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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | July 6, 2018 | PAGE 5
Labor Appreciation Night raises $9,100 for LCSA
Everice Moro shows off
her “Heritage Award.”
Labor Appreciation and Recogni-
tion Night raised $9,100 for La-
bor’s Community Service Agency
(LCSA). The annual banquet
sponsored by the Northwest Ore-
gon Labor Council (NOLC) rec-
ognizes people and businesses for
their commitment to helping bet-
ter the lives of workers and people
in their communities. It also dou-
bles as a fundraiser for LCSA.
More than 300 people gathered
June 9 at the IBEW Local 48 Hall
in Northeast Portland to celebrate.
Among the crowd was Oregon
Gov. Kate Brown, Attorney
General Ellen Rosenblum,
Portland City Commissioner
Chloe Eudaly, Multnomah
County Commissioners Loretta
Smith, Sharon Meieran, and
Lori Stegmann; Clackamas
County Commissioners Paul
Savas, Ken Humberston, Sonya
Fischer, and Martha Schrader;
Washington County Commis-
sioner Dick Schouten, State
Reps. Barbara Smith Warner
and Sheri Malstrom; and Mult-
nomah County commissioner-
elect Susheela Jayapal.
Top recognition is the Del
Ricks Community Service
Award in honor of the late Del
Ricks, who was LCSA’s executive
director for 17 years. The 2018 re-
cipient is Keith Edwards, a re-
tired business manager of IBEW
Local 48 and retired interna-
tional rep. Edwards was a co-
founder of Local 48’s Electrical
Workers Minority Caucus and
has been deeply involved with
the Coalition of Black Men, and
A. Philip Randolph Institute. He
has served on the Executive
Board of United Way of the Co-
lumbia-Willamette, and was re-
cently appointed by Gov. Kate
Brown to serve on the TriMet
board of directors.
The “Heritage Award” was
presented to Everice Moro, re-
tired from Oregon School Em-
ployees Association (OSEA)
Local 6732. In retirement, Moro
serves as first vice president of
LABOR APPRECIATION NIGHT AWARD WINNERS. Front row left: Joe Harris, Sheet Metal Workers Local 16;
Keith Edwards, IBEW Local 48, retired; Everice Moro, Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA) 6732;
Lori Vaughn, Office and Professional Employees Local 277. Second row left: Teri Jones, OSEA Local 6732;
Patty Housley, spouse of Machinists member Mike Housley; Richard Ramirez, OSEA Local 6732; Thomas
Tsuneta, OSEA Local 6732; Charisse Wall, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757. Back row left: Lee Duncan,
retired IBEW 48; Bob Petroff of Machinists Lodge W24; Patrick Montgomery, Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local
516; Jaimie Garver, Portland Local 8 Federal Credit Union; and Brooke Robinson Hoffman, Hollywood Im-
press.
NOLC, and as president of the
Oregon Alliance for Retired
Americans. “Everice is the epit-
ome of a union activist. She is
involved in so many facets of
the labor movement, that it has
become hard keeping track of
her!,” her award read.
Northwest Labor Press re-
ceived the Business Award. The
Labor Press has published contin-
uously since its founding in Sep-
tember 1900. With a circulation of
more than 60,000, the newspaper
reports labor news in Oregon,
Keith Edwards heads to the podium to receive the “Del Ricks Community Service Award.”
Southwest Washington, and na-
tionally. Editor and manager
Michael Gutwig accepted the
award.
RECogNitioN AwARDS
went to: Richard Ramirez, Teri
Jones, and Thomas Tsuneta of
OSEA Local 6732; Lori
Vaughn, a member of Office
and Professional Employees
Local 277; Brooke Robinson
Hoffman of Hollywood Im-
press; Fought & Company;
Patrick Montgomery of Iron
Workers Local 516; Patty Hous-
ley, spouse of Machinists mem-
ber Mike Housley; Jacob Foster,
Charisse Wall, and Beth Blumk-
lotz of Amalgamated Transit
Union Local 757; Joe Harris of
Sheet Metal Workers Local 16;
and Jaimie Garver of Portland
Local 8 Federal Credit Union.
Additionally, Bob Petroff of
Machinists Lodge W24, and
Lee Duncan, retired IBEW 48,
received special recognition
awards as past members of the
LCSA Executive Board.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown gives a “thumbs up” to Bob Tackett, executive sec-
retary of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.