p«fl* 2 Section I Portiend Observer, April 27, 1983 Petett wins Kellogg fellowship Frcddye Jean P etett, executive an associate degree in systems and director o f the Urban League o f data processing from Portland Portland, Oregon, is one o f 47 out­ Community College. standing young Am erican A member o f several local professionals chosen lor Class IV of organizations, she was named one the W .K . Kellogg F ou n d atio n ’ s of the ten most influential blacks in National Fellowship Program. Oregon in 1978, and one of the 100 The Fellowship Program , most influential women in Oregon initiated in 1980, is aimed at helping in 1982. She has also been named to the nation expand its vital pool of IPA o’s M-’/ro Am ong Black capable leaders. The program is Americana. structured to increase individuals' Each Kellogg N atio n al Fellow skills and insights into areas outside receives a three-year grant of up to their chosen disciplines so they can S 3),000 to pursue a professionally deal more creatively and effectively broadening self-designed plan o f with society's complex problems. study. Participation in Foundation- Petett, 39. has served as chief of designed seminars that focus on the Urban League of Portland since issues facing leaders in domestic and 1979. She was employed by the o f­ international settings is also fice o f the mayor o f P ortland in required. Travel experiences and 1973 as emergency services coor­ consultations add to the program's d in ato r, and soon after became scope. director o f the m ayor’s crime Foundation C hairm an o f the prevention bureau. Most recently Board Russell G. Mawby said, "The she was an administrative assistant Foundation has, in recent years, in­ to the mayor. tensified its effort to support projec­ P etett, a native o f M onroe. ts that approach human problems Louisiana, did graduate study in from a multi-equipped and m ulti- public administration at Portland in f o r m e d p e r s p e c t iv e . Stale U niversity, where she also Specialization, for as much as our received her bachelor's degree in society has encouraged it, has not business administration. She holds solved the problems o f our nation and world. It is our belief that the creativity, motivation, insight, and intellect o f the Fellows will be fully tapped as they explore avenues of growth beyond their disciplines." M aw by noted that the Kellogg Foundation has made grants totaling more than $643 m illio n since its begining in 1930, to support projects that are focused on the ap­ plication o f existing knowledge to the problems o f people. The Foun­ dation's three fields o f interest are agriculture, education, and health. Areas o f emphasis w ithin those broad fields are adult continuing education, health prom otion and disease prevention, coordinated cost-effective health services, a wholesome food supply, and broadened leadership development. Fellows were selected on the basis o f recommendations from their institution's or agency's chief executive o ffic e r, and their own credentials, skills, interests, and demonstrated leadership potential. Conditions o f acceptance require Introductory Perms /I •iki 'ri « « 4 ì » FREDDYE PETETT minor ones, some delegates ques­ tioned the need for them and ex­ pressed concern over a trend that was developing to take power from Sharp differences over the future local unions and the rank and file tactics o f the International Long­ and place it into the hands o f the shoremen's Union (IL W U ) in the international president. face o f unprecedented employer James Herman, president o f the attacks and the effects of Reaganom­ IL W U , defended the policies of the ics burst onto the deck o f the 23rd international officers by explaining biennial convention of the union in that times were much different than Portland April 11-17. in the old days; he said union mem­ The debates over organizing and bers don't attend meetings, fall prey rank and file control o f the union to slick union busting techniques, reflected the concern of many of the and that the unions have been faced 293 delegates from IL W U locals with increasing numbers o f suits stretching from San Diego to Alaska filed by members against them. and Hawaii. “ This would never have happened With the increase in decertification in the old days," Herman said. elections and National Labor Rela­ " I cannot imagine a president of tions Board (N L R B ) setbacks, the this international who would not re­ emphasis of the union's leadership spect the rights of the rank and file was on retrenchment and a "holding of this union," Herman said. pattern." While the union went on record in "L ocals have got to 'circle the favor of many progressive actions, wagons,’ in order to protect them­ denouncing the U .S . actions in selves from union busting, decerts Nicaragua and reaffirming a policy and other attacks," the report from of boycotting military shipments to the organizing committee said. the U.S.-backed government in El Interestingly enough, the sharpest Salvador, there was concern here criticism against the defensive posi­ among some delegates o f a subtle tion came from two warehouse locals, shift in the union's policies toward San Francisco Bay Area and Local the political center. 26 in Los Angeles, both o f which The minority report on Peace and have been hardest hit by union bust­ Disarmament brought in by four ing activities of the employers. delegates from Local 6 called for "Retrenchment is not the answer," joining with other progressive unions Joe Figueiredo of Local 6 said, call­ to form a united front against "the ing such a policy "disastrous. W ill cold war mentality" prevalent in the the union busters stop because we labor movement and improved slop organizing?" relations with socialist countries. A Louisa Gratz from Local 26 said debate on it was met with some flag- that while she understood the holding waving speeches by a few delegates action proposed by the union leader­ who used the reference to socialist ship, " th e labor movement must countries to attack the Soviet Union. turn the unemployed into an orga­ One delegate from Alaska respond­ nized force." and that "circling the ed by saying, " I think what I'm wagons must include the demand for bearing here is that some of our own jobs at union wages and conditions." people are being attacked,” by the "Just because the international is anti-Soviet mentality that is sweeping having a holding action we in our the nation. locals must organize," Ben Badrid The minority report, which was from Local 6 said. passed at a Local 6 convention earlier " W h ile the union's leadership this year, was complementary to the pointed out the uninvolvement o f m ajority report on Peace and Dis­ the rank and file in union affairs as armament, a fact acknowledged by a need to "o rg anize ourselves," Herman. But while there was senti­ Figuieredo said "there is no dicho­ ment for both reports, the delegates tomy between serving our locals and were forced by convention rules to strengthening and organizing." accept only one, the majority state­ If Local 6 doesn't begin organizing ment. the open shops that compete with Jim Ryder o f Local 6 explained union houses, Figueiredo said, when that the minority report was not only contract negotiations come up "we consistent with the officers report to will not have the muscle." the union on international peace Dave Arian from Longshore Local policies, but complemented the 13 in Los Angeles, speaking on a m ajority report which contained proposal to elim inate one o f the " n o specifics" on what the union four titled officers of the union, the would do toward peace and disarma­ organizational director, said, "There ment. is a lot of defeatism around organiz­ Several older delegates reported ing." We won’t organize many at all they were part of worker delegations with that attitude." from the IL W U to the Soviet Union, The one titled officer was elim i­ denouncing the anti-Sovietism that nated and the remaining three officers reared its head at the convention. were placed in charge jo in tly for But while the differences over the organizing. direction o f the IL W U were hotly There was extreme concern shown debated, the prevalent feeling was over constitutional changes dealing the need for tighter unity in the ranks with per capita payments — Money of the union and a concern over the paid by local unions to the in te r­ future. national — by which some delegates There was one thing that became feared a weakening of local union clear from the delegates who spoke autonomy and rank and file control. and debated, and that is the future A ntio nio Salcido o f Local 13 of the IL W U rests in the local unions called one o f the changes a "co m ­ and the rank and file leadership plete flip flop from what I grew up determination to keep the Il.W U the to understand what this union is progressive and powerful force in about." the labor movement that it has While many of the changes were traditionally been. 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