APRIL 2005 - speea
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7 <strong>APRIL</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
community<br />
Recognition banquet highlights<br />
• Awards presented to 39 people, including<br />
new and outstanding activists, special leaders<br />
and a Friend of SPEEA award to Washington<br />
State Rep. Steve Conway<br />
of Tacoma/South Pierce<br />
County.<br />
• Roses presented to the guests<br />
of SPEEA members in recognition<br />
of their support of<br />
SPEEA. In most cases, this<br />
included spouses, but several<br />
brought a son or daughter,<br />
or parent. SPEEA President<br />
Jennifer MacKay’s three children,<br />
Amanda, Rebecca, and<br />
Travis, helped hand out the<br />
roses.<br />
• Donations totaling about $2,000 from the silent<br />
auction that was hosted by the Membership<br />
Activities Committee. The money goes toward<br />
the SPEEA Cares fund that pays for Christmas<br />
presents for the children of laid-off SPEEA<br />
workers.<br />
• Recognition of special guests including retired<br />
SPEEA leaders and active SPEEA retirees,<br />
fellow IFPTE Local members, other union<br />
activists who have partnered<br />
with SPEEA such as<br />
WashTech, King County<br />
Labor Agency and the<br />
Washington State Labor<br />
Council and the attorney<br />
from the class action lawsuit,<br />
Beck v. Boeing and<br />
retired staff. Other special<br />
guests included former<br />
SPEEA President Dan<br />
Hartley’s wife, Marian, and<br />
son, Mark. Dan died a year<br />
ago.<br />
Midwest Area Reps/CARs<br />
receive special recognition<br />
WICHITA – When Linda Roland<br />
went to the SPEEA appreciation<br />
dinner for Area Reps and<br />
Communication Action Reps (CARs), she<br />
was surprised by the crowd.<br />
“I didn’t know there were that many of us,”<br />
said Roland, an Area Rep. “It was great to<br />
come together like that.”<br />
About 60 members attended the dinner<br />
hosted by the Midwest SPEEA Council.<br />
At the dinner, several members won door<br />
prizes such as SPEEA shirts, baseball caps<br />
and gift cards for local restaurants.<br />
6) Thirteen of the 39 award winners are shown<br />
here – representing SPEEA activists whose hard<br />
work and dedication contribute directly to the<br />
strength of the union.<br />
7) Guest speaker Michael Ramos (center) is joined<br />
by Judith Arms (SPEEA Staff Stan Sorscher’s<br />
wife) and Paul Shearon, SPEEA staff.<br />
8) Attorney Leslie Hagin, who spoke to members<br />
on the Beck V. Boeing class action lawsuit, joins<br />
Michelle Cooper, SPEEA Council secretary<br />
at the banquet.<br />
SPEEA members (l – r) Linda Roland, Jackie Reid, Diana Loux and Betty Rader received prizes at the<br />
Wichita appreciation dinner. Roland and Rader won restaurant gift cards. Reid and Loux both won SPEEA<br />
baseball caps.<br />
SPEEA member Nick Wagner played Bluegrass<br />
music on his fiddle. SPEEA Council Reps<br />
Donna Castaneda and Earl Carter shared<br />
highlights from AFL-CIO organizing training<br />
and Bob Brewer, SPEEA Midwest director, discussed<br />
the sale of Boeing Wichita’s commercial<br />
division. The Area Reps and CARs have taken an<br />
active role in helping share information between<br />
the members and SPEEA regarding the sale.<br />
“As our communication network to the members,<br />
they are the frontlines of the union,” said<br />
Debbie Logsdon, Midwest Council chair.<br />
“We couldn’t be where we are today without<br />
their help and support.”