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A union guide to oregon’s november general election
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The acronyms below refer to statewide or
regional bodies unless a local number is
listed.
AFL-CIO the state federation that most
unions belong to
AAUP university professors
AFM 99 musicians
AFSCME state, county, and municipal em-
ployees
88 Multnomah County
189 City of Portland
2505 OLCC
328 OHSU
350 Clackamas County
3336 Oregon DEQ
3580 Metro
2831 Lane County
AFTAFT-Oregon (college instructors and
school support staff)
ATU 757 transit
AWPPW pulp and paper mill
BAC Bricklayers Local 1
Boilermakers Local 104
CPBTC Portland metro area building trades
council
If a candidate is listed in bold below, they’re
backed by at least one labor organization. To
keep a long list as short as possible, union-
endorsed candidates who are running unop-
posed or against only token opposition are
not listed. You’ll see that unions sometimes
didn’t agree: In some winner-take-all races,
more than one candidate got support from
at least one union. Following each name is a
list of union endorsers and a link to the cam-
paign web site, if they have one.
DON’T FORGET: Ballots must be re-
ceived (not postmarked) by Nov. 6!
congress
Congressional District 1 (NW Oregon)
suzanne Bonamici, a three-term incumbent, has a 95
percent lifetime rating from the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO, AFGE,
AFT, IAFF, IAM, IBT, IUPAT, OEA, ONA
BonamiciForCongress.com
Congressional District 2 (E Oregon)
Jamie Mcleod skinner is a city planner and former
AFSCME member. She’s mounting the most serious
challenge in years to 20-year incumbent Congressman
Greg Walden, a Republican whose votes over the years
have earned him a 23 percent lifetime rating from the
national AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO, APWU, IBT, OEA, SEIU 503, UFCW,
WFP JamieForOregon.com
greg Walden was the owner of five Columbia Gorge
radio stations and a former chief of staff to Republican
Congressman Denny Smith when he first ran for Congress
in 1998. He’s been re-elected ever since in the district that
covers the two-thirds of Oregon east of the Willamette
Valley. IBEW 48 GregWalden.com
Congressional District 3 (E Portland)
earl Blumenauer, an 11-term incumbent, has a 94
percent lifetime rating from the AFL-CIO. AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO,
AFGE, AFT, OEA EarlBlumenauer.com
Congressional District 4 (SW Oregon)
peter Defazio, a 16-term incumbent, has a 94 percent
AFL-CIO rating. AFT, AFGE, OEA, UFCW, WFP
defazioforcongress.org
Congressional District 5 (W Oregon)
Kurt schrader, an 11-term incumbent, has an 83 percent
lifetime rating from the AFL-CIO. AFGE, OEA, UFCW
kurtschrader.com
sTATeWIDe
Governor
Kate Brown, a Democrat, has been Oregon’s governor
since John Kitzhaber resigned in February 2015. In 2015,
Brown signed legislation giving Oregon workers the right
to paid sick leave. In 2016, as unions considered two
competing ballot measure proposals to raise the
minimum wage, Brown met with business and labor
leaders and crafted a compromise – raising the wage at
different rates in different parts of the state. By 2022, the
CWA 7901 telecom
IAFF fire fighters
43 Portland
1159 Clackamas County
314 Salem
2210 Hillsboro
1660Tualatin Valley
IAM Oregon Machinists Council
IBEW electrical workers
48 Portland
280 Albany
125 utility lineman local
IBTTeamsters Joint Council 37
IBU Inland Boatmen’s Union
resulting legislation will raise wages to $14.75 in the
Portland area, $13.50 in the Willamette Valley and the
North Coast, and $12.50 in rural Eastern Oregon. In 2017,
Brown signed a $5.3 billion transportation funding
package and laws cracking down on abusive scheduling
practices by employers, barring local jurisdictions from
passing antiunion “right-to-work” ordinances, and taxing
health care providers to pay for the Oregon Health Plan.
Her Republican opponent, state representative Knute
Buehler, voted against all those laws. He also says he
won’t sign any spending bills until the Legislature sends
him a bill “reforming” Oregon’s PERS public pension
system. He did not seek union endorsement. AFL-CIO,
AFGE, AFT, OBTC, OEA, ONA, UFCW
KateBrownForOregon.com
BAlloT MeAsures
Measure 102
supporTThis constitutional amendment would make
public investments in affordable go farther by allowing
local governments to partner with non-profit and private
housing providers when spending public bond proceeds.
