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PAGE 6 | February 5 , 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 189 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver. Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. Meetings are at 6025 E Burnside, Portland. Fire Fighters 1660 Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 114 Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, fol- lowed by an 8:30 General Membership meeting at the Comfort Inn on 82nd Avenue. PLEASE NOTE: One vacant Executive Board position will be filled at this meeting. Please contact the Local if interested. Cement Masons 555 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Electrical Workers 48 RENEW meets 5:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month in the Executive Boardroom. Executive Board meets 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month in the Executive Boardroom. Coast Unit meets 6 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month at Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria. Electrical Workers Minority Caucus meets 5:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month in the Meet- ing Hall. Residential Unit meets 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month in the Dispatch Lobby. Sound and Communication Unit meets 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month in the Meeting Hall. Wasco Unit meets 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at Northern Wasco County PUD, 2345 River Road, The Dalles. Washington Unit meet 6 p.m. on the second Thurs- day of every month at the Longview Meeting Hall, 1145 Commerce Ave, Longview, WA. Marine Unit meets 5 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month in the Meeting Hall. General Membership Meeting meets 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month in the Meeting Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, unless otherwise noted. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: The following death as- sessments have been declared for February: No. 2463; Raymond L. Knudsen; No. 2464; Henry R. Phillips; No. 2465; John T. Kiphart; No. 2466; Ed- ward D. Rasmussen; No. 2467; Charles J. Thompson II; No. 2468; Ronald J. Harmsen; and No. 2469; Al- bert R. Cole.The Feb. assessment is $1.50. Elevator Constructors 23 Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, preceded by 5 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE Whitaker Way, Portland. Fire Fighters 452 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at 2807 Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at 4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. Glass Workers 740 Executive Board members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. The following meetings are SPECIAL CALL to vote for Delegate to DC5 and Local President. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Springfield. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Best Western Plus, Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Drive SE, Salem. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. Members meet 7 p.m., Thursday, March 3, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., #200, Portland. Iron Workers Shopmen 516 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. Meetings are at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle, Port- land, OR. Laborers 483 Municipal Employees Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. Laborers/Vancouver 335 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Van- couver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Van- couver, Washington. Linoleum Layers 1236 Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25. SPECIAL CALL TO VOTE FOR 2 E-BOARD POSITIONS and WAGE NOMINATION AND ALLOCATION Meetings are at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Office & Professional Employees Local 11 Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at 3815 Columbia St., Vancouver. PLEASE NOTE: Nomi- nations will be held at this meeting for the following positions: Utilities (2 year term); Public Employees (2 year term); Labor Organizations (2 year term); At- Glass Workers 740 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Izzy’s Pizza, Gateway Shopping Center, 1307 NE 102nd Ave., Portland. Insulators 36 Retirees meet 9 a.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Dockside Restaurant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Port- land. Sheet Metal 16 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at Sizzler, 3737 SE 82nd, Portland. Bakers 114 United Association 290 Retirees meet 11:30 Thursday, Feb. 25, at Izzy’s Pizza, Gateway Shopping Center, 1307 NE 102nd Ave., Portland. Retirees meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin for class entitled “A Bumper Crop of Gardening Benefits.” This class covers types of plots, what and when to plant and what to do with your harvest. Tammy Rodriguez, Master Gardener and wife of 290 member, Jose, will lead the class. Tammy and Jose run Laugh- ing Sprouts Farm in Sandy, Oregon. Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Home Town Buffet, 10542 SE Washington St., Portland. Painters & Drywall Finishers 10 Lane County Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Website: www.iupatlo- cal10.org Sign Painters & Paint Makers 1094 Delegates meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at the Social Justice Center, 155 NE Irving Ave., Bend. Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 1116 South A St., Springfield. Linn-Benton-Lincoln Delegates meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, pre- ceded by a 6:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Salem Ave., Albany. Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Marion-Polk-Yamhill Plasterers 82 Delegates meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, preceded by a 6:30 Executive Board meeting, at 4735 Liberty Rd, S., Salem. Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin. The following 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 members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane, Astoria. Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. Please contact Craig Spjut at 707-496-1767 for location information. Coos Bay area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse, Coos Bay. Klamath Falls area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 4816 S 6th St., Klamath Falls. The Dalles area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at the United Steelworkers Local 9170 Union Hall, The Dalles. Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the AF- SCME office, 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. Call Michael Arken for information at 1-800-521- 5954, ext. 226. Elevator Constructors 23 CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Central Oregon Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10. Members meet 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12. Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Iron Workers 29 Women of Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 (WOSM) meets 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, at Beaulahland, 118 NE 29th Ave., Portland. Children are welcome. District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at North Bend/Coos Bay Labor Center, 3427 Ash St., North Bend. District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Holiday Inn Express, 285 Peninger Rd., Central Point. Plumbers and Fitters 290 AFSCME The regular meeting of the Executive Board has been canceled. The founding convention of the Oregon Allliance for Retired Americans Educa- tion Fund will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the Oregon Labor Center, 3645 SE 32nd, Portland. Operating Engineers 701 Insulators 36 RETIREE MEETING NOTICES Alliance for Retired Americans Oregon Chapter Large (2 year term); and Trustee (3 year term). Roofers & Waterproofers 49 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave., Portland. (503 232-4807) Sheet Metal Workers 16 Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Portland. Please Note: New Market Recovery Plan will be reviewed and voted on at the February Regular Union Meeting. Medford area members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.10, at Wild River Pizza, 2684 N. Pacific Hwy., Medford. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Sheet Metal Local 16 Hall, 1887 Laura St., Springfield. PLEASE NOTE: Meeting to be broad- cast with the Portland meeting. Coos Bay area members meet 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St., Coos Bay. CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS: In our Jan. 15 issue, an article about the Portland mayor’s race contained several inaccuracies. The article reported that candi- date Ted Wheeler worked as an executive at Bank of America. In fact, Wheeler says, he was a research analyst in the bank’s corporate planning unit, and was not an executive there. The article also reported that candidate Jules Bailey voted against legislation that cut cost- of-living increases for retirees in the Public Employee Retire- ment System (PERS). Bailey did vote against proposed PERS cuts in a September 2013 spe- cial legislative session, but he voted for an an earlier set of cost-of-living cuts in April 2013. Southern Oregon Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Labor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. Southwestern Oregon Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, March 7, at the Bay Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILS Northwest Oregon Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, at IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Southwest Washington Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the LIUNA hall, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 9 and Feb. 16, at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Port- land. Lane, Coos, Curry & Douglas Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield. Salem Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, March 3, at the IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy 99E, Tan- gent. METAL TRADES COUNCIL Portland and Vicinity Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. Meetings are at the IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. HAPPENINGS Portland Jobs with Justice Faith and Labor Breakfast Portland Jobs with Justice is hosting the 14th annual Faith and Labor Breakfast. The gathering aims to unite participants from faith institu- tions and labor organizations. Worker speakers and leaders from diverse faith traditions come together to share their stories and encourage community members to support jus- tice and dignity for all workers. The goal of this breakfast is to raise awareness of labor issues and moti- vate participants to take action on be- half of worker justice. A highlight of the morning is the presentation of the Lucinda Tate Award, which is given to a faith or la- bor leader who embodies her won- derful spirit and her tireless effort in search for social, racial, and worker justice. For more information, call 503-236-5573. ■ Time: Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:15 a.m. ■ Place: St. Andrews Catholic Church, 806 NE Alberta St., Portland Schrader breakfast scheduled for Feb. 17 The Northwest Oregon Labor Coun- cil (NOLC) is hosting a legislative breakfast with Oregon Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-5th Dist.) on Wednesday, Feb. 17, starting at 8 a.m. in the labor council’s board room at 9955 SE Washington Street, Suite 220, Portland. Schrader met with the NOLC Ex- ecutive Board for 30 minutes Dec. 14 to explain his vote on a Fast Track measure that speeds up future ap- proval of free trade agreements. There wasn’t enough time to discuss completely several other actions Schrader has taken that have raised union ire. Before leaving the Execu- tive Board meeting, Schrader agreed to meet again. Cost for breakfast at the Feb. 17 meeting is $10. Seating is limited. To register, call 503-235-9444 or email officemgr@nwolc.org. Graduate employees at Portland State form union, ask president for neutrality A delegation of graduate employ- ees, student allies, and representa- tives of unions at Portland State University delivered a letter to PSU President Wim Wiewel Feb. 1 call- ing on the university to remain neu- tral in the efforts of a newly formed Graduate Employees Union to or- ganize, rather than spend university funds in an effort to delay the process. Citing the increasingly high cost of living in Portland, the graduate employees are organizing their union to address issues with their employment, in particular their compensation, which presents a hindrance to their ability to work effectively as academic employees at the university. PSU employs over 800 graduate employees who teach courses, pro- vide administrative support, and perform other essential academic duties like mentoring students and grading exams. Graduate employees at the Uni- versity of Oregon and Oregon State University are unionized, allowing them to negotiate together and ad- dress issues similar to what is hap- pening at PSU. The Graduate Employees Union of PSU is affiliated with both the American Federation of Teachers and the American Association of University Professors.
