Painter/taper apprentices graduate
Apprenticeship instructor Marti Fagin retires
The 2012 class of new journeymen painters and tapers was
recognized Feb. 21 at a dinner and ceremony. Graduates from
the three-year Painter/Decorator and Drywall Finisher Appren-
ticeship Program received plaques, Carhartt jackets, and a bucket
of Purdy paint brushes and other tools.
Special recognition also was given to apprenticeship instruc-
tor Marti Fagin, a longtime member of Painters and Drywall Fin-
ishers Local 10, who retired after serving a decade as an instruc-
tor. She has worked in the field since 1977. Fagin is pictured to
the right receiving a Carhartt jacket from Bud Bartunek, area di-
rector of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 5, and con-
tractor Steve Schiller of Schiller and Vroman Painting.
New journeymen and women (pictured right) are: Seated from
left to right: Michael Worden,
Claudia Gallardo, Everardo
Sanchez, and Lee Gale. Wor-
den and Gale are drywall fin-
ishers. Not in attendance were
painters Raquel Avalos,
Matthew Farr and Danielle
Ferris, and drywall finisher
Miguel Lopez. Standing in the
back row are union officials
and contractors of the Signa-
tory Painting Contractors Or-
ganization.
The new journeymen and
women are members of Port-
land-based Local 10, Salem-
based Local 724, and Eugene-
based Local 1277.
MARCH 1, 2013
’34 truckers strike comes to the stage
The Minneapolis Teamster Strike of
1934 will come to life March 8 to 23 at
Portland’s Sowelu Theater Ensemble.
The play “Hard Times Come Again
No More,” by Martha Boesing, is based
on the 1930s writing of Meridel
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America’s best values and our shared
commitment to the country we love.
Work connects us all and we are better
together.
We’ve been calling for common-
sense reform based on a blueprint de-
veloped across the labor union move-
ment since 2009. That blueprint has five
planks:
• Formation of an independent com-
mission to assess and manage the future
flow of new immigrants based on actual
labor market needs;
• A secure and effective worker au-
thorization mechanism;
• Rational border control;
• A road map to citizenship; and
• Improvement, not expansion, of
temporary workers programs.
That’s what we mean when we call
for comprehensive immigration reform.
We’re in it to win it. And that’s exactly
what we’re going to do.
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
LeSueur. The strike, one of the most
iconic in American history, shut down
trucking in Minneapolis and brought
industrial unionism to the region.
The show takes place at Perform-
ance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave.
(SE 67th and Foster). Performances are
7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Sat-
urdays, as well as 2 p.m. matinees
March 16, 17, and 23.
Following the March 15 perform-
ance, a discussion about the context of
the strike will be led by Portland State
University sociologist Ben Cushing
and Brooke Jacobson, president of the
PSU Faculty Association/American
Federation of Teachers Local 3571.
Tickets are $12 to $25, sliding scale.
Call 503-568-4017 to reserve tickets or
visit sowelutheater.org.
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