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Profiles. Individual honors, successes, remembrances.

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Oregon Senate confirms Kitzhaber appointees

Feb 17, 2012

Dozens of Kitzhaber appointees were confirmed, including including a handful important to labor.

People

IBEW Local 48 member uses Heimlich to save life of colleague

Feb 1, 2012

Kim Gilliam’s quick reaction came two weeks after an EC company first aid training.

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Architects honor Local 290 member David Roberts

Jan 31, 2012

American Institute of Architects honors the work on a Eugene swimming pool boiler.

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John Endicott retires as business manager of UA Local 290

Jan 17, 2012

Endicott, 58, has been Local 290 business manager since March 2002.

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Rich Ahearn, NLRB regional director, retires

Jan 12, 2012

Ahearn’s replacement is Ronald Hooks, from the NLRB’s Memphis office.

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In Memoriam

Lee Hunsaker, former Machinists rep, 1923-2011

Nov 30, 2011

Lee Hunsaker, a former business representative and 69-year member of the Machinists Union, died Nov. 11 of age-related causes. He was 88. Lee G. Hunsaker was born March 28, 1923, in Dillon, Mont., to Isaac

People

IBEW organizer appointed to convention center board

Oct 18, 2011

Bob Carroll succeeds Ed Barnes on the Vancouver Public Facilities District board of directors.

People

At UNITE HERE, gay rights leader bridges two movements

May 6, 2011

Gay civil rights leader Cleve Jones was a star guest April 20 at the kickoff of the newly-chartered Oregon chapter of Pride At Work.

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AFSCME 189 elects Hussey president

Feb 4, 2011

Debbie Hussey, a union steward at Portland’s 911 call center, outpolled fellow state board member Carol Justice.

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Kitzhaber taps Shepard for labor adviser

Jan 21, 2011

Duke Shepard has been Oregon AFL-CIO political director since January 2006.

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