Oregon legislators voted almost unanimously to refer this
constitutional amendment to voters. AFL-CIO, OBTC,
AFSCME 88, 189, 328, AFT, ATU, IBEW 48, IAFF 43, OEA, OSEA,
PAT, SEIU 49, 503, UBC, UFCW, WFP
YesForAffordableHousing.com
Measure 103
opposeThis measure, bankrolled by giant grocery chains,
would amend the Oregon Constitution to bar any taxes on
food or soda — and exempt the grocery industry from
any future increases in the state’s minimum corporate
income tax. Bear in mind there is no current tax on
groceries, and no one is proposing one. Grocery union
UFCW is not in favor; in fact, defeating Measure 103 is one
of its top priorities this year. AFL-CIO, AAUP, AFSCME, AFT,
ATU, OEA, ONA, OSEA, SEIU 49, 503, WFP NoOn103.org
Measure 104
opposeThis constitutional amendment is the latest in a
long line of efforts to undermine majority rule and
hamstring the ability of Oregon’s elected representatives
to fund schools and public services. A 1996 ballot measure
(which itself passed by 55 percent in a low-turnout
primary) currently requires a 60 percent (three-fifths)
supermajority vote in the legislature to raise taxes of any
sort. Measure 104 would make it so that lawmakers would
also need that same hard-to-obtain three-fifths
supermajority to repeal or reform tax breaks. If it passes, it
will make it harder for the legislature to reverse special
interest tax loopholes that were a bad idea to begin with.
AFL-CIO, AAUP, AFSCME, AFT, ATU, IAFF, OEA, ONA, OSEA, SEIU
49, 503, WFP NoOn104.org
Measure 105
opposeThis measure would repeal a 1987 state law that
bars state and local law enforcement agencies from
apprehending people SOLELY on suspicion that they may
have violated federal immigration law. Back then, the law
passed overwhelmingly, with support from both parties,
in response to racial profiling by police, like a case in which
Polk County sheriffs demanded that a U.S. citizen of
Mexican descent prove he was in the United States legally.
Under the law, local police are still arresting immigrants if
ILWU longshore/warehouse
Insulators - Insulators Local 36
IUOE 701 Operating Engineers Local 701
IUPAT Painters District Council 5
IW Ironworkers Local 29
LiUNA Oregon/SW Washington District
Council of Laborers
483 public sector laborers
737 construction laborers
NALC 82 letter carriers
NOLC NW Oregon Labor Council, the local
AFL-CIO
OBTC state building trades
OEA Oregon Education Assn. (teachers) or
local affiliates
OFNHP nurses and health techs
ONA Oregon Nurses Association
OPEIU 11 office/professional
OPCMIA 82 Plasterers Local 82
OPCMIA 555 Cement Masons Local 555
OSEA school employees
PAT Portland Assn. of Teachers
PCCFFAP/PCCFCE faculty and classified lo-
cals of AFT at PCC
PTE 17 Professional & Technical Employees
at City of Portland
they commit crimes. But Oregonians can’t be stopped,
detained or interrogated just because someone thinks
they might be an undocumented immigrant. AFL-CIO,
OBTC, AFSCME, AFT, ATU, IBEW 48, ILWU 5, IUPAT, IW, LiUNA,
OEA, ONA, OSEA, SEIU 49, 503, UBC, UFCW, WFP ORunited.org
Measure 106
opposeThis constitutional amendment prohibits public
funds from being spent on abortions in Oregon, except
when medically necessary or required by federal law. It
would impact two groups of Oregonians in particular: the
271,833 low-income women of reproductive age who are
enrolled in the Medicaid-funded Oregon Health Plan, and
the 77,344 women of reproductive age who get insurance
through the Public Employees’ Benefit Board (PEBB) and
Oregon Educators Benefits Board (OEBB). For the majority
of PEBB and OEBB enrollees who are union members,
those are benefits they bargained for. AFL-CIO, AFSCME,
AFT, ATU, IAFF, ONA, OSEA, PAT, SEIU 49, 503, UFCW, WFP
NoCutsToCare.com
oregon senATe
Senate District 1 (Roseburg)
Dallas Heard, incumbent Republican OBTC
shannon souza, Democrat OBTC, IBEW 932, OSEA, SEIU
503, 49, WFP ElectShannonSouza.org
Senate District 3 (Medford)
Jeff golden, manager for Medford’s public television
station, faces Republican businesswoman Jessica Gomez
AAUP, AFSCME, IBT, OEA, OSEA, SEIU, SMART, WFP
GoldenForSenate.com
Senate District 4 (Eugene)
floyd prozanski, incumbent Democrat. AFL-CIO, AFSCME,
AFT, ATU 757, IAFF, ONA, OSEA, SEIU 49, UA 290, UFCW
Floyd4Senate.com
Senate District 6 (Springfield)
lee Beyer, incumbent Democrat. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AFSCME,
AFT, OEA, ONA, SEIU, UA 290, UFCWVoteLeeBeyer.com
Senate District 8 (Corvallis)
sara gelser, incumbent Democrat. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AFSCME,
AFT, IAFF, IBEW 48, IBT, IUOE 701, OEA, ONA, OSEA, SEIU 49,
503, SMART, UBC, UFCW, USW, WFP SaraGelser.com
Senate District 10 (Salem)
Deb patterson, Democrat, is a Congregational minister
and home care provider represented by SEIU Local 503,
and an Oregon Labor Candidate School graduate. AAUP,
AFSCME, AFT, IBT, OEA, OSEA, SEIU 49, 503, WFP
DebPattersonOR.org
Jackie Winters, Republican, is a longtime incumbent.
