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Arctic blast doesn’t hamper
holiday events in Portland
Despite bone-chilling winds and a foot of snow, Portland-area union members
and union employers forged ahead with their scheduled holiday gift-giving events.
An estimated 120 children from inner-North and Northeast Portland had their
pick of two to three toys at the 12th annual Presents from Partners holiday gift-giv-
ing program sponsored by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council and Labor’s Com-
munity Service Agency, AFL-CIO. The event typically attracts several hundred
children to the Genesis Community Center in Northeast Portland, but the inclement
weather prevented many families from attending.
“We were going to cancel it, but then we thought: ‘What if some kids show up
and no one is there?”, said Glenn Shuck, executive director of Labor’s Community
Service Agency. “We showed up — and so did the kids; actually more than we ex-
pected.”
The agency received over 400 toys during this years’drive. Toys are donated by
union locals, the BULL Session Golf Tournament, and Saturn of Beaverton. Cash
donations are used to purchase gifts — with a focus on U.S.- made and union-
made items.
Genesis Community Center opened its doors the following Saturday (Dec. 27),
hoping to distribute the remainder of the toys to children who didn’t make it on Dec.
20.
Additionally, members of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 em-
ployed at Pioneer Waterproofing Co. in Portland joined owner Mike Crawford in
putting together bicycles for kids in need. Assembly day was scheduled for Dec.
20, but because of the snow and ice, volunteers began putting bikes together and
delivering them in advance — as weather permitted.
Crawford has been donating bikes and helmets to the Clackamas County Fire
Department’s “Operation Santa Claus” for many years. Since its inception the
volunteers have built and distributed over 1,300 bikes.
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UA 290 members bring gifts to kids at Eugene Relief Nursery
Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 donated pajamas, slippers and blankets to the Eugene Relief Nursery this holiday
season. On Dec. 11, Local 290 Business Rep Lou Christian (center) and other members of the union purchased and
dropped off the much-needed items — enough for 132 kids enrolled in the Early Childhood Program. Over $3,000
was spent this year. Accepting the donation were Suzanne Arlie (left), president of the Relief Nursery Board of
Directors, and Irene Alltucker, executive director of the Relief Nursery. Relief Nursery, Inc. is a private, non-profit
agency that helps low-income families with children between birth and six years of age who are at risk for child abuse
and neglect. Members of the statewide Local 290 began the fundraising drive more than 10 years ago after a very busy
work year. They wanted to share in their good fortune — and one way they did was by donating items to the children
at the Relief Nursery. They have continued the philanthropic gesture, even in today’s more difficult economic climate.
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17 the union successfully won recog-
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Wal-Mart executives in Bentonville,
Ark., couldn’t be louder or clearer:
Canadian Wal-Mart workers want to
be union members,” UFCW Canada
President Wayne Hanley said. “Hope-
fully, this decision will help Wal-Mart
to understand Canada is a place where
labor rights are human rights, and
where people take their rights very se-
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