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L ABOR What’s Happening AND P OLITICAL NEWS FR OM AR OUND THE P A C I F I C N O R T H W E S T the long latency period of asbestos dis- ease. 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. Everest was murdered after Wobblies shot and killed Legionnaires who at- tacked the union hall. Registration before May 15 is $50. After that the fee goes to $65. Cost for the banquet is $30. For more information, call Ross Rieder at 253-875-9498. Labor Appreciation Night June 3 at Motorcycle event Westmoreland set June 10 to The ninth annual Labor Apprecia- benefit hospital tion and Recognition Night spon- sored by the Northwest Oregon La- bor Council will be held Saturday, June 3, at 6 p.m. at Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd Ave., Portland. This year’s theme is “The 1950s.” Tickets for the buffet dinner are $10 each. Raffle tickets also will be sold, with all proceeds going to the Emergency Fund of Labor’s Com- munity Service Agency. A highlight of the event is the recognition of outstanding men and women in the labor community. Award nominees can be an individ- ual union member, shop steward, staff member or someone from the community who has worked cooper- atively with labor. Nomination forms are available at the labor council or by calling 503- 235-9444. The deadline to submit nominations is Monday, May 22. The fourth annual “Unions For Kids” motorcycle poker run and chili cookoff will be held Saturday, June 10, at the IBEW Local 48 hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Raffle tickets to win a 2006 Harley- Davidson low-rider FXDLI are sold out. Only 3,000 tickets were sold as part of the fundraiser for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. The winner will be announced June 10. The poker run will consist of riders going from checkpoint to checkpoint over a nearly 100-mile course and drawing a card at each of five places. The high and low hands win a cash prize. The event starts and ends at the IBEW Local 48 hall. A barbecue will be held afterwards, along with a silent auction. For more information, call Lee Duncan at 503-260-5905 or go to their Web site at unionsforkids.org . NW labor history group to convene Paramount Hotel in Olympia June 2-4 offers special ‘union rate’ in May OLYMPIA, Wash. — “Labor Struggles on the Edge: Ports, Bor- ders and Workers in the Pacific Northwest” is the theme of the 38th annual Pacific Northwest Labor His- tory Conference June 2-4 at Ever- green State College here. The keynote speaker on Saturday, June 3, will be Elaine Bernard, exec- utive director of the Labor and Work- life Program at the Harvard Law School. That evening at 7 p.m. will be a banquet and awards ceremony. On Friday, June 2, conferees will tour Wobbly-related sites in Cen- tralia, where 90 years ago Wesley The Paramount Hotel in downtown Portland has declared May “Union Appreciation 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 through May 31. Simply ask for the “union rate” when reserving a deluxe room at the hotel, located at 808 SW Taylor St., Portland. To reserve a room, call 503-223-9900 or 800-663- 1144. Zachary Zabinsky • Social Security • SSI - Disability Claims Personal Attention To Every Case Working For Disability Rights Since 1983 Carpenters help homeowners Two dozen members of the Carpenters Union volunteered on Saturday, April 29, to help do repairs on nine homes in the Portland area, part of the “Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April.” The Carpenters Union has been a partner in the program for the past 16 years. “We intend to continue helping those in our community who are in need,” said Bruce Dennis, president of Local 247 and a longtime volunteer (pictured above with Stan Joseph. Christie Kern is pictured left). “We could not do this without the support of the trades, especially Carpenters Local 247,” said Mike Malone, executive director of Rebuilding Together, a national organization that helps people in need of home repairs and maintenance. Volunteers working this year as house captains were Dan Cagle of Local 1388, Ray Grahn of Local 247, John Jackson of Local 247, Gary Zinn of Local 247, and Peter Martell of Howard S. Wright. Ralph Miller of Local 1388 served as an area captain. Iron Workers #29 plans benefit dinner for sick member Members of Iron Workers Local 29 are holding benefit dinners for 35-year member Steve Swearingen, who re- cently was diagnosed with mesothe- lioma. Mesothelioma is a relatively rare form of cancer that afflicts ap- proximately 2,000 Americans each year. The only known cause is expo- sure to asbestos, which comes from in- haling 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 K Lorenzo Jordan. Cost for the family-style dinner is $20 per person. All proceeds will go to Swearin- gen, 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 insurance 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 ac- cepting 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 diag- nosed with mesothelioma because of OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Ever- green State College Labor Center is hosting its 16th annual Summer School for Union Women and Com- munity Activists June 28-July 2. This year’s theme is “Women Bringing It Back Together: Building Alliances Between Union and Community Ac- tivists to Realize Our Goals Locally and Globally.” The registration deadline is June 12. Space is limited to 60 participants. For more information, call Nina Triffleman at 360-867-6525, or e-mail her at trifflen@evergreen.edu. Howard Dean to talk at Democratic Party confab June 2 EUGENE — Howard Dean, chair of the Democratic National Commit- tee, will kick off the 2006 Oregon De- mocratic Party state convention June 2-4 at the Eugene Hilton Hotel. Dean will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 2. Tickets are $25. All registered Democrats are wel- come to attend. However, to partici- pate in the convention and to vote on official business and the party plat- form, you must be a registered dele- gate from your home county. Contact your local county party for details on how to become a delegate or go to party’s Web site at: www.dpo.org/inside/convention/2006. Delegates will develop and adopt the Oregon Democratic Party’s official platform. Part of that platform is a la- bor plank. Unionists who want to offer input into the plank can contact Ore- gon Democratic Party labor liaison Tom Curtin at 503-224-8200. The platform will be debated and voted on Sunday, June 4. ramers/metro mailing service 3201 N.W. YEON PORTLAND, OREGON 97210 (503) 274-1638 FAX (503) 227-1245 THE ONLY UNION MAILER NO FEE WITHOUT RECOVERY IN OREGON 621 SW Morrison, Portland Visit our Web site at www.kramersmailing.com 223-8517 PAGE 4 Evergreen College to host summer school for women MEMBERS OF TEAMSTERS LOCAL 223 — Eric Brending, Owner — NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS MAY 19, 2006