OBTC JackieWinters.com
Senate District 11 (Salem)
peter courtney, incumbent Democrat and Senate
President, faces a challenge from Republican Greg
Warnock. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AFSCME, AFT, OEA, SEIU, UA 290,
UFCW, WFP VotePeterCourtney.com
Senate District 13 (Keizer)
sarah grider, an educational assistant at Newberg
School District, is president of OSEA Local 17 at Newberg
High School. She’s challenging Republican incumbent Kim
Thatcher. Grider lost the Democratic primary to Willamette
law professor Paul Diller, but then he dropped out of the
Roofers Roofers Local 49
SEIU service employees
503 public sector
49 hospital and janitorial
SMART Sheet Metal Local 16
UA 290 plumbers and fitters
UFCW 555 grocery
UBC Carpenters
USW steel workers
WFPWorking Families Party, a union-
backed minor party
race, and she was named his replacement in a party
nominating convention. AFL-CIO, AFT, OSEA,
PCCFAP/PCCFCE, SEIU 49, UFCW, WFP SarahGrider.org
Senate District 15 (Hillsboro)
chuck riley, incumbent Democrat. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AAUP,
AFSCME, AFT, IAFF 1660, IBEW 48, IBT, OEA, ONA, OSEA, SEIU
49, UFCW, WFP ChuckRiley.org
Senate District 19 (Tualatin)
rob Wagner, incumbent Democrat, is a former lobbyist
for AFT. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AFSCME, AFT, IBEW 48, OEA, ONA,
OSEA, PCCFAP/PCCFCE, SEIU 49, 503, UFCW, USW, WFP
RobWagnerForOregon.com
Senate District 20 (Canby)
charles gallia, a health policy researcher, is challenging
incumbent Republican Alan Olsen. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AAUP,
AFSCME, AFT, ATU, IAM, IBT, ILWU, Insulators, IW 29, OEA, ONA,
OSEA, SEIU 49, 503, UFCW, WFP Gallia4Oregon.com
Senate District 26 (Hood River)
chrissy reitz, a Hood River School Board member, is
challenging incumbent Republican Chuck Thomsen.
AFSCME, AFT, OEA, ONA, OSEA, SEIU 503 UFCW, WFP
ChrissyForOregon.com
oregon House
House District 2 (Roseburg)
gary leif, who was appointed to the office when fellow
Republican Dallas Heard was appointed to fill the senate
seat vacated by Jeff Kruse, faces a challenge from
Democrat Megan Salter, a homemaker and former
teacher. OBTC GaryLeif.com
House District 6 (Medford)
Michelle Blum Atkinson, a Democrat, is challenging
Republican incumbent Sal Esquivel. AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT,
OEA, OSEA, SEIU BlumAtkinson.com
House District 7 (Roseburg)
Kristy Inskip, a Lane County public health worker and
member of AFSCME 2831, is challenging Republican
incumbent Cedric Hayden. OBTC, AFSCME, AFT, OPEIU OSEA,
SEIU 49, 503, UFCW InskipForOregon.com
House District 9 (Coos Bay)
caddy McKeown has been a reliable backer of funding
for K-12 and infrastructure, and supports the Jordan Cove
project. She faces a challenge from Republican community
college instructor Teri Grier. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AFSCME, AFT,
IAFF, IAM, OEA, ONA, SEIU, UA 290, UFCW
caddymckeown.com
House District 10 (Central Coast)
David gomberg a kite store owner, is the Democratic
incumbent. AFL-CIO, OBTC, IAM, OEA, UFCW
ElectGomberg.com
House District 11 (Eugene)
Marty Wilde, a Democrat, faces Republican Mark Herbert
for the open seat that was held by Democrat Phil
Barnhart. AFL-CIO, OBTC, AFT, ATU, IBEW, IBT, OEA, ONA, OSEA,
SEIU, UFCW, WFPWildeForOregon.com
House District 15 (Albany)
Jerred Taylor, a Democrat, was a supply chain manager
until the solar manufacturer he worked for closed last year.
He faces Republican straw farmer Shelly Boshart Davis and
Independent Party candidate Cynthia Hyatt for the seat