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DEC. 5, 2008 8pger:NWLP 12/2/08 10:21 AM Page 2 Agency revives ‘Helping Hands’ program After suspending its “Helping Hands” emergency assistance pro- gram in November, Labor’s Commu- Q nity Service Agency announced that it will again be taking referrals starting Dec. 8. Quest Investment Management, Inc. • Serving Multi-Employer Multi-Employer Serving Trusts for for Over Twenty Years Trusts Twenty Years } Cam Johnson Cam Johnson Adrian Hamilton Adrian Hamilton Doug Goebel Goebel Doug Garth Nisbet Greg Sherwood Greg Sherwood Monte Johnson Monte Johnson Bill Zenk Zenk Bill Pat Worley One SW SW Columbia St., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97258 One 1100 Portland, 503-221-0158 503-221-0158 www.QuestInvestment.com www.QuestInvestment.com b h m k Bennett Hartman Morris & Kaplan, llp Attorneys at Law Oregon’s Full Service Union Law Firm Representing Workers Since 1960 In October, LCSA distributed more than $8,000 in rent and housing assis- tance, utilities, food, clothing, and es- sential needs on behalf of dozens of Helping Hands applicants. The volume was much more than the agency could handle, said Execu- tive Director Glenn Shuck. The program was temporarily sus- pended until more resources became available. Labor’s Community Service Agency can be reached at 503 231- 4962. Shuck reminds union members that people in need can also contact United Way’s “2-1-1 Guide Line” in- formation and referral hotline. To ac- cess the hotline, simply dial 2-1-1. Guide Line serves as an informational clearinghouse for all social services in the region. ‘Holiday Party’ Dec. 6 in Salem SALEM —The 68th annual “Holi- day Party for Children” will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Elsi- nore Theatre, 170 High St. SE, Salem. The free event, sponsored by the Marion, Polk, Yamhill Counties Labor Council, will feature holiday songs by Patrick Lamb, a showing of the movie Kung Fu Panda, a visit from Santa Claus, and a free goody bag. Lamb is a popular musician in Oregon and is a member of Musicians Local 99. Doors open at 9:45 a.m. Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call Serious Injury and Death Cases • Construction Injuries • Automobile Accidents • Medical, Dental, and Legal Malpractice • Bicycle and Motorcycle Accidents • Pedestrian Accidents • Premises Liability (injuries on premises) • Workers’ Compensation Injuries • Social Security Claims We Work Hard for Hard-Working People! Jim Loftus of Dynalectric (in back) helps Portland Habilitation Center Northwest Director John Murphy install the last of 4,830 photovoltaic panels on the roof of PHC’s new $8 million manufacturing facility in Northeast Portland. The solar array covers 72,000 square feet and can generate 858- kilowatts of electricity a year — more than enough to power PHC’s in-house manufacturing, assembly, courier, and warehousing services. PHC trains and employs individuals with disabilities. Workers are members of Service Employees Local 49 and Laborers Local 483. Any excess energy generated from the solar system will be delivered to Portland General Electric’s grid and the non-profit PHC will be credited for unused energy under Oregon’s net-metering law. The solar installation will eventually save PHC an estimated $75,000 in annual energy costs and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 18,000 tons over the life of the system. “This project is a statement about opportunity,” Murphy said. “With so much anxiety these days, we’re glad to be a part of something based on optimism for the future.” United Fund Advisors, a renewable energy company and syndicator of tax credits, developed the project and structured the financing for investor U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, the actual owner of the solar system. As the owner, U.S. Bancorp will get federal and state tax credits. Dynalectric is signatory with IBEW Local 48 and Loftus is an instructor for solar classes at the NECA-IBEW training center. The Photovoltaic Energy Generation Systems class has been part of the curriculum for all IBEW 48 journeyman and apprentices since 2002. More than 1,000 union electricians are trained to do the work. For more information, visit necaibew48.com. 503-288-5537 1638 NE Broadway, Portland L EGAL P ROBLEMS ?? 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They’re available at Pendleton outlet stores and at retailers like Made In Oregon. GET-AWAYS. Out of town get-aways make great gifts, and Amtrak (and most airlines) are union. And if downtown Portland is the destination, consider a stay at posh — and UNITE HERE Local 9 represented — Paramount, Benson or Hilton. SHOP AT UNIONIZED STORES. Whatever you’re shopping for, make sure you do it at Fred Meyer, the only unionized general merchandise retailer in Oregon. In Salem and Eugene and the Portland area (except in Vancouver), Fred Meyer workers in non-food departments belong to the same union as the grocery workers — United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555. Last, but not least: If you’re going to mail a card or gift, send it U.S. Postal Service or UPS, where the workers are union, not FedEx, an anti-union company that has been in court around the country for designating its drivers as independ- ent contractors. DECEMBER 5, 2008
