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November 1, 2019 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
BUILDING COMMUNITY
Working People’s Summit
About 90 union members and
leaders from a broad array of
Southwest Washington unions
turned out for a day-long
“Working People’s Summit”
at Clark College in Vancouver,
one of a series of local events
sponsored by the Washington
State Labor Council (WSLC)
and local central labor coun-
cils.
“Proud to be Union” was
the theme of the event. Atten-
dees heard about recent local
union campaigns, put in a
statewide context by WSLC
secretary-treasurer April Sims,
and took part in workshops on
coalition building and out-
reach to new members.
“It was an opportunity for
people to get together and
learn from one another,” said
Union High School Spanish
teacher Marj Hogan, a teach-
ers union volunteer who
helped organize the event. “A
lot of folks came out dreaming
bigger.”
After the main event, some
participants took part in a del-
egation to the original Burg-
erville restaurant in Vancouver
to show support for the boy-
cott and demand that workers
be treated fairly. Unionists
also protested outside the
house of the chair of the Board
of Clark College, where in-
structors have had great diffi-
culty getting an acceptable
union contract.