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Volume 115
Number 15
August 1, 2014
Portland, Oregon
Labor Day
PICNICS
Labor Day – Monday, Sept. 1
Every year, labor unions throughout Oregon and Southwest Washing-
ton hold Labor Day picnics. Here is a list of picnics taking place:
ASTORIA — Cullaby Lake — in the North Shelter off U.S. Highway
101 between Astoria and Seaside. Noon to 5 p.m. Parking is $3 per vehicle.
Sponsored by the Clatsop-Tillamook Central Labor Council.
COWLITZ-WAHKIAKUM COUNTIES — Toutle River RV Re-
sort, 150 Happy Trails, Castle Rock, Wash., Exit 52 off I-5. Grilling ham-
burgers and hot dogs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bring your favorite picnic dish
to share. There will be swimming, kids’ games and a great chance to social-
ize with union members.
Union pension funds spur
growth, create jobs in Portland
BEND — Pioneer Park, NW Wall St. Picnic hours are noon to 3 p.m.
Sponsored by the Central Oregon Central Labor Council, there will be mu-
sic, games and fun for the whole family.
EUGENE/SPRINGFIELD — John Lively Picnic Shelters, behind
SPLASH at 6100 Thurston Road in Springfield. Noon – 4 p.m. Please bring
a side dish. Sponsored by the Lane County Central Labor Council.
TOP PHOTO: Ben Nelson (left) of the
Laborers Union and Willy Myers
(second from left), executive secretary
of the Columbia Pacific Building
Trades Council, were among nearly a
dozen union officials attending a
groundbreaking ceremony for the new
union pension fund-financed Pearl
West office building in NW Portland.
MEDFORD — TouVelle State Park, 8425 Table Rock Road, Central
Point. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Music, games and fun for the whole family. There is
a $5 charge for parking. Sponsored by the Southern Oregon Central Labor
Council.
NORTH BEND/COOS BAY — Ferry Road Park in North Bend. 11
a.m. – 3 p.m. Music, games and fun for the whole family. Sponsored by the
Southwestern Oregon Central Labor Council. The council is asking for a
donation of non-perishable food items.
PORTLAND — Oaks Amusement Park in Southeast Portland. 10 a.m.
– 5 p.m., with a brief program at 1 p.m. Scrip sells for 50 cents. Deluxe ride
bracelets are $9. The Oregon Pacific Railroad Shuttle Train will transport
people ($2 per person round trip) to and from Oaks Park from 8:30 a.m. to 7
p.m. Parking will be available at the Portland Opera, 211 SE Caruthers St.,
and in the vicinity of SE Ivon and 4th Street. Sponsored by the Northwest
Oregon Labor Council. Call 503-235-9444 for more information.
SALEM — Waterfront Park. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food, music, and guest
speakers. There will be a bouncy house for the kids! Sponsored by Marion-
Polk-Yamhill Central Labor Council. Cost: two non-perishable food items
per person.
... See Pages 4 & 5
Editors note: The Northwest Labor Press strives to inform readers when
local labor figures retire after long service to the labor movement. We view
it as a chance to note their contributions to the labor movement, and to
share stories and insights from their past. In the last several months, the lo-
cal labor movement has experienced a pile-up of departures, so we’re pre-
senting them together in this package, Passing the Torch.
PHOTO LEFT: Matt Eleazer, presi-
dent of Bricklayers Local 1, and Brett
Hinsley, business manager of Cement
Masons Local 555, look at renderings
of Pearl West. They liked what they
saw — three floors of underground
parking, and a 9-story brick facade.
The project broke ground July 18.
A
groundbreaking ceremony with
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales was
held July 18 for a new nine-story office
building in the Pearl District that will
be built 100 percent with union labor.
Financing for the $55.3 million
Pearl West, located at Northwest 14th
and Irving, is coming primarily from
union pension funds. The project has a
$41.74 million construction loan led by
Washington Capital Management (just
over $21 million), with participation
from ULLICO (The Union Labor Life
Insurance Company).
The investment will create about
610,000 work hours among all the
union crafts.
Pearl West will be a nine-story,
230,000-square-foot LEED Silver
building that will accommodate 700
people. The first floor will include
10,000 square feet of retail space.
Three under-ground parking levels will
provide 150 stalls, with parking made
available for both tenants and the gen-
eral public. There also will be secured
space for 70 bicycles.
Other amenities include an execu-
tive conference room, restaurant, a liv-
ing room-style lobby, shower and
locker facilities, and an outside court-
yard alongside Irving Street between
Northwest 14th and 15th avenues. The
building’s upper floors will have views
of Mt. Hood and Mt. Saint Helens.
“This is a great project to be in-
volved with,” said Randy Goodwin,
vice president of Washington Capital
Management.
“I’ve worked with the building
trades for over 30 years in a number of
different capacities, and I can tell you
that the pride that they have when
they’re building projects like this is be-
yond compare. And when they’re
building a project with their pension
fund dollars the pride is doubled or
tripled. They really like what they’re
doing; they like seeing the projects that
their investment dollars are going to
build. This is just a win for everybody.”
Willy Myers, executive secretary-
treasurer of the Columbia Pacific
Building Trades Council, said “It’s
good to see our pension dollars at
work, investing in our city and getting
our members back to work.”
Ron Robbins, contract administra-
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