War protest May 1 could
shut down ports coastwise
Retiree gets
72-year pin
from Bricklayers
Local 1
Leonard “Shorty” Pardue — a
72-year member of the Bricklayers
Union — received a lifetime
achievement award April 5 at the
annual pin dinner of Portland
Bricklayers and Allied Craftwork-
ers Local 1.
Pardue, 99, is the only member
of Local 1 to ever reach this mile-
stone.
He started in the trade as an ap-
prentice in 1936 in Oklahoma. Af-
ter moving to Portland in 1940, he
joined Local 1 and, two years later,
started his own company, L.C. Par-
due. He maintained his union mem-
bership as a contractor.
Pardue retired in the early ‘70s
and his son, Lenny, took over the
business. Both men attended the
awards presentation, which drew an
estimated 225 members and
spouses.
In addition to Pardue, Local 1
recognized 50-year pin recipients
Stuart Henshaw, Ernest Mills and
Delbert Perkins; 40-year members
Bill Belanger, Scott Cronholm, Syd-
ney Hall III, and Milford Peterson;
and 25-year recipients Greg Neilson
and Kelly Smith.
Also receiving a special award
— and some cash — was appren-
tice Jacob Amos. Amos finished
“Shorty” Pardue (center) listens as Local 1 Business Manager Keith
Wright reads inscription on plaque that was presented to the 72-year
member. To the right is President Matt Eleazer.
second in last year’s Western States
Brick & Tile contest held at the in-
ternational union’s training center in
Washington, D.C. Apprentices na-
tionwide compete in regional con-
tests to qualify for the national fi-
nals. An 80 percent apprentice at the
time, Amos beat out more than 30
other apprentices to finish second.
Rumors have been flying that
longshore workers are going to stop
work May 1 to call for the immediate,
safe return of U.S. troops in Iraq.
At its Feb. 8 meeting, the long-
shore caucus of the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union
(ILWU) debated and adopted a reso-
lution calling for an eight-hour stop-
work meeting May 1 at ports in Cali-
fornia, Oregon, and Washington, at
which members would have a chance
to speak out in opposition to the war.
ILWU represents 25,000 dock
workers at ports on the West Coast
and in Hawaii and Alaska. Caucus
delegates are democratically elected
representatives from every longshore
local who set policy for the Long-
shore Division.
Under the ILWU contract with the
Union musicians will entertain
at Vancouver Share fundraiser
VANCOUVER — Union musicians
Patrick Lamb, Linda Hornbuckle, and
Norman Sylvester will be performing at
the 7th annual Share-a-Bowl soup din-
ner and concert Sunday, April 27, at
Skyview High School, 1300 NW 139th
Oregon Alliance for Retired
Americans to convene April
26 at ILWU Hall in Portland
The Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans will hold
its 5th annual convention April 26 at the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union Hall, 2435 NW Naito
Parkway, Portland.
Registration for the convention, which opens at 9 a.m.
and runs until 3 p.m., is $25 and includes lunch.
For more information, call the Oregon ARA at 503-
284-8591.
employer group, the Pacific Maritime
Association (PMA), the union is al-
lowed to call mandatory-attendance
union meetings on the second shift,
which workers attend while still on
the clock. That’s a right that’s pretty
much unique in the American labor
movement. But to call a meeting for
the first shift, during the day, requires
the PMA to sign off on it. And the
PMA wasn’t interested in protesting
the war. In fact, they make money
shipping war material.
So ILWU’s official position is that
it is no longer coordinating a day shift
stop-work action on May 1. That
doesn’t rule out activists in some lo-
cations from taking some kind of ac-
tion; it just won’t have the official
sanction of the union.
Street in Vancouver.
Share is a non-profit program that as-
sists the homeless to find shelter and
food in Southwest Washington. The
event is a fundraiser for Share.
Lamb, Hornbuckle and Sylverster
are members of Portland-based Musi-
cians Local 99. Joining them at the
fundraiser will be Karen Therese and
Michael Allen Harrison.
The Share-a-Bowl event includes a
special soup dinner, followed by the
concert. Proceeds will benefit Share’s
Children’s Program, including its back-
pack and summer lunch programs.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for
children 5 to 12. Dinner starts at 4 p.m.,
with the concert set for 6 p.m.
For more information or to order
tickets, call 360 887-8556 or log on to
www.sharevancouver.org.
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