Labor history program
will explore 1913
cannery workers strike
November is Labor History Month in Ore-
gon, and every year since 1991 the Northwest
Oregon Labor Council’s Labor History Com-
mittee has put together a program at that
month’s delegates’ meeting.
At this year’s program Monday, Nov. 25, the
history committee brings to life their research
of a 1913 strike of women at the Oregon Pack-
ing Company in Southeast Portland that led to a
free speech fight. Hear the words of the women
strikers, supporters, police, and politicians from
workers’ history created a century ago.
“Everyone is encouraged to join us to cele-
brate Oregon’s labor history,” said Labor His-
tory Committee Chair Jim Cook.
Labor History Month was enacted by the
Oregon Legislature in 1991.
The NOLC meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the
IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way,
Portland.
For more information, call Cook at 503-703-
1693 or the NOLC office at 503-235-9444.
Sylvester to perform at
Unions for Kids ‘Date
Night’ on Dec. 7
Norman “The Boogie Cat” Sylvester will
headline the third annual “Date for Doern-
becher” fundraiser Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Mid-
night Roundup Saloon & Eatery, 345 NW Burn-
side, Gresham.
The event is a precursor to the annual Unions
for Kids motorcycle poker run in June. The
poker run raises thousands of dollars for Doern-
becher Children’s Hospital, primarily through a
Corrections:
In an article in the Oct. 18 issue, the
Labor Press reported that Painters Lo-
cal 10 filed an unfair labor practice
charge against nonunion Edwards
Painting. In fact, it was Painters District
Council 5 that filed the charge. The ar-
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
raffle for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Raffle
tickets for the 2014 bike will be on sale at the
concert.
“Date for Doernbecher” starts at 6 p.m. There
is a tax deductible suggested donation of $25 per
couple, or $15 for a single.
Sylvester is a member of Musicians Local 99
and an honoree in the Oregon Music Hall of
Fame. For more information, contact Lee Dun-
can at 503-260-5905.
Labor Council to host
kids’ holiday party Dec. 7
at Salem’s Elsinore Theatre
The 73rd annual “Holiday Party for Chil-
dren” will be held at Saturday, Dec. 7, at the
Elsinore Theatre, 170 High St. SE, Salem.
The free event, sponsored by the Marion,
Polk, Yamhill Counties Labor Council, will fea-
ture holiday songs by Norman Sylvester &
Friends, a showing of the movie “Epic,” a visit
from Santa Claus, and a free bag of holiday
treats.
Doors open at 9:45 a.m.
Joe Hill Night celebration
in Portland on Nov. 19
Labor band General Strike will perform at
the Joe Hill Night celebration Tuesday, Nov. 19,
from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Red and Black Cafe, 400
SE 12th Ave., (SE 12th and Oak), Portland.
A Portland tradition since 1990, the event
celebrates the songs and spirit of Joe Hill and
other radical song writers. Hill, an organizer for
the Industrial Workers of the World, was framed
on a murder charge and executed by a firing
squad in Salt Lake City, Utah on Nov. 19, 1915.
General Strike has been leading songs on
picket lines and at social justice rallies in Port-
land since 1987.
ticle also named Local 10 as sponsor of
an apprenticeship training program, but
it’s District Council 5 that offers the
training program. District Council 5 is a
regional council of International Union
of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT).
Local 10 is one of the local unions that
makes up District Council 5.
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