Tischer re-elected
at Laborers #320
Painters, Floor
Coverers hand
out bonuses to
STAR members
One hundred union painters and
floor coverers received $500 bonus
checks and $100 gift cards June 6 at a
Safety Training Awards Recognition
(STAR) banquet in Portland. The
craftsmen and women are members of
Painters Local 10 in Portland, Local
1277 in Eugene, Local 724 in Salem,
and Portland-based Floor Coverers Lo-
cal 1236.
Eighty Painters and 20 Floor Cover-
ers qualified for the bonus checks after
completing seven classes (painters
only) and 24 hours of skill-advance-
ment training and safety courses over a
12-month period. Classes are held in
the evenings and on weekends at the
Painters Training Center in Northeast
Portland and at the Clark County Skills
Center in Vancouver, Washington.
The STAR program was initiated
nine years ago when Painters and Allied
Trades District Council No. 5 and the
Signatory Painting Contractors Organi-
zation made a commitment to each
other to field the best-trained, highest
educated workforce in the industry. This
led to the creation of the Painters
Union/Management Partnership, or
PUMP. The program is funded by a
cents-per-hour contribution negotiated
in their collective bargaining agreement.
Local 1236 started funding its own
program four years ago in partnership
with the Signatory Floor Covering
Contractors.
In addition to the bonus checks,
three apprentice painters were recog-
nized for perfect attendance. They were
Erin Scott, Aaron Hobbs and Jordan
Wakefield. Scott has had perfect atten-
dance for two years in a row.
Special recognition was given to
contractor Steve Schiller, who recently
stepped down as chair of the Oregon
and SW Washington Painters Joint Ap-
prenticeship Training Committee
(JATC) after serving for 21 years. He
was presented with a plaque by Dave
Town, retired assistant business man-
ager of District Council 5.
Local 1236 Business Rep Dave
Winkler also recognized Craig Wolf,
who has served as the local’s president
for the last 14 years. Wolf did not run
for re-election this year. The second
generation union floor coverer and 24-
year member also served for 18 years
on the Local’s Executive Board.
Handing out checks to painters were
District Council 5 Area Director Bud
Bartunek and Schiller. Winkler and
JATC Chair Clark Knori handed out
checks to the floor coverers.
cia, John George, Jason Gilbert, Sergio
Gonzales, Ian Gordon, Bryan Gray,
Patrick Greene, Ernie Grinier, Peter
Halterman, Daniel Hill, Jonathan
Jaimes, Lee Jessee, Damon Keene,
Roger Kennedy, Charles Knight, Adolf
Kortt, Michael Llanos, Moses “Daniel”
Longoria, Miguel Lopez-Reyes, Tony
Luna, Joe Luther, Brian Malkson,
Justin Manning, Joshua McCanna,
Sean McCarthy, Wayne McCaw, Julio
Mena-Fuentes, Richard Mentzer, Stew-
art Morlan, Alin Muresan, Kathleen
Nicholas, Daniel Norman, Sam Oliver,
John Orton III, Rodney Patterson,
Charles Pennell, Brian Phares, Jeff
Phares, Rudy Ponder, Sr., Kenneth
Rheel, Kim Robertson, Steven Ro-
STAR PAINTERS
Raquel Avalos, Chris Barela, William
Barney, Juan Bernal, Joe Bishop, Mike
Bokamper, Tim Bradfield, Jose Bravo,
Jaime Britton, Chris Brock, Anthony
Camarena, Brian “Tim” Chung,
Michael Cramer, Cheryl Crawford,
John Daniels, Kevin Davis, Mark
Donkel, Svyatoslav Dorosh, Foo-Beng
“Allen” Foong, Clay Fox, Stanley
Gaines, Claudia Gallardo, Jaime Gar-
driguez, Kevin Sauers, James Shields
Sr., Roger Smith, Vince Spillman, Jeff
Splichal, Nicholas Sprecher, Matthew
Svetich, Paul Swearingen, Jorge
Valverde, Amber Vankuren, Noel Vega,
Jose Vega-Diaz, Chris Vezaldenos,
Walberto Villatoro, Albert Zapata, and
Joseph Zimney.
STAR FLOOR COVERERS
Brandee Dunlop, Michael Ells, Jeff
Hamilton, Louis Lain, Jeremy Lewis,
Craig Merrell, Rodrigo Morales-Co-
rona, Mike Nielsen, Mike Nguyen,
Kevin Palmer, Rogelio Ramirez,
Brent Tompkins, DJ Rusk, Tom Schae-
fer, Clint Stone, Vovka Tarasenko,
Roger Vidal, Aaron Wallace, Shawn
Wilson, and Craig Wolf.
David Tischer was re-elected to a
fourth term as business manager/sec-
retary treasurer
of Laborers Lo-
cal 320 in a
mail ballot
election
counted June
10. He ran un-
opposed.
The union’s
Executive
Board also was
D AVID T ISCHER
reelected by ac-
clamation.
They are President Dan Fehrs, Vice
President Dave Ball, Recording Sec-
retary Bruce Roller, Board members
Jodi Guetzloe-Parker, Wade Webb,
and Carolyn Shaffer, and Sergeant-
at-Arms Rick Ohmie.
In balloting for three auditor posi-
tions, Kathleen Ball (reelected), Ben
Guzman and David Clark were the
top vote-getters among six candi-
dates vying for the seats.
Terms of office are three years.
Local 320 is headquartered in
Portland. The union represents work-
ers in heavy and highway construc-
tion, at industrial plants, non-profit
pre-school child care, and some pub-
lic sector.
Broadway Floral
for the BEST flowers call
503-288-5537
1638 NE Broadway, Portland
When your Workers’
Compensation
Benefits end, it’s
time to think about
applying for Social
Security Disability
benefits.
JUNE 20, 2014
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
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