Restructure Update,
by Joye Willman, President, Homecare Local 99
In 2004 the General Council
passed a resolution to explore the
need for any restructuring of how
SEIU Local 503 is run. A proposal
needs to be brought back to the
next General Council which will be
held in August, 2006. We formed
a committee and have been going
around the state having town hall
type meetings. At these meetings,
we tell guests (fellow SEIU mem
bers) what our present structure is,
get feedback from participants
about how the structure works or
where it could be improved. We
then let them know what the 2003
proposal was and a new proposal
that one of the members brought
LOCAL 503
SEIU
to General Council in 2004. We
get feedback for both of these pro
posals also.
The restructure committee will
then assess all of the information
we have gathered and hopefully be
able to come together and form a
proposal about the restructure.
We will then go back around the
state and share our findings so
members will be able to give us
opinions on any issues we may
need to work on before presenting
a final proposal to General Council.
You can check out information
about the restructure on our web
site at www.seiu503.org
SEIU Local 503, OPEU
PO Box 12159
Salem, OR 97309-0159
Stronger Together
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
I would like to thank homecare
workers who have come to the
first round of town hall meetings,
including Bonnie Geier, Milton
Freewater, Lee Worcester and
Anita Pecoff, Bend, John Cook and
Sally Cumberworth, of Grants Pass
and Cave Junction, Deb Brown,
Roseburg, Rita Sparks, Eugene,
and Phyllis Wills, Suzanne Pecore,
Steve Shumate, Holly Fries of
Portland. Mary Wood, of Depot
Bay is also serving on the
Restructure Committee representing
Homecare and I am on the commit
tee representing District 1, which is
the Portland area. If you have any
comments or suggestions, or you
would like to be notified when
we begin our second round of
town halls, please call me at
503-309-6605.
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