NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS |
erty taxes to support schools and govern-
ment services. Labor helps elect Barbara
Roberts first woman governor of Oregon.
United Mine Workers of America win strike
against Pittston Coal. 1991: Labor pushes
lawmakers for universal health care. With 50
off-camera employees working without a con-
tract for nearly two years, KOIN-TV placed on
the Unfair List. Persian Gulf War begins.
1992: Oregonians first in the nation to hold a
Union members were a large part of the unsung heroes who helped shore up the
banks of the Willamette River in downtown Portland during the flood of 1996.
SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL
HAPPY LABOR DAY
TO ALL!
President SHANNON A. MYERS : IAM W 536
Vice President BOB CARROLL : IBEW 48
Sect/Treas. RANDALL FRIESEN : UA 290
Sgt-at-Arms TIM CARRIER : IUPAT DC5
Executive Board
NANCY AMSTAD-HITE : OFNHP 5017
TRAICY BERNAL : WEA-Riverside and VAESP
DIDI GRAY : WSNA
SHANNON STULL : LiUNA 335
Trustees
THERESIA LLOYD SIEMER : AFSCME 328
JOHN MURPHY : BCTGM 364
CARL SOFIE : WPEA UFCW 365
Come be a part of our Family and make a difference with us!
Meetings are held via Zoom
on the first Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m.
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www.SWWACLC.org
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“Working to Live in Southwest Washington” coming SOON!
vote-by-mail election. U.S. Senate kills bill
prohibiting employers from hiring scabs to re-
place striking union workers. Members of
Multnomah County Employees Local 88 get
new contract that provides health care cov-
erage for unmarried domestic partners. Bill
Clinton elected president. Oregon AFL-CIO
joins forces with Oregonians for Ethical Rep-
resentation to hold Packwood accountable for
allegations of groping women. Asian Pacific
American Labor Alliance created within AFL-
CIO. 1993: World Wide Web introduced. Tro-
jan nuclear power plant closes. Boeing Co.
plans to cut 27,000 jobs by 1994. ATU and
Greyhound end bitter three-year strike. Nine
union activists arrested at Portland National
Labor Relations Board office to bring atten-
tion to failure of federal labor laws to protect
workers’ rights in organizing unions. Presi-
dent Clinton’s Northwest Forest Plan is met
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by “boos.” North American Free Trade Agree-
ment passes in the House of Representa-
tives. 1994: Rick Bender elected president of
WSLC. Lone Star Northwest busts Operating
Engineers. 7,000 UFCW Local 555 grocery
clerks, meat cutters and central checkout
clerks strike Portland and Vancouver area
Fred Meyer stores for 87 days; strike expands
to include 900 drivers, mechanics and ware-
house workers, 100 non-food employees in