board Darrell Hopkins, Sr. Recording Secretary Samantha Henson Office Manager Russ Garnett Business Manager/ Financial Secretary Travis Hopkins President/Field Representative James Hale Warden-Executive Board Executive Board James Breneman James Dittemore Sean Maybee, Jason Barthel
