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Official Notices B OILERMAKERS 500 Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at 2515 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland. B RICKLAYERS AND A LLIED C RAFTWORKERS 1 Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. C EMENT M ASONS 555 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. C OLUMBIA -P ACIFIC B UILDING T RADES Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 6 and Sept. 13, at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Portland. E LECTRICAL W ORKERS 48 Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 7 and Sept. 21, in the Executive Boardroom. Washington Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Round Table Pizza, 5016 NE Thurston, Vancouver. Coast Unit meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Electrical Workers Minority Caucus meets 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Executive Boardroom. Wasco Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Northern Wasco County PUD, 2345 River Road, The Dalles. Sound and Communication Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Meeting Hall. Residential Unit meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Dispatch Lobby. Women of 48 meets 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at Chapel Pub, 430 N Killingsworth St, Portland. Bylaws Committee meets 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, in the Executive Boardroom. Marine Unit meets 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, the Meeting Hall. General Membership Meeting meets 6:30pm Wednesday, Sept. 28, in the Meeting Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p,m, for BBQ. Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, un- less otherwise noted. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: The following deaths have been declared: No. 2279, Richard L. Dale; No.e 2280, Clolon O. Albright; No. 2281, Murl Young; and No. 2282, Robert J. Rosenboom.The Sept. 2011 assessment is $1.50. E LEVATOR C ONSTRUCTORS 23 Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE Whitaker Way, Portland. Hall, Teamsters’ Complex, 1850 NE 162nd Ave., Port- land. L ABORERS 483 M UNICIPAL E MPLOYEES F IRE F IGHTERS 1660 Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at 4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. G LASS W ORKERS 740 Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Springfield. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE DUE TO HOLIDAY. Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Candalaria Terrace, Suite 204, 2659 Commercial St. SE, Salem. L ABORERS /V ANCOUVER 335 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancouver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. L ANE C OUNTY L ABOR C OUNCIL I RON W ORKERS S HOPMEN 516 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir, #300, Portland. L ABORERS 320 M ULTNOMAH C OUNTY E MPLOYEES 88 Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. General membership meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, preceded by a 6 p.m. stewards’ meeting. Meetings are held at 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. N ORTHWEST O REGON L ABOR C OUNCIL The September meeting has been canceled. Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 1116 South A St., Springfield. O FFICE & P ROFESSIONAL E MPLOYEES L OCAL 11 L ANE , C OOS , C URRY & D OUGLAS B UILDING T RADES Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 3815 Co- lumbia St., Vancouver. PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCA- TION. Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Pkwy., Spring- field. at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Portland. Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Portland. Medford area members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Wild River Pizza, 2684 N. Pacific Hwy., Medford. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Local 16 Hall, 1887 Laura St., Springfield. Coos Bay area members meet 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St., Coos Bay. PLEASE NOTE: There will be “SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS” meetings to vote on continuing the Work Recovery Program at the following times and lo- cations: Medford – 4 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 6, at UA 290 Hall; 950 Industrial Circle; White City. Coos Bay – 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Labor Tem- ple, 3427 N Ash St.; North Bend. Eugene – 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Sheet Metal Hall; 1887 Laura St., Springfield. Redmond – 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at UA 290 Hall; 2161 SE First St.; Redmond. Portland – 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Sheet Metal Hall, 2379 NE 178th Ave.; Portland. S IGN P AINTERS & P AINT M AKERS 1094 P AINTERS & D RYWALL F INISHERS 10 Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. L INN -B ENTON -L INCOLN L ABOR C OUNCIL Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd. 2nd Floor, Portland. www.iupatlo- cal10.org. Delegates meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, preceded by a 6:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Salem Ave., Albany. S OUTHERN O REGON C ENTRAL L ABOR C OUNCIL P LASTERERS 82 Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the South- ern Oregon Labor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. L INOLEUM L AYERS 1236 Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE DUE TO HOLIDAY. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE NOTE: This is a SPECIAL CALL meeting and mem- bers will vote on allocation of the wage increase effective 10/01/11. M ARION -P OLK -Y AMHILL L ABOR C OUNCIL Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, followed by a 7 p.m. general meeting at 2110 State St., Salem. M ETAL T RADES C OUNCIL Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27. Meetings are at IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Air- port Way, Portland. Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. P ORTLAND C ITY & M ETROPOLITAN E MPLOYEES 189 PLEASE NOTE: The General membership meeting has been canceled for August. Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 6025 E Burnside, Portland. General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 4701 E Burnside, Portland. PLEASE NOTE DATE AND LOCATION CHANGE. R OOFERS & W ATERPROOFERS 49 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26TH Ave., Portland (503 232-4807). S ALEM BCTC M ID -C OLUMBIA L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at the IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy 99E, Tangent. Delegates meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 3313 W. 2nd, The Dalles. S HEET M ETAL W ORKERS 16 Portland area VOC meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, S OUTHWESTERN O REGON C ENTRAL L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at the Bay Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. SW W ASHINGTON L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, preceded by an Executive Board meeting, at the ILWU Local 4 Hall, 1205 Ingalls St., Vancouver, Wash. U NITED A SSOCIATION 290 Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin. Astoria area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Bend area members meet 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Local 290 Training Center, 2161 SW First, Red- mond. Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Curry County Search and Rescue, 517 Rail- road St., Brookings. Coos Bay area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse, Coos Bay. Eugene area members meet 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Park- way, Springfield. Klamath Falls area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 4816 S., 6th St., Klamath Falls. Medford area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at 950 Industrial Circle, White City. Salem area members meet 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at 1810 Hawthorne Ave. NE, Salem. The Dalles area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the United Steelworkers Local 9170 Union Hall, The Dalles. Humboldt-Del Norte Co. area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Eureka Training Center, 634 California St., Calif. U NITED S TEELWORKERS 1097 Members meet 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, pre- ceded by a 5:45 p.m. Executive Board meeting, in the union office, 91237 Old Mill Town Rd., Westport. LERA breakfast Oct. 4 to focus on pensions “Pension Plans: Bargaining Chal- lenges in Today’s Economic Environ- ment” will be the topic of the Oregon chapter of the Labor Employment Re- lations Association (LERA) breakfast Tuesday, Oct. 4. Experts from both the public and private sectors will discuss the legal framework of pension plans, plan de- signs, rehabilitation plans, bargaining challenges, strategies, and opportuni- ties. Panelists will include Peter Sturdi- van of Milliman Inc., an actuary spe- cializing in both public and private multi-employer defined benefit plans; Greg Hartman of Bennett, Hartman, Morris and Kaplan, an attorney repre- senting the unions of the Public Em- ployees Retirement System coalition; Steve Manton, a policy analyst for the City of Portland; Tim Gauthier, exec- utive director of the Oregon-Columbia chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association; and Joe Kear, a union representative of the In- ternational Association of Machinists. The breakfast will be held at Clackamas Community College/PGE Building at Town Center Loop in Wilsonville from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. For more information, contact Jim Bailey at baileyarbit@gmail.com. Retiree Meeting Notices A LLIANCE FOR R ETIRED A MERICANS O REGON C HAPTER Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, followed by an 11 a.m. General membership meeting in the Northwest Oregon Labor Council board room, at 1125 SE Madison, Portland. All retirees are welcome to attend. I NSULATORS 36 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, pre- ceded by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Car- penters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. F IRE F IGHTERS 452 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash. M OLDERS 139B E LECTRICAL W ORKERS 48 Retirees meet 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Gresham Manor, 2895 SE Powell Valley Rd., Gresham.For more info, please call Glenn Hodgkinson at 503 656-0028. E LEVATOR C ONSTRUCTORS 23 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Wednes- day, Sept. 7, at Denny’s Restaurant, 12101 SE 82nd Avenue, Happy Val- ley. M ACHINISTS Retired Machinists meet 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7,at 25 Cornell, Gladstone. N ORTHWEST O REGON L ABOR R ETIREES C OUNCIL Business meeting from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at the Northwest Oregon Labor Council at 1125 SE Madison, Suite 100G, Port- land. O REGON AFSCME Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. Call Michael Arken for information at 1-800-521- 5954 ext. 226. S HEET M ETAL W ORKERS 16 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Spaghetti Factory, 18925 NW Tanasbourne Dr., Beaver- ton. T RANSIT 757 Retirees meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd, Portland. U NITED A SSOCIATION 290 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tu- alatin. Salem area retirees meet 12 noon Wednesday, Sept, 14, at Almost Home Restaurant, 3310 Market St., NE, Salem. The Union Worker Strong Competent Productive Proud. Here’s to You on Labor Day Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Joe Edgar PAGE 14 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS SEPTEMBER 2, 2011