THREE RETIREES from the Women’s Action Committee who gave many years of service to Council 2 were honored during the 2005 convention.

They were:

Paula Laws

Laws retired from the Women’s Action Committee after resigning her position with the City of Coeur d’Alene last year.
Laws played a key role in the 1999 battle to restore collective bargaining to workers at the City of Coeur d’Alene and gave many years of service to the union generally and to workers in Idaho in particular.

Joanne Vaughn

When Vaughn became secretary treasurer of Local 270 (City of Spokane), she succeeded in the challenging task of restoring the books to a professional level.

At that time she joined the Women’s Action Committee and remained a member until her retirement earlier this year.
She was one of only two women in the Solid Waste Department office and was shop steward in the Refuse Department when no one else would undertake the task.

Jacki Unger

A member of the Women’s Committee for 14 years, Unger retired earlier this year from the City of Vancouver where she was a member of Local 307-VC.