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Unionized companies Oregon Iron Works, Vigor Industrial to merge Washington, including about 600 union workers in Portland at facilities in the Swan Island Industrial Park. When the merger is finalized by the end of June, Oregon Iron Works will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Vigor. At Oregon Iron Works, the initial re- action of some employees was concern about possible job losses, said Local 516 Business Manager A.J. Blair. But Blair said he thinks the merger will be good for employment, because the combined company will be better posi- tioned to compete for new business. Portland Metal Trades Council Pres- ident Bud Bartunek shared Blair’s opti- mism: Merging with Oregon Iron Works could help Vigor expand beyond marine work into things like oil rigs and dam gates, Bartunek said, and more diverse jobs would mean steadier work all around. At Vigor’s Portland ship repair yard, workers make $16 to $31.37 an hour, LERC awarded grant to document Oregon home health care workers ST. LOUIS (PAI) — A new five- year contract for Teamsters workers at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in the firm’s home city of St. Louis, and 11 other locations nationwide, is a classic “lesson to be learned: It’s never easy, but always possible if we stay to- gether.” That comment from St. Louis Teamsters Local 6 Secretary-Treasurer Bob Gartner highlighted the result of a unified effort by brewery workers across the U.S On April 30, they overwhelmingly ratified a contract with the nation’s largest brewer that will bring the aver- age worker a total of $24,000 in new wages and bonuses during its term. The pact covers more than 4,500 Teamster-represented workers at the firm’s St. Louis headquarters, and An- heuser-Busch breweries in Los Angeles and Fairfield, Calif., Jacksonville, Fla., Newark, N.J., Houston, Fort Collins, Colo., Williamsburg, Va., Cartersville, Ga., Merrimack, N.H., Columbus, Ohio, and Baldwinsville, N.Y. Oregon Iron Works is merging into Vigor Industrial, the two companies an- nounced May 21. Both are big indus- trial enterprises that employ hundreds of union members in the Portland area. At Oregon Iron Works, about 250 members of Ironworkers Shopmens Local 516 make products from street- cars to boats to parts for nuclear and hydroelectric facilities. Vigor, meanwhile builds and repairs ships, particularly barges, tugboats, fer- ries, and fishing boats. It employs 1,800 workers in Alaska, Oregon and EUGENE — The Labor Education and Research Center (LERC) at the University of Oregon was selected for a national fellowship to fund a project to survey home health care workers in Oregon and document the occupational culture of people who have become a primary source of health care for the elderly. The award is from the Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center. The Archie Green Fellowship in Oc- cupational Folklore will provide $34,000 to interview 35 home care workers over the next year. The inter- views will be digitally archived at the Library of Congress and the UO, where they will be available to future re- searchers. LERC Director Bob Bussel told UO Public Affairs Communications that the interviews are expected to yield insights in the occupational culture of home care work and expand public knowledge of a job that is only beginning to receive greater scholarly and social attention. He noted that many home care workers develop close relationships with clients and often come to be seen as part of the patient’s family. Bussel will lead the research team. He will be joined by Helen Moss, a LERC senior instructor; Nathan Moore, a recent UO master’s degree re- cipient in folklore; and Ivan LaFollette, who will be the team’s videographer. The interviews will be conducted with support from Service Employees International Union Local 503, which represents more than 11,000 home care workers in Oregon. The project is called “Taking Care: Documenting the Occupational Culture of Home Care Workers.” Teamsters ratify five-year deal at Anheuser-Busch depending on craft and experience, un- der a contract with the Metal Trades Council of Portland and Vicinity that in- cludes members of 10 unions: Asbestos Workers Local 36, Boilermakers Local 104, IBEW Local 48, Laborers Local 296, Machinists District Lodge W24, Operating Engineers Local 701, Painters Local 10, Plumbers and Fitters Local 290, Teamsters Local 162, and EE R F BARGAIN COUNTER Free classified ads to subscribers DEADLINE: Friday prior to publication Published 1st and 3rd Fridays Now accepting e-mails Send to: Michael492@comcast.net Mail to: NWLP, PO Box 13150, Portland OR 97213 (Please include union affiliation) • 15-20 words • No commercial or business ads • 1 ad per issue • All lower case (NO CAPITAL LETTERS, PLEASE) • Ads MUST include area code or they will not be published A UTOMOTIVE 4 Matching goodyear P215/65r17 tires, 5-hole rims, $175, gresham. 503- 799-1715 goodyear tireS, P255/45r-19, 2 each, like new, $80 for both; P295/40r-20, 2 each, $40 for both. 503-661-6987 H OUSING rocKaWay Beach rental, 3 bed, 2 bath, sleeps 10, Jacuzzi, 5 min to beach/shops; Vacationhomerentals. com/43026 rocKaWay ocean front, 503-777-5076, 5 bdrms/2 ba, call for June Special http://rockawaybeachfrontrental.com 100 acreS, trees, wildlife, will carry con- tract, Spray oregon, $750 per acre, obo. 541-468-2961 LongVieW, WaSh. 6 acres, 30 x 48 shop, well, power + new 3 bdrm septic, deer, elk, fishing, $125,000. 360-425-8445 W ANTED oLd woodworking tools, planes, leather tools, levels, chisels, handsaws, slicks, adzes, wrenches, rulers, chests. 503-659- 0009 U.S., gerMan, Japanese military, avia- tion, uniforms, helmets, swords, daggers, bayonets, rifles, pistols. 503-852-6791 BUying US & world coins to add to col- lection, paying fairly, any amount welcome. 503-939-8835 coLLector, cash paid, old fishing tackle, wood plugs, reels, creels, salmon fishing photos, etc. 503-775-4166 coLLector PayS cash for older toys, oil paintings, american art pottery, and cos- tume jewelry. 503-703-5952 MotorcycLeS running or not, boats, tractors, trailers, lawn mowers, car and bike magazines, cash paid. 503-880-8183 S PORTING G OODS goLF cLUBS, left-hand w/ bags; topFlite tour 3-PW, 17 & 21 degree hybrids, SW, putter, $40; adams a2 irons/hybrids, SW, putter, $75. 503-522-6542 eide eLec Boat Loader, $250, eide PAGE 10 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Sheet Metal Workers Local 16. 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