Labor bowl for
MDA ready to
roll April 22
The 18th annual Labor Bowl
Challenge to benefit the Muscular
Dystrophy Association (MDA) will
be held Sunday, April 22, from 1 to
4 p.m. at Cascade Lanes, 2700 NE
82nd Ave., Portland.
Portland area labor unions have
collected $276,041 for the charity.
Money raised from pledges and a
silent auction helps provide wheel-
chairs and braces for youngsters,
medical care, research and summer
camps.
Pledge packets are available at the
Northwest Oregon Labor Council or
by calling Tor at MDA at 503-223-
3177.
NOLC’s annual
awards dinner
slated June 2
Mark your calendars for Saturday,
June 2, when the Northwest Oregon
Labor Council hosts the 10th annual
Labor Appreciation and Recognition
Night at Westmoreland Union Manor.
This year’s theme is “Hat Mad-
ness,” so don your favorite lid for the
dinner and awards ceremony, which
serves as a fundraiser for Labor’s
Community Service Agency’s Emer-
gency Fund. The fund helps union
members who have been laid off, are
on strike, or experiencing some type of
financial difficulty.
Dinner tickets are $10 per person.
Raffle tickets also are sold for $1 each
or seven for $5.
Through May 18, the labor council
will be accepting nominations for per-
sons to be recognized for their contri-
butions to the labor community.
“You can recognize union mem-
bers, shop stewards, service providers,
whomever you feel is worthy,” said
Judy O’Connor, executive secretary-
treasurer of NOLC. “It’s a fun event
for a good cause.”
The labor council also is accepting
cash and prize donations for the raffle.
For more information or to order
tickets, call 503-235-9444.
Letter Carriers
rally in
Beaverton to
halt privatization
About 200 union letter carriers sur-
rounded the Beaverton Post Office
March 15 to protest a decision to priva-
tize mail delivery at a new subdivision.
The event drew TV cameras and letters
of support from elected officials; in a
letter to the Portland district manager,
Oregon Secretary of State Bill Brad-
bury urged reconsideration of the deci-
sion to hire a contractor to handle mail
at the brand-new Arbor ParcBethany
development.
The Bush-appointed majority on the
Postal Board of Governors has called
for piecemeal privatization of city mail
delivery, and reportedly vetoed a na-
tionwide labor agreement that would
have restrained contracting out. Na-
tional Association of Letter Carriers
(NALC) Branch 82 president L.C.
Hansen said the Board never before intervened in contract bargaining so directly in her 30 years at the Postal Service. The agreement now will go to
binding arbitration.
NALC is fighting privatization by filing local grievances where it occurs, and appealing to Congress to intervene. Hansen said local postal service
managers haven’t responded to the grievance she filed, so the union is making an unfair labor practice complaint to the National Labor Relations Board.
In the grievance, the union wanted to know more details about the decision, including information about costs and calculations of savings. The post-
master justified the decision saying it would save money, but Willamette Week reported March 28 that the initial contract is for $12,279 for four months
of delivery to 20 mailboxes — which didn’t sound like a money-saver, Hansen said. “We think he should let letter carriers cross the street and start deliv-
eries to those houses,” she added.
Westmoreland
Manor’s estate sale
slated April 13-14
Westmoreland Union Manor’s an-
nual “Treasures & Trifles Estate Sale”
is slated for Friday and Saturday, April
13-14, at the retirement center located
at 6404 SE 23rd Ave., Portland.
The popular sale features low-priced
furniture, collectibles, jewelry, pots,
pans, knick-knacks and other “stuff”
owned by residents.
The sale starts at 9 a.m. both days. It
closes at 3 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on
Saturday.
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