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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | March 19, 2021 | PAGE 7 Schrader gets an EARFUL UNION MEMBERS CALL ON THE CONGRESSMAN TO SUPPORT THE PRO ACT. Dozens of union members held an informational picket March 8 at U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader’s district office in downtown Oregon City to urge him to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and a coronavirus relief bill—the American Rescue Plan. Schrader was one of only two Democrats to vote against the initial House version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which passed last month. In the crowd were more than two dozen Oregon Women Labor Leaders (OWLL) dressed in Rosie the Riveter outfits. They danced in the street in front of Schrader’s office chanting “No good reason to vote no. If Kurt does, he’s got to go!” and “Working women are watching!” The following day, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the PRO Act by 225-206, and the American Rescue Plan by 220-211. Schrader voted in favor of both bills, along with all of Oregon’s Democratic delegation. The PRO Act bill, H.R. 2474, now goes to the Senate, where it faces an uphill battle. “As the gap between the rich and everyone else widens, we need to find solutions to increase workers’ prosperity,” said Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor. “That’s why the PRO Act is so important: it gives working people better tools to fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions.” In Memoriam CLARENCE C. NOON: Sept. 26, 1939 - Feb. 25, 2021 Clarence Noon a for- Noon married Bon- mer business rep for nie (Riggs) on Aug. the International 26, 1962. They had Union of Painters and two children. Allied Trades District He earned a Bache- Council 55 and later lor of Science degree Council 5, passed in physics with a mi- away Feb. 25 in nor in mathematics Keizer, Oregon. He from Chadron State was 81. College in Nebraska, Noon held a degree Clarence Noon graduating in 1967. The in physics and was a following year he math teacher before going into moved his family to Otter Rock, commercial painting and joining Oregon, where he e taught math Salem-based Painters and Ta- at nearby Newport Jr. High pers Local 724 (which has since School. merged into Painters Local 10). He initiated into the Painters He was president of the local Union in 1974, dropped out in and was hired as a business rep 1984, and rejoined in 1989. by the District Council. He He was a resident of Mon- served in that capacity until re- mouth, Oregon at the time of his tiring in 2001 at age 62. death. C LARENCE C LYDE N OON was Noon is survived by his wife; born Sept. 26, 1939 in Alliance, a daughter, Sherry Lines; a son, Nebraska. After graduating from Jerry; three grandchildren, and a Hemmingford High School in great-grandson. 1957, he joined the Navy and Visitation was held on March held the rank of Electricians 13. Private family services will Mate 1st Class. be held. PEOPLE sponsible for approving new ap- prenticeship programs, advising the Oregon Laborers Local 737 po- Bureau of Labor and litical and legislative as- Industries on appren- sistant Danielle Garza ticeship policy, and will join several other making decisions about union representatives as individual apprentices’ a member of the Ore- registration, discipline, gon Apprenticeship and and placement. Garza, Training Council (OS- who has a background ATC). Appointed by Danielle Garza in human resources Oregon Kate Brown management, has worked for Feb. 2 to a four-year term, she Local 737 since January 2020. was confirmed by the Oregon Garza said her priority on OS- Senate on March 4. OSATC— ATC will be to foster apprentice Chaired by Oregon Labor Com- missioner Val Hoyle— is re- opportunities for women and people of color. New labor representation on Appentice Council Union leader vies to succeed state rep Diego Hernandez Effective March 15, there’s a va- cancy in Oregon House District 47 in outer east Portland, follow- ing the resignation of state repre- sentative Diego Hernandez in the wake of sexual harassment alle- gations. Multnomah County commissioners will choose this month who to appoint from among three contenders recom- mended by Democratic precinct committee persons in the district. In order of preference, they are Andrea Valderrama, Adrienne Enghouse, and Robin Castro. Enghouse, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente, is former president of Oregon Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP) and a graduate of the Oregon Labor Candidates School. Valderrama, policy director for ACLU of Oregon, last year filed a re- straining order against Hernan- dez for violent and threatening behavior. Castro is an environ- mental scientist and ran for Port- land City Council in 2020. Another unionist, SEIU Local 503 steward and East County Rising board member Cayle Tern, also sought appointment but didn’t make the top three.
