State Representative, District -- 11, Position -- 2

Party: Democrat

Education: BA(6/03) Organizational & Social Change, and Labor Relations; AA('84) Labor Studies

Political offices held: N/A

Public service and volunteer experience: * Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA), elected National Executive Board Member At-Large, 1994-current
* International Teamsters Human Rights Commissioner, 1993-1998
* First Asian American to run for International Vice President of the Teamsters Union, 2001
* Executive Board Member-King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO representing the transportation trades, 6/1992-1/2001
* University of Washington Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Board of Visitors, 2003-current
* Center for Social Justice Board of Directors, 2003-current
* Wa. St. Jobs With Justice, Board member and Workers’ Rights Board liaison, current
* former Interim Executive Director, Center for Social Justice, 2003-2004
* former Chair, King County Solid Waste Oversight Committee, 1999-2000
* former Trustee-Teamster Construction Industry Health and Welfare Trust Fund, ~1994-1997
* former Executive Board Member and Trustee-King County Labor Agency (a United Way agency), 1992-1995
* Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ), Advisory Board member, 2001-current
* Governor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Future of Recycling in Washington State, 1999 (Locke appointee)
* Governor’s Transition Team, responsible for state transportation organization and policy (Lowry appointee)
* Manufacturing and Industrial Council of King County (Sims appointee)
* Chaired numerous local and regional negotiating teams, and member of the Teamsters’ UPS National Negotiating Committee.
* Chapter Organizer-Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), ’80-’91.
* Taught, and spoken before many youth groups and classes from elementary to college level on various topics.
* 2001 Recipient - "Domingo/Viernes/Jefferson Award" from the Northwest Labor Employment Law Office (LELO).
* Recognized in "Voices For Justice, Asian Pacific American Organizers and the New Labor Movement," by Kent Wong ©2001, UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education.
* Recognized in "Colors NW Magazine" (June 2001), "Bob Hasegawa’s Reform Crusade," by Maya Insaaf.
* Featured in "This Is What Democracy Looks Like," Directed by Jill Friedberg, Rick Rowley. Produced by the Independent Media Center. 2000.
* June 30, 2001 Proclaimed "Bob Hasegawa Day" by Seattle Mayor Paul Schell and King County Exec. Ron Sims.
* Shoreline Community College-Seattle, Associate in Applied Arts and Sciences: Labor Studies, graduated 1984.
* Antioch University Seattle, B.A. with Areas of Concentration in Labor Relations and Organizational & Social Change, graduated in March, 2003.
* University of Washington-Seattle, Physics major, 1970-1974.
* Cleveland High School-Seattle, Sr. Class President, Graduated with honors, graduated 1970. CHS commencement keynote speaker-June, 2001.

Endorsements: Organizations:
11th District Democrats
Amalgamated Transit Workers Union State Legislative Council
Carpenters Local 1797
Carpenters Local 456
Democracy For America
IBEW Local 46 (Electricians)
IFPTE Local 17 (Professional and Technical Engineers)
ILWU Puget Sound District Council (Longshore & Inland Boatmen)
King County Democrats
King County Labor Council
Laborers Local 1239
LADS Local 1144 (Lathers and Drywall Carpenters)
Metropolitan Democratic Club of Washington
Operating Engineers Local 609
Progressive Majority of Washington
Sailors Union of the Pacific
SEAMEC
Seattle/King County Construction and Bldg Trades Council
SEIU WA State Council
Teamsters Joint Council #28
Teamsters Local 174
UA Local 32 (Plumbers and Pipefitters)
UFCW 1001 (Retail Clerks)
UFCW 1105 (Grocery Clerks)
Washington Conservation Voters
Washington Education Assn. PAC
Washington Federation of State Employees/AFSCME
Washington State Labor Council

Individuals:
Neal Adams
Mikiko Amagai
John Anderson
James Arima
Tony Au
Marc Auerbach
Bob Barnes
Maria Batayola
Katherine Baxter
Rick Bender
Dr. Phillip Bereano
Paul Bigman
Hon. Councilmember Jack Block Jr.
Juan Bocanegra
Dick Burton
Hon. Boardmember Brita Butler-Wall
Joan Campbell
Dan Campbell
Mike and Terri Carney
Doreen Cato
Dr. Charlie Chang
Hon. Rep. Marilyn Chase
Kathy Chinn
Allen Cohn
Marcus Courtney
Ticiang Diangson
Aaron Dixon
Lynne Dodson
Cindy Domingo
Charles Doyle
Dorry Elias-Garcia
Curt Firestone
David Foecke
David Freiboth
Jaime Garcia
William Garling
Regina Glenn
Adelina Gonzales
Honorable Larry Gossett
Jon Gould
Rick Harwood
Amy and Tom Hasegawa
Walter Hatch
Denis Hayes
Tom Herriman
John Honeycutt
Lori and Alan Hoshino
Frank Irigon
Ray Ishii
Pramila Jayapal
Mike Jewell
Hans Johnson
Kristyn Joy
Hon. Sen. Karen Keiser
Hon. Sen. Adam Kline
Karen Ko
Martha Koester
Hon. Boardmember Jan Kumasaka
Marie Kurose
Ruth Ann Kurose
Tracy Lai
Michael Laslett
Tony Lee
Margaret Levi
Hon. Councilmember Nick Licata
Timothy Louie
Hon. Governor Mike Lowry
Althea Lute
Sarah Luthens
Rev. Steve Luttio
Steve and Carol MacKay
Roberto Maestas
David Mark
Bob Markholt
Larry Matsuda
Jimmy Matta
Eleanor and Alan May
Mark McDermott
Mel Kang
Dan Merkle
Judy Mogan
Diane Narasaki
Annette Wadiyah Nelson
Vince O'Halloran
Will and Louise Parry
Marlene Pedregosa
Hon Councilmember Dwight Pelz
Odette Polintan
Rick Polintan
Catherine Pottinger
Garry Prince
Marjorie Prince
Rogelio Riojas
David Rolf
Sergio Salinas and Sandra Aguila
Gary Sandum
"Uncle" Bob Santos
Rick Sawyer
Dan Scott
Dan Sexton
Stan Shikuma
Nadine Shiroma
Jeremy Simer
Justin Simmons
Yalonda Sinde
Eric Skog
Greggar Sletteland
Motter Snell
Diane Sosne
Helena Stephens
Kirk Stephenson
Robby Stern
Alan Sugiyama
Ed Suzuki
Henry Thompson
Peter and Joyce Tsai
Joyce Tseng
Roger Valdez
Lloyd Weatherford
David Westberg
Curt Williams
Steve Williamson
Michael Woo
Ruth and Mike Yarrow

Campaign theme: Regular people need a voice in Olympia. Working families, seniors, retirees and small businesses are all being squeezed by the disproportionate power of multinational corporate lobbying money.

Questions for candidates

Do you support the initiative to raise the sales tax 1 penny to raise money for schools and higher education? Reluctantly yes. The cause of fully funding education is a just one, but by adding yet another burden upon those who can least afford it by increasing the sales tax only further exacerbates the economic plight of our entire state by fueling the downward spiral of the economy->revenue->services. We have to come up with a long-term solution to the revenue problem facing education, health care, and a multitude of other worthy causes that our state must fund.

Are you happy with Washington's new primary? Are you supporting the initiative that would give Washington a "top 2" primary system that the parties oppose? No. Undecided.

What do you think of the initiative to expand the use of slot machines to reduce taxes? Oppose.

Contact

PO BOX 84331
SEATTLE, WA 98124-5631
(206) 568-0556
bob@bobhasegawa.org

Campaign Web site:
www.bobhasegawa.org