The Oregon
Public Employee
The News of SEIU Local 503, OPEU
Do Not
Headquarters/Salem Field
1730 Commercial Street SE, PO Box 12159
Salem, OR 97309-0159
503-581-1505 (Salem) or 800-452-2146
503-222-6878 (from Portland), FAX: 503-581-1664
e-mail: salem@opeuseiu.ora or Web: www.9eiy5Q3.Qrg
Portland Field Office
10401 NE Halsey
Portland, OR 97220
503-408-4090 (Portland) or 800-527-9374
FAX: 503-408-4099
The SEIU Local 503,
OPEU Board of
Directors have listed
these employers as
harmful to workers and their Unions.
Eugene Field Office
440 E. Second Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401
541-342-1055 (Eugene) or 800-521-3446
FAX: 541-342-2932
Bi-Mart (Statewide)
Failure to reach agreement with Teamsters
Bend Field Office
1012 NW Wall Street, Ste. 209
Bend, OR 97701
541-385-8471 (Bend) or 800-832-0593
FAX: 541-388-9078
Pendleton Office
721 SE 3rd Street, Ste. 303
Pendleton, OR 97801-3069
541-276-4983 (Pendleton) or 800-452-8146
FAX: 541-276-4984
Medford Field Office
928 East Jackson Street
Medford, OR 97504-7025
541-779-4324 (Medford) or 800-452-7965
FAX: 541-779-4325
Corvallis Field Office
1425 NW Monroe Avenue, Suite 1
Corvallis, OR 97330-5837
541-766-4968
FAX: 541-766-8425
Board of Directors
President: Kathie Best, OIT
Interim Executive Director: Terry Cavanagh
Vice-President: Mark Gronso, ODOT
Secretary-Treasurer: Stephen Barrett, OSH
Immediate Past President: Nancy Padilla, SCF
District 1 Director: Mary Lang, SDSD
District 1 Director: Nancy Magill, AFS
District 2 Director: Darlene Campbell, MHD
District 2 Director: Brenda Freddi, OYA
District 2 Director: Joe DiNicola, DOR
District 2 Director: Jean Marie, MCEA
District 3N Director: Bessie Reynolds, Linn Co.
District 3S Director: Sue Martinez, U of O
District 4 Director: Jim Stith, Jackson Co.
District 4 Director: Ellen Jackson, OIT
District 5 Director: Mike Wendel, ODOT
District 5 Director: Roger Upshaw, ODOT
District 6 Director: Jesse Backman, ODF
District 6 Director: Yvonne Smith, SDSD
Retirees Local 001 Representative: Doug Ellis
TOPE Staff
Communications Director/Editor: Sheila Engles
Graphic Designer: Lori Ellis
Proofreaders: Karrie Layne, Sharon Adams
Circulation: Doug Hilfiker, Lila Overturf
The Mission of SEIU Local 503, OPEU
To Improve the Quality of Life through Worker Empowerment
and a Progressive Labor Movement.
Certaintead Corporation (Statewide)
Using subcontractors paying substandard wages and benefits
Cummins Northwest (Medford)
Refusal to bargain on contract and grievances; union-busting tactics
Dunkin and Bush, Inc. (Statewide)
Failure to participate in area-wide agreement
Jefferson County Commissioners
Anti-union practices; failure to provide workers with fair and equitable
wages and benefits
Plympton & Associates (Statewide)
Union-busting (IAM)
Shilo Inns;
Mark Hemstreet, Owner (Statewide)
Contributor to Measure 8 (cutting public-employee pensions); funding
Bill Sizemores political agenda
Wal-Mart (Statewide)
Anti-union practices; refused charitable donation from LSW Local 2714
Oregon Steel Mills/CF&I (Statewide)
1100 Steelworkers on strike in Pueblo, CO since 1997
Flav-r-pac/Norpac (Statewide)
PCUN campaign to pressure growers
Steinfeld’s & PictSweet Mushrooms (Statewide)
PCUN campaign to pressure growers