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.