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Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call 503-288-5537 1638 NE Broadway, Portland Fire Fighters launch Union Sportsmen’s Alliance SEATTLE (PAI) — Carrying out a plan that International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger first floated three years ago, the union has joined other labor and conservation groups to create the new Union Sportsmen’s Alliance. Unveiled in Seattle last month, the Alliance is an outgrowth of the existing Theodore Roosevelt Conser- vation Partnership between 20 unions an conservation groups. But unlike the partnership, the new alliance will offer goods and services and its own clubs to unionists who like to hunt and fish. Besides the Fire Fighters, key unions behind the new alliance in- clude the Machinists, whose presi- dent, Thomas Buffenbarger, will be on the group’s board of directors. “For many of our members, hunt- ing and fishing isn’t just what they do in their free time, they’re part of who they are,” said Schaitberger. “We’re proud to offer a program to help our hard working men and women enjoy the activities they’re passionate about.” The alliance’s working papers say it will “create an outdoor hunting and fishing club exclusively for union members and their families with the purpose of actively engaging union sportsmen in the ongoing fight to create a better future for hunting and fishing while helping to create their own outdoor community that will ex- tend union member benefits beyond the workplace, into the woods and Roger G. 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That led him to try to get the AFL-CIO Executive Council to formally back creation of the club, but he did not succeed. Schaitberger explained then that because many unionists hunt and fish, they got goods and gear — and a heavy dose of political propaganda — from the National Rifle Associa- tion and its American Rifleman mag- azine. That lobby is one of the most Print Estimator OCP Publications, one of the largest publishers of religious music and worship materials in America, has an immediate opening for a Print Estimator. We seek a motivated, organized, and de- tail oriented individual with excellent com- munication skills to play an integral role in Estimating/Planning of Web and Sheet-fed printing. Responsibilities will include creating and maintaining stan- dards, planning, and creating estimates for internal and external commercial products. Ideal Candidate will have 3-5 years experience web and sheet-fed print estimating experience using Hagen. 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His next hearing is scheduled for March 15. As reported in previous issues of the Northwest Labor Press, Cobián, 36, was a well-regarded union organizer with the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters until his Septem- ber 2006 arrest on immigration-related charges. He pled guilty to passport fraud and was sentenced to probation, with the expectation that he will be de- ported to Mexico by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Thus far, Cobián has been unable to afford a lawyer. A public defender rep- resented him in the passport fraud case, but immigration is considered an ad- ministrative, not criminal, proceeding, without the right to a court-appointed attorney. To raise money for an attorney, Co- bián’s supporters will hold a fundraising dinner and silent auction March 10 at 7 p.m. at Peace House, 2116 NE 18th Ave. Contributions can also be made at any U.S. Bank branch or mailed to U.S. Bank, 636 SE Grand Ave., Portland OR 97214. 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