DISTRICT!: Di strict Director (3 p< Dsitions available)
Why are you seeking
this office, your goals?
Name
Barbara Ca isey
DHS
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Michael M.
Simpson
DHS
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Biggest single issue/how
to resolve?
Participated in Leadership
Training 1 and II, Chief Steward
trainings in 2003 and LERC
2002 and 2003. 1 am the Vice
Chair of our Sub Local and was
a General Council delegate in
2002, a member of the Staff
Screening Committee and
CAPE. 1 attended SEIU MPAC
conference in 2003.1 have
done Phone banking, lobbying,
GOTV work for national,
local candidates and ballot
measures.
I have worked as a CAT
organizer and a Steward 2001 -
present (awarded the Hammer
of the Working Class in 2003).
I can be an effective voice and
articulate to our membership
our common agenda "show
Bush the door in 2004", defeat
ing one of the most anti-labor
administrations in history,
advancing a pro worker, pro
family agenda continuing to
make politics work. Also as we
build our union externally we
must strengthen our member
ship internally. Recognizing
that our members may per
ceive, as we organize new
worksites, that their issues are
not being addressed adequate
ly we must be attentive to
those perceptions and not
have our members polarized.
Communicate to our members
the correlation between
politics and our work, Connect
the dots with them.
Recognizing the many areas
that our members are already
stretched, SEIU must remain
relevant. Participation cannot
be "you have my dues, nothing
more". It must be Our Union,
not The Union and it is not just
Your Union.
After the Election-Bargaining a
contract in an atmosphere of
unstable revenue, underfunded
public services and maligned
public employees
Will members who accepted a
painful contract as part of the
"shared sacrifices" of 2003 face
even more ?
Can we move this state politi
cally to stabilize and increase
revenue stream, creating tax
reform so that our fellow
citizens won’t feel that every
benefit we earn is one that
now must be taken away from
or denied them?
1 have been an active union
member for more than ten
years. This included attending
district meeting, phone
banking, Assistant District
Director, participating in
worksite actions at PSU, OPB,
and NWREL; canvassing in
political campaigns in Marion,
Clackamas, Washington, and
Multnomah Counties, District
Labor- Management
Committee, 1 am currently
completing my first two year
term as District Director for
Steward, Chief Steward,
Member Political Organizer,
General Council 2000 & 2002
Delegate, Statewide Stewards
Committee, Executive
Committee of Board of
Directors (2002-3), 2002
General Council Planning
Committee, Oregonians for
Health Security Committee,
Initiated Electronic Stewards
Grievance Database, Initiated
union sponsored PERS coun
seling for members, Statewide
Labor-Management
Committee.
To protect our Health Care
Benefits, Take Back Our Step
Increases, Protect Our
Members from Bully-Bosses,
Address Workload Issues and
Stress Related to Piss Poor
Management (PPM), Strength
Our Unity, Organize Our
Membership, Make certain
every interested members feels
they are a part of this union
and that the union is respon
sive to their concerns, Prepare
Our Members for Battle In Our
Next Contract Bargaining, and
Make Damn Sure We Win Our
Identify each worksite and
members, improve the efficien
cy and timeliness of communi
cations to and among mem
bers, strengthen steward
activism, actively reach out to
PSOB, PSU, NWREL, CODA,
and other district locals, edu
cate district members about
critical issues, increase district
participation in Oak Parks
Labor Day.
Lack of iron hard unity, com
mon purpose, and shared
vision among our members
and some union leaders which
helps us have more control
over decisions and events
which negatively affects our
quality of life. Educate,
Motivate, & Mobilize our
members to focus our strength
in such a way as not just to
react to threats to our health
care, wages, jobs, and working
conditions, but to set and
achieve realistic objectives
which adds to the quality of life
for ourselves our responsibility
to our family.
Make sure we have good
representation at General
Council. Recruit new workers
into union and make sure peo
ple know the importance of
coming to District meetings to
share info with their job sites.
The budget cuts if Measure 30
fails will affect many union
members in many kinds of
worksites. ADD, and Directors
will need to help make sure the
cuts are not too severe. We will
also strive to get Bush replaced
with a man who is sensitive to
the working class and not the
conglomerates like pharmacu-
tical and tobacco cos.
District One, District Labor
Next Contract in July, 2005.
Day Plan nilng Corn m ittee.
