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Honoring Workers this Labor Day
Carpenters picnic
draws 1,850 to
Champoeg Park
D ENNIS O’M ALLEY
Attorney at Law
Representing union members for more than
20 years in workers’ compensation and
Social Security disability cases.
1500 NE Irving Street, Suite 370 • Portland, OR 97232 • 503-243-4899
The Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters held a union picnic July 26 at Champoeg Park in Wilsonville.
An estimated 1,850 people from a variety of Carpenter locals in Oregon and Southwest Washington attended. It was
the fourth picnic hosted by the regional council this summer. With similar events held in Enumclaw, Washington,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Butte Montana. “These are member solidarity picnics that include the entire family.
“There was food, games and fun for everyone,” said Carpenters spokesman Eric Franklin. At each picnic, a name was
drawn for a member of one union local to win a family trip for four to Disneyland. At Champoeg Park, Darren Dupree,
a third-year apprentice and member of Exterior and Interior Specialists Local 2154, was the big winner.
Happy Labor Day
and
Thank You!
...Plight of the Millennials
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tivists.
“I’m constantly surprised by the
drive of so many young people that
aren’t even getting paid to work with
the association,” says Wisnor.
But for some, economic security
meant leaving the service-sector alto-
gether. Heiney did, and never looked
back. “I joined a carpentry apprentice-
ship program,” he states. “It’s a union
job, which offers me the security of
benefits, of good insurance for my en-
tire family.”
Plus, it’s a trade that will stick
around.
“They can’t ship carpentry jobs
overseas. I mean who would people
get to remodel their homes?”
The strength,
prosperity, and
well-being of the
nation depend on
America’s working
men and women.
23-year-old graduate of Trinity College
in Hartford, Connecticut. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in sociology. She
lives in Portland and works as a mem-
ber political organizer for SEIU Local
503. She is the daughter of Oregon
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Barbara
Byrd.)
P e t er D e Fa z i o , D e m oc r a t
U n i t e d S t a t e s C o n g r e s s
O r e g o n , D i s t r i c t 4
Paid for by DeFazio for Congress P.O. Box 1316, Springfield, Oregon 97477.
(Editor’s Note: Caitlin Donohue is a
TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL NO. 37
Labor
Honor
Executive Board
• President: Tony Andrews
• Secretary-Treasurer: Roger Niedermeyer
Nobody knows better the meaning
of a hard day's work than those of
us who are part of the American
labor movement. Enjoy your day
with family and friends. You've
earned it.
Remember Labor Day 2008
AUGUST 15, 2008
• Vice President: John Silva • Recording Secretary: Dan Ratty
• Trustees: Clayton Banry, Diana Franken, Tom Strickland
• Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division: Mike Gekas
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On behalf of all Teamster members and our affiliated
Local Unions, we are proud and committed to being
America’s strongest Union.
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
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