Union democracy

Jodi Guetzloe Parker elected to lead local building trades

The LiUNA 320 member will be among a handful of women nationally to lead a building trades council.

Terry Lansing re-elected to top post at Bakers Local 114

Lansing ran unopposed for a third three-year term.

Tackett, Petroff re-elected to Northwest Oregon Labor Council

Officers will be sworn in at the Jan. 23 delegates meeting.

Len Phillips, Sheet Metal 16 business manager, retires

Local 16 business agent John Candioto was appointed to complete Phillips' term.

Longview’s IBEW Local 970 merges into IBEW 48

The merger brings IBEW Local 48 to around 3,800 members.

Davis to chair IBEW’s District 9 pension fund

IBEW Local 48 business manager Clif Davis will chair a pension fund with assets of over $600 million.

Clay, Anderson re-elected at UFCW 555

Oregon's largest private-sector union holds a leadership vote.

Matt Eleazer succeeds Keith Wright at Bricklayers Local 1

Keith Wright retired Sept. 1 after nearly six years as business manager of 600-member Bricklayers Local 1.

Jim Pauley succeeds Iron Workers’ Lee Worley

Portland Iron Worker Lee Worley has gone to work for the international union in DC.

Oregon AFL-CIO 52nd Convention

At a time when labor is under attack, delegates put aside differences to declare “We are one”

Oregon AFL-CIO gears up for biennial convention

A Sept. 26-28 meeting of the state labor federation will draw some of the state's top political figures.

Niemi elected president at SEIU 49; major contracts ahead

Meg Niemi — union organizer and longshoreman's stepdaughter — won election at 9,000-member SEIU 49.

AFT Local 111 changes name, elects president

Now it's Portland Federation of School Professionals Local 111.

Garnett tapped to top post at Roofers Local 49

He succeeds Michael Thompson, who stepped down mid-term.

Travis Eri elected to third term at IBEW Local 125

Members will need to show unity as multiple contracts come up for renewal.

Washington labor convenes in SeaTac for jam-packed convention

The state AFL-CIO released its ranking of Washington lawmakers, and it wasn't pretty.

Painters District Council 5 re-elects Sullivan, Bartunek

Denis Sullivan was re-elected business manager of Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 5.

Morgan re-elected to third term as business manager of Laborers 296

Local 296 represents laborers in construction, at the shipyards, heavy and highway and elsewhere.

Laborers Local 483 re-elects Beetle

In mail ballots counted June 15, Richard “Buz” Beetle was elected to a third three-year term as business manager of Laborers Local 483, outpolling challenger Ron McKinney 173 to 134.

Vancouver Laborers Local 335 re-elects Dave Ritchey

Ritchey defeated challenger Randy Dalton by nearly a 3-to-1 margin.

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