J oye Willman
1 am a Dist 1 Director now.
I was just installed from A.D.D.
to fill the position Nancy
McGill. I am very involved in
the working of the union.
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•Vice President for Homecare
• C. A. P. E. member - politically
active
• I was on contract board for
Homecare
• On board for RWJ Grant.
sctor (3 positions av
What are your qualifications
for this office?
Mame
I would like to be District
Director because I believe I can
be a asset to the board.
I want to make sure that
Homecare is included in the
decisions being made and that
our 12,000+ members of
Homecare realize the
importance of solidarity and
being one union voice.
Why are you seeking
this office, your goals?
Vickie Axtell
Wanda G. E ickhoff
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Holly Fries
Homecare
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J ustice
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Goals for your District?
Biggest single issue/how
to resolve?
Other info:
Building a strong(er) Union for
the upcoming bargaining in
the next two years I will play a
crucial role using my strong
leadership skill. I will speak out
for our rights!
DHS
ustice
I am knowledge
able, a fast study
and articulate, not
afraid to speak in
public, I am also
an empathetic
listener - learning
what is not being
said as well as
what is.
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My leadership skills were
developed as a 4-H member
for 9 years. My general
achievements, including
leadership were recognized
thru county, state and national
awards. The value of serving
the community as been the
foundation for serving as a
Steward, District 1 Represen
tative in my local, as Secretary
for my local and now as a
CAPE delegate. I have worked
collaboratively to resolve
issues for Justice Local 137.
I am seeking the ADD position
because I strongly believe we
need to balance the needs of
members who have worked
7 years or less for their agency
with the long standing
members needs. We must find
ways to recruit and retrain
members and leaders
(especially stewards) who are
under the age of 40.
I want to support getting the
Grievance Database available
statewide by working to get all
Stewards in District I to use the
Database for training new
stewards. It is vital to our suc
cess that we know what is hap
pening in every agency to pro
tect members.
The biggest issue will be
maintaining Health Care
benefits and getting back step
increases and COLAs. We need
to begin a media campaign
which highlights the work done
every day that is unseen, make
the campaign about our
membres - up close and
personal.
I have been a member of 503
since Sept 04,2001,1 was on
the Bargaining Team for
Homecare's 1st contract I am
an Asst Council Director of
the Homecare Local and rep
resent District 1.
I attended the 2002 General
Council as a Assistant Delegate.
I am seeking the office to help
build relationships and strenth
of our Homecare Local,
I believe help our members
understand the power struc
ture with help the union, our
community and the clients the
Homecare Local serves.
Building membership and
member participation within
Multnomah & Clackamas
County. To work toward
empowering members in
District One to fight for their
rights and the Right of their
clients.
The biggest issue for me is the
political issues and building
voter registration for
Homecare and all of our
members.
I've been a steward in the
Oregon City Division of Child
Support for almost three years;
I've also been the steward for
Milwaukie DCS for over a year.
As a steward/activist, I have
organized coworkers within my
own agency for work site
actions and meetings, and
work with local DHS stewards
to ensure unity within our
shared office building. I have
also led my colleagues to
organize around different
issues within our agency,
including developing a survey
used statewide for Child
Support Case Managers to
determine where current and
potential problems are within
the agency.
I have served the last two years
as General Council Delegate for
SEIU Local 503, District One.
I've attended statewide actions
and coalition rallies, as well as
marched through the capitol
building during the 2003
bargaining. I observed central
table bargaining and attended
several bargaining conferences.
I have taken several leadership
trainings through S EIU Local
503.
I have accomplished many
skills required to be a leader,
and feel strongly about
continuing to develop my
leadership skills. I also want to
develop a better relationship
with members of other
agencies and help develop a
stronger, more organized SEIU.
I want to see greater member
ship participation and help my
brothers and sisters feel their
voices are heard. I want to see
more members in our district
as well as statewide.
Public employees will have a
very difficult battle to retain
our medical benefits and
reinstate step increases. I want
to help create a stronger, loud
er membership that is very
organized and ready for action
as bargaining approaches. I
would encourage actions by all
SEIU members, not just those
who are in bargaining activities,
and encourage a continued
relationship with all union
members outside of SEIU
Local 503.
In conclusion, I
take my commit
ments seriously
and attend
meetings and
and activities
required by my
position.