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Official Notices A UTO M ECHANICS 1005 Executive Board meets 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15. Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday Dec. 21, pre- ceded by a 9 a.m. shop steward training class. Shop stewards must attend training class and regular meet- ing to be compensated. LEADERSHIP CLASSES: Resumes are now be- ing accepted for Leadership 1 classes. Interviews will be held at our executive board meeting held at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 15, 2014. All meetings and elections are held at our Union Hall, 25 Cornell, Gladstone. PLEASE NOTE: Rochelle Conrad will be avail- able from 8 a.m. to noon during the regular lodge meeting to answer any questions you have concern- ing health, welfare and pension plans. B AKERY , C ONFECTIONERY , T OBACCO W ORKERS AND G RAIN M ILLERS 114 Executive Board meets 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the meeting room, at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 205, Portland. PLEASE NOTE: An Executive Board po- sition will be filled at this meeting. If interested, please contact Local 114. C EMENT M ASONS 555 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. C ENTRAL O REGON L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, at the Social Justice Center, 155 NE Irving, Bend. C OLUMBIA -P ACIFIC B UILDING T RADES Delegates meet 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 23, at Kirk- land Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Portland. Delegates meet 10 am. Monday, Dec. 30, at 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver. E LECTRICAL W ORKERS 48 Coast Unit meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at Asto- ria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Business Manager’s Open House Saturday, Jan. 4, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Meeting Hall, contact Nancy Reames 503-256-4848 ext 240 for an ap- pointment. Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 8 and 15, in the Executive Boardroom. Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, unless otherwise noted. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: No. 2371, Nathan E. Pruitt. The Dec. 2013 assessment is $1.50. E LECTRICAL W ORKERS 280 Executive Board meets 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 32969 Hwy. 99E, Tangent, OR. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE DUE TO HOLIDAY. Bend Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at the IBEW/UA Training Center, 2161 SW First St., Red- mond. Eugene Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.15, at the LU 290 Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield. Salem Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at Salem Heights Community Center, 3505 Liberty Rd. S., Salem. E LEVATOR C ONSTRUCTORS 23 Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE Whitaker Way, Portland. PLEASE NOTE: Ballots were mailed on 12/13/13 for the run-off election for Business Representative. Ballots must be returned by 1/9/14. F IRE F IGHTERS 452 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. F IRE F IGHTERS 1660 Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at 4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. G LASS W ORKERS 740 Executive Board members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PAGE 12 Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Springfield. Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Candalaria Terrace, Suite 204, 2659 Commercial St. SE, Salem. S IGN P AINTERS & P AINT M AKERS 1094 Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. S OUTHERN O REGON C ENTRAL L ABOR C OUNCIL I NSULATORS 36 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8. Members meet 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10. Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the La- bor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. I RON W ORKERS 29 S OUTHEASTERN O REGON L ABOR C OUNCIL Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle #200, Portland. Delegates meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at the Woodworkers Hall, 3836 Altamont Dr., Klamath Falls. I RON W ORKERS S HOPMEN 516 S OUTHWESTERN O REGON C ENTRAL L ABOR C OUNCIL Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. Meetings are at 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., #300, Portland. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at the Bay Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend. L ABORERS 320 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at Joe Edgar Hall, Teamsters’ Complex, 1850 NE 162nd Ave., Portland. L ABORERS 483 M UNICIPAL E MPLOYEES Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. L ABORERS /V ANCOUVER 335 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Van- couver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. L ANE C OUNTY L ABOR C OUNCIL The Dec. 25 meeting has been canceled. L INN -B ENTON -L INCOLN L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, pre- ceded by a 6:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Salem Ave., Albany. M ACHINISTS 1432 Swing and graveyard shift members meet at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6. Regular membership meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8. Meetings are at 25 Cornell, Gladstone. M ETAL T RADES C OUNCIL Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. Meetings are at the IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. M ID -C OLUMBIA L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 3313 W. 2nd, The Dalles. M ULTNOMAH C OUNTY E MPLOYEES 88 General membership meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, preceded by a 6 p.m. stewards’ meeting. Meetings are at 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. L INOLEUM L AYERS 1236 Portland Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. M ACHINISTS 63 Executive Board meets 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8. Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11. NOTE: Due to bylaw requirements of 60-day notification, we will be holding District delegates elections at the January meeting. Meetings are at 25 Cornell, Gladstone. N ORTHWEST O REGON L ABOR C OUNCIL The December 23 meetings have been canceled. P AINTERS & D RYWALL F INISHERS 10 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Asbestos Hall, 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Website: www.iupatlocal10.org P LASTERERS 82 The January meeting has been canceled. R OOFERS & W ATERPROOFERS 49 Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave., Portland. (Phone: 503 232-4807) S ALEM B UILDING T RADES Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy. 99E, Tan- gent. S HEET M ETAL W ORKERS 16 Portland area VOC January meeting has been can- celed. Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Portland. PLEASE NOTE: SPECIAL NOM- INATIONS for Business Representative Position #1 will be held at the Portland meeting. Potential candi- dates refer to the SMWIA Constitution Article 12, Section 3 regarding qualifications. To be eligible, nominees must be a member in good standing for two years prior to nomination, cannot be a convicted felon and must present a current dues receipt (January’s 2014 dues paid in December) at the meeting. Medford area members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Wild River Pizza, 2684 N. Pacific Hwy., Medford. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, at the Local 16 Hall, 1887 Laura St., Springfield. Coos Bay area members meet 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St., Coos Bay. Women of Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 (WOSM) meet 4:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, at Beaulahland, 118 NE 28th Ave., Portland. Children are welcome. RETIREE MEETING NOTICES A LLIANCE FOR R ETIRED A MERICANS O REGON C HAPTER Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, followed by an 11 a.m. General Membership meeting, in the Labor Services board room, at AFL-CIO Boardroom, 3642 SE 32nd, Portland. All retirees are wel- come to attend. E LECTRICAL W ORKERS 48 Retirees, wives and friends meet 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Kings Omelet, 10711 NE Weidler, Portland. For more info, please call Glenn Hodgkinson at 503 656- 0028. E LEVATOR C ONSTRUCTORS 23 Retirees ONLY meet at noon Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd, Port- land. I NSULATORS 36 Retiree breakfast 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Dockside Restaurant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland. I RON W ORKERS 29 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Wednes- day, Jan. 8, at the Union Hall meet- ing room, 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir- cle #200, Portland for a catered lunch. N ORTHWEST O REGON L ABOR R ETIREES C OUNCIL Business meeting from 10 a.m. to noon, Monday, Jan. 13, in confer- ence room of Oregon State AFL- CIO, Lower Level Conference NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Room, (elevator available), 3645 SE 32nd, Portland. O REGON AFSCME Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E. Burnside St. Portland. Call Michael Arken for information at 1- 800-521-5954 ext. 226. U NITED A SSOCIATION 290 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 16, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin. Rusty Pipe retirees meet 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Park- way, Springfield. Salem area retirees meet 12 noon Wednesday, Jan. 8, at Almost Home Restaurant, 3310 Market St. SE, Salem. S OUTHWEST W ASHINGTON C ENTRAL L ABOR C OUNCIL Delegates meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. Location to be determined. U NITED A SSOCIATION 290 Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin. The fol- lowing locations will be able to participate remotely in the Regular Business Meeting at 7:30 on the 3rd Friday of every month: Bend, Eugene/Springfield, Eureka, Medford, and Salem. Astoria area meetings have been canceled for Dec. Brookings area members - Please contact agent Craig Spjut at 707-496-1767 for date, time and loca- tion confirmation. Coos Bay area meetings are canceled for Dec. Klamath Falls area meetings have been canceled for Dec. The Dalles area meetings have been canceled for Dec. Labor law confab in Portland Jan. 31 Mark your calendars for Friday, Jan. 31, date of the 18th annual Oregon La- bor Law Conference at the IBEW Lo- cal 48 hall in Northeast Portland. The conference is designed for busi- ness managers, business agents and union officers, to provide information that will help them do their jobs better and to help avoid legal liability. In addition to classes on basic griev- ance handling and how to obtain docu- ments for arbitration, guest speakers will discuss legal secondary boycotts, the rules on using social media and Working America. Gordon Lafer of the Labor Educa- tion and Research Center at the Uni- versity of Oregon will talk about a right-to-work ballot measure aimed at Oregon, and LERC Director Bob Bus- sell will discuss the Affordable Care Act and its impact on unions. Guest speakers include Ronald Hooks, director of the National Labor Relations Board, NLRB 19, and Sub- region 36 Officer in Charge Linda Davidson. The conference is sponsored by IBEW Local 48, Oregon AFL-CIO, Northwest Oregon Labor Council, LERC, the Oregon and Columbia-Pa- cific building and construction trades councils, and the Center for Worker Rights. For registration information, contact Norman Malbin at 503 889-3669 or Norman@IBEW48.com. DECEMBER 20, 2013