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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.
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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.
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