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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
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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