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For those of you that can
remember sleeping on the marble floors of the Washington State
Capitol Building and singing union and labor songs during the
last labor dispute, Will remember Robby Stern the Labor lobbyist
and special assistant to WSLC President Rick Bender - he slept,
ate, chanted, encouraged and sang with us while we tried to get
help from our state legislators. Robby is retiring from his job
on April 1st. we will all miss this good friend of
labor. If you would like to send a farewell message you can
email him at
rstern@wslc.org. He
will be replaced by Jeff Johnson. The state legislature
has reached a tentative budget deal at this time so for the next
few days there will be a flurry of bills being voted on some
that labor has been hoping would be passed be for the
legislature ends this session on this Thursday (March 13th).
in the 4th district
representative Republican Lyn Schindler while not be seeking
re-election - I have spoken with Democratic Chairperson
Sally Jackson who told me that on March 20th the
democratic party while be announcing their candidates name.
Mark your calendar - on
April 5th the democratic caucuses will be held for
the following Legislative Districts: 6th District
10:00 AM at Spokane Community College
4th District 10:00
AM at North Pines Middle School
5th District 10:00 AM at the
Globe Room at Cataldo Hall Gonzaga
University 503 E. Sharp Ave.
7th & 9th
Districts April 19th during Spokane County
Convention.
In the US House of
Representatives Race for the 5th District Mark Mays
will be running against Kathy McMorris-Rodgers (more info to
follow.
Mark your calendar Workers
Memorial Ceremony April 26th 11 Am East end of
Mission Park.
Yours
in Solidarity,
Gary
Drexler
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Well the
jockeying for position on the elections is in full gear now. The
Idaho primary is the end of the month on May 27th. If
you do not want to fight the crowds, go to the Kootenai county
elections office on 3rd street just south of locust
Ave. Vote early at their office.
The
primary election for districts 3 and 5 this year will actually
elect your state senators and congressional representative, as
one of the parties did not field any candidates for these
districts.
At the
democracy dinner there was a plea from a city council member,
for the mayor to help get a workers memorial up by next year. We
can only hope this will happen, as it would be nice to have a
memorial in North Idaho.
The
Democracy dinner was very good. We also heard from Larry Grant
on why he pulled from the race against Walt Miminick for first
congressional seat as the democrat candidate. He stated he
decided to withdraw, as he wants to see Bill Sali defeated and
not to split the Democratic Party by continuing his quest for
the position. This is a very classy person; I only hope that
Larry decides to run for some other position in our great state.
Moreover, I would like to wish him all the best.
Remember
we need to listen to the candidates to try and figure out who we
would like to put into office that you believe could help you
and your fellow co- workers. This is why our union is doing a
PAC drive. To help elect those people who will fight for labor
and laws that protect us. If you have not signed up for the PAC
see your grievance person or safety rep. to fill out a PAC card
or stop at the hall and fill out your card.
In
Solidarity, Dale R.
Broadsword,
Vice-President
United Steelworkers, Local 338
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