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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.
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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.
