Trades Fair opens
doors for women
Lela Brown (right), a second-year
apprentice with Plumbers and
Fitters Local 290, helps a Salem
student cut copper pipe at the 14th
annual Women in Trades Career Fair
April 28 at the NECA-IBEW Local
48 Training Center in Northeast
Portland. Brown, 23, is a former
daycare teacher who “couldn’t afford
to eat, pay rent or all my bills” on a
daycare workers’ wages. She entered
the plumbers apprenticeship pro-
gram and now makes $17 an hour,
plus benefits while learning the trade.
“I’m a homeowner now. It’s am-
azing,” she said. Brown shared her
story with hundreds of high school
students who attended the fair. On
April 29, the fair was open to the
general public, offering women a
hands-on look at high-paying career
opportunities in the construction,
building, mechanical and utility
trades. The event is sponsored by
Oregon Tradeswomen Inc..
Benefit dinners for member of Iron
Workers #29 with asbestosis planned
Members of Iron Workers Local 29 are holding benefit dinners for 35-year
member Steve Swearingen, who recently was diagnosed with mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma is a relatively rare form of cancer that afflicts approximately
2,000 Americans each year. The only known cause is exposure to asbestos, which
comes from inhaling the particles of dust.
The benefit dinners will be held Monday, May 22, and Monday, June 5, from 6
to 9 p.m. at Lorenzo’s Pasta Bella, 709 SW 17th Ave. (a block away from PGE
Park). The restaurant is owned by retired Iron Worker Lorenzo Jordan.
Cost for the family-style dinner is $20 per person.
All proceeds will go to Swearingen, 52, the father of four children ages 14 and
younger. Swearingen, of Birkenfeld, Ore. in Columbia County near Jewell, was in
Houston last month where he underwent surgery to remove a lung. His health in-
surance will cover approximately 80 percent of the cost of surgery.
Because of the disease, Swearingen will not be able to return to his trade.
Iron Workers Local 29 also is accepting donations for the family at the union
hall. Send contributions to: 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle, Suite 200, Portland, Ore.
97220.
People exposed in the 1940s, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s are just now being diagnosed
with mesothelioma because of the long latency period of asbestos disease. For that
reason, Swearingen is asking anyone who worked with him on paper mill projects
in the past to please contact the union hall at 503-774-0777.
Dan Saltzman:
Proud to have the support of
working families and their unions!
As someone who fights hard to make Portland a better place for working families,
I deeply appreciate the unions who have endorsed me for City Commissioner, including:
• United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48
• Joint Council of Teamsters #37
• Northwest Oregon Labor Council
• Unite Here Local 9
• Portland Association of Teachers
• Carpenters Local 247
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Paramount Hotel offers
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The Paramount Hotel in downtown
Portland has declared May “Union Ap-
preciation Month” and is offering union
members a special rate of $99 a night.
Employees at the luxury hotel are
members of UNITE HERE Local 9.
The special rate is available now
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