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July 1, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
UNION MEETING NOTICES
AFSCME 189
Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 12.
General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, July
26.
Meetings are held at 6025 E. Burnside St.
Springfield. NOTE DATE CHANGE
Executive Board members meet 5 p.m. Thursday, July
7, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland.
Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, July 7,
at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. NOTE LOCA-
TION CHANGE
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Insulators 36
Workers and Grain Millers 114 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 13.
Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, in the
meeting room, at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 300, Port-
land.
Cement Masons 555
Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14.
Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland.
Iron Workers 29
Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at 12812 NE
Marx St., Portland.
Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, July 7, preceded by
a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE
Ainsworth Cir., #200, Portland.
Electrical Workers 48
Iron Workers Shopmen 516
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., Asto-
ria.
Electrical Workers Minority Caucus meets 5:30 p.m.
on the second Tuesday of every month in the Meeting
Hall.
Sister’s in the Brotherhood meets 6:30 p.m. on the sec-
ond Tuesday of every month in the Meeting Hall. You
are welcome to attend the EWMC meeting before-
hand.
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 meets 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 Local 48’s Portland
Meeting Hall and at the Local 48 Longview Hall.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Meetings are at 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland, un-
less otherwise noted.
DEATH ASSESSMENTS: The following death as-
sessments have been declared for July, No. 2485; John
Cossu; No. 2486, Scott W. Lockard; No. 2487, Ron
L. McClenahan; and No. 2489, Steven Denson. The
July assessment is $1.50.
Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, July 14.
Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28.
Meetings are at 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., #300, Port-
land.
Elevator Constructors 23
Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, July 21, preceded by
a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12779 NE
Whitaker Way, Portland. PLEASE NOTE DATE
CHANGE.
Fire Fighters 452
Members meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, at 2807 NW
Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash.
Fire Fighters 1660
Meetings resume in September.
Glass Workers 740
Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, at
Best Western Plus, Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Drive
SE, Salem. NOTE DATE CHANGE
Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, July 6, at
Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way,
Laborers 483
Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, at the Mu-
sicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland.
Laborers/Vancouver 335
Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, preceded by
a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancou-
ver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc.,
Wash.
Laborers 737
Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, July 21, at the La-
borers Campus, 17230 NE Sacramento St., Portland
for an informational meeting.
CENTRAL POINT: Members meet 6:30 p.m. the sec-
ond Tuesday in August and November at Central
Point Labor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy # 3,
Central Point.
SPRINGFIELD: Members meet 6:30 p.m. the second
Wednesday in August and November in Springfield.
Location to be announced.
HERMISTON: Members meet 6:30 p.m. the third
Tuesday in August and November at 371 E Hurlburt
Ave, Hermiston.
Linoleum Layers 1236
Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, July 11.
Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28.
Meetings are at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland.
Molders 139B
Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 21, preceded
by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Carpenters
Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland.
Operating Engineers 701
District 4 members meet 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1,
at Cousin’s Restaurant, 2114 W. 6th St., The Dalles.
District 4 members meet 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2,
at the Pheasant Cafe, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston.
District 1 & 5 members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 4, at 555 E. First St., Gladstone.
District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9,
at North Bend/Coos Bay Labor Center, 3427 Ash St.,
North Bend.
District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.
10, at Holiday Inn Express, 285 Peninger Rd., Central
Point.
District 2 & 5 members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Aug. 11, at the Comfort Suites, 969 Kruse Way,
Springfield.
RETIREE MEETING NOTICES
Elevator 23
Retirees ONLY meet 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July
13, at Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd
Ave., Portland.
Insulators 36
Retirees meet 9 a.m. Thursday, July 7, at the Dock-
side Restaurant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland.
Iron Workers 29
Retirees meet at noon Wednesday, July 13, at 11620
NE Ainsworth Circle, Portland for a catered lunch.
Oregon AFSCME
Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, at the AF-
SCME office, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E Burn-
side, Portland. Call Michael Arken for information
at 1-800-521-5954 ext. 226.
Sheet Metal Workers 16
Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14, at IHop
Cascade Station, 9840 NE Cascade Parkway, Port-
land.
Transit 757
Retirees meet 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, at
Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE 23rd, Port-
land.
United Association 290
Meetings resume in September.
Painters & Drywall Finishers 10 Sheet Metal Workers 16
Southern Oregon
Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at 11105
NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Website: www.iupatlo-
cal10.org. PLEASE NOTE: Special Call – Bylaws
Vote August 17.
Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Labor
Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point.
Sign Painters & Paint Makers
1094
Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 18, in the Dis-
trict Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland.
Plasterers 82
Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, at 12812
NE Marx St., Portland.
Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at
the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave.,
Portland.
Medford area members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, July
13, at Wild River Pizza, 2684 N. Pacific Hwy.
Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12,
at Sheet Metal Local 16 Hall, 1887 Laura St., Spring-
field. PLEASE NOTE: Meeting to be broadcast with
the Portland meeting.
Coos Bay area members meet 4 p.m. Thursday, July
21, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St., Coos Bay.
Women of Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 (WOSM)
meets 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Beaulahland, 118
NE 29th Ave., Portland. Children are welcome.
Plumbers and Steamfitters 290
Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, July
15, 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, July 21,
at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane St., Astoria.
Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,
July 19. Please contact agent Craig Spjut at 707-496-
1767 for location confirmation.
Coos Bay area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, July
19, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse,
Coos Bay.
Klamath Falls area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday,
July 19, at 4816 S. 6th St., Klamath Falls.
The Dalles area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, July
19, at the United Steelworkers Local 9170 Union Hall,
The Dalles.
Roofers & Waterproofers 49
Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, July 7.
Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14.
Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave, Portland. (Phone:
503 232-4807)
Southwestern Oregon
Delegates meet 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at the Bay
Area Labor Center, 3427 Ash, North Bend.
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL
Northwest Oregon
Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, July 25, at IBEW #48
Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland.
Southwest Washington
Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, at the LI-
UNA hall, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver.
CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS
Central Oregon
BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS
Columbia-Pacific
Delegates meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 25, at the So-
cial Justice Center, 155 NE Irving Ave., Bend.
Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, July 5 and July 12,
at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Portland.
Eastern Oregon
Lane, Coos, Curry & Douglas
Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at AF-
SCME, 308 SW Dorion, Pendleton.
Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, July 27, at the
Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway,
Springfield.
Lane County
Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at 1116
South A St., Springfield.
Linn-Benton-Lincoln
Delegates meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, preceded
by a 6:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400
Salem Ave., Albany.
Marion-Polk-Yamhill
Executive Board meets 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12,
followed by a 6 p.m. general meeting at 4735 Liberty
Road S, Salem.
Salem
Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, July 7, at the IBEW
280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy 99E, Tangent.
METAL TRADES COUNCIL
Portland and Vicinity
Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, July 14.
Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 26.
Meetings are held at IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE
Airport Way, Portland.
HAPPENINGS
A public forum on how Portland
can transition from fossil fuels to a
renewable energy clean economy
will be held Thursday, July 7, from
7 to 9 p.m. at First Unitarian
Church, 1211 SW Main St., Port-
land. Guests include Joe Uehlein of
Labor Network for Sustainability,
Seattle City Councilor Kshama
Sawant, and Vancouver, B.C. City
Councilor Andrea Reimer.
The forum is sponsored by the
Center for Sustainable Economy,
350PDX, Climate Jobs PDX, Cli-
mate Action Coalition and others.
Admission is a sliding scale of
$0-$20, but no one will be turned
away. For more information, con-
tact jtpdx2016@gmail.com.
Joe Uehlein of Labor Network
for Sustainability will perform Fri-
day, July 8, at 7 p.m. at the Musi-
cians Local 99 Hall, 325 NE 20th
(just South of Sandy), Portland.
A long-time union activist,
Uehlein has revived an old style of
organizing, educating, and activat-
ing workers around urgent issues
through dialogue and song. His fo-
cus is on how the climate and eco-
nomic crises are affecting workers
and communities, and what can be
done about it.
The performance is free, though
donations are appreciated.
For more information, call Dave
King of Climate Jobs PDX at 503-
286-5850, or Jim Cook at 503-703-
1693.
Oregon Health Forum and Oregon
Physicians for a National Health Pro-
gram are hosting a July 13 breakfast
forum discussing the prospects of the
Medicare for All proposal advocated
by Bernie Sanders — as well as pro-
posals to set up a single-payer univer-
sal health care system in Oregon.
Panelists include Chris Lowe
from the Bernie Sanders campaign;
Oregon State Senator Michael Dem-
brow (D-Portland); Dr. Samuel Metz
of Oregon Physicians for a National
Health Program; and Jeff Heathering-
ton, CEO of FamilyCare, a coordi-
nated care organization.
The panel will be moderated by
Oregonian columnist (and one-time
Oregon AFL-CIO president) Tim
Nesbitt.
Breakfast is included. Tickets are
$45 through July 10, $60 after that,
and are available online at
http://bit.ly/1YsEIKl
Details: 7 to 9 a.m. Wednesday
July 13, Multnomah Athletic Club,
1849 SW Salmon St, Portland.
The annual AFL-CIO Summer School
will be held July 29-31 at the Univer-
sity of Oregon in Eugene.
Coordinated by the Labor Educa-
tion and Research Center (LERC) of
the UO, the school will offer classes
and workshops on steward skills,
workplace organizing and labor his-
tory. New this year will be courses on
community strategies for winning af-
fordable housing; inspiring members
through music, art, and grassroots
digital story telling; and tools to ad-
dress racial and gender justice.
In addition, there will be a special
tribute to Prince, a champion for
working people. Prince was a long-
standing member of both the Twin
Cities Musicians Local 30-73 of the
American Federation of Musicians
and SAG-AFTRA.
For more information or to regis-
ter, go online to lerc.uoregon.edu.
The 10th annual Chuck Drake Me-
morial Guide Dog Dash motorcycle
poker run will be held Saturday, Aug.
27. The event is sponsored by Ma-
chinists Lodge 63 and IAM District
W24, with all proceeds going to
Guide Dogs of America.
The late Chuck Drake was a
longtime member of Lodge 63 who
helped found the Guide Dog Dash.
The 155-mile ride will begin and
end at the Machinists District W24
Hall, 25 Cornell Ave., Gladstone,
Oregon.
Registration starts at 9 a.m., with
the last rider out at 10:30 a.m. Reg-
istration is $35 per rider and $10
per passenger, and includes a T-
shirt, food after the ride, and raffle
prizes.
For more information, contact
John Hall at 503-449-0969, John
Kleiboeker at 503-863-7304, or go
online to www.iamll63.org or
www.iamw24.org.
