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PAGE 4 | August 5, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Members meet 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., #200, Portland. of every month: Bend, Eugene/Springfield, Eureka, Medford, and Salem. Astoria area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane, Astoria. Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30. Please contact Craig Spjut at 707-496-1767 for location information. Coos Bay area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse, Coos Bay. Klamath Falls area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 4816 S 6th St., Klamath Falls. The Dalles area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at the United Steelworkers Local 9170 Union Hall, The Dalles. Iron Workers Shopmen 516 Roofers & Waterproofers 49 UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 189 Insulators 36 Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9. General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23. Meetings are at 6025 E Burnside, Portland. Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 114 Executive Board meets 8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 300, Portland. Cement Masons 555 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 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., 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 August: No. 2490, Clinton A. Windsor; No. 2491, Jay W. Shepherd; No. 2492, William K. Haliski; and No. 2493, Danny L. Lund. The Aug. assessment is $1.50. Elevator Constructors 23 The August meeting has been canceled. Fire Fighters 452 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver. Fire Fighters 1660 Meetings resume in September. Glass Workers 740 Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at Best Western Grand Manor Inn, 971 Kruse Way, Springfield. PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL CALL TO VOTE ON DC5 BYLAWS. Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Best Western Plus, Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Drive SE, Salem. PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL CALL TO VOTE ON DC5 BYLAWS. Iron Workers 29 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. Meetings are at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle, Portland. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave., Portland. (503 232-4807) Laborers 483 Municipal Employees Sheet Metal Workers 16 Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Mu- sicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. Laborers/Vancouver 335 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancou- ver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE. Linoleum Layers 1236 Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. Meetings are at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Molders 139B Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, preceded by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Carpenters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. Office & Professional Employees 11 Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 3815 Co- lumbia St., Vancouver. Operating Engineers 701 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 Holiday Inn Express, 919 Kruse Way, Springfield. Painters & Drywall Finishers 10 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Website: www.iupatlo- cal10.org . PLEASE NOTE: Special Call – Bylaws Vote August 17. Sign Painters & Paint Makers 1094 Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Plasterers 82 Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Plumbers and Fitters 290 Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 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 RETIREE MEETING NOTICES AFSCME Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 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 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Home Town Buffet, 10542 SE Washington St., Portland. Glass Workers 740 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at Izzy’s Pizza, Gateway Shopping Center, 1307 NE 102nd Ave., Portland. Insulators 36 Retirees meet 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Dock- side Restaurant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland. Portland members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave. Medford area members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.10, at Wild River Pizza, 2684 N. Pacific Hwy. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, 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, Aug. 18, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St. Women of Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 (WOSM) meets 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at Beaulahland, 118 NE 29th Ave., Portland. Children are welcome. United Association 290 Meetings resume in September CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Central Oregon Delegates meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, at the So- cial Justice Center, 155 NE Irving Ave., Bend. Eastern Oregon Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at AF- SCME, 308 SW Dorion, Pendleton. Lane County Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the La- borer’s Hall, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver, WA. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 1116 South A St., Springfield. Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, Aug. 9 and Aug. 16, at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Port- land. Linn-Benton-Lincoln Lane, Coos, Curry & Douglas Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Salem Ave., Albany. Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield. Marion-Polk-Yamhill Salem Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, preceded by a 5:30 Executive Board meeting, at 4735 Liberty Rd, S. Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at the IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy 99E, Tan- gent. Southern Oregon Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Labor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy. #3, Central Point. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Northwest Oregon Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at IBEW Lo- cal 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. METAL TRADES COUNCIL Portland and Vicinity Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23. Meetings are at the IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. HAPPENINGS Evangeline Lilly — the actor best known for her role in The Hobbit and the TV series Lost — will emcee a free concert to mobilize opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Part of a nationwide tour, the Portland stop of Rock against the TPP will fea- ture the famed Pittsburg punk band Anti-Flag; Downtown Boys, the Prov- idence, Rhode Island, punk band that Rolling Stone Against the TPP: magazine called SAG-AFTRA member “ A m e r i c a ’ s Evangeline Lilly most exciting punk band”; Puerto Rican singer Taina Asili; Sihasin, a brother and sister duo from the Navajo punk band Blackfire; and New York-based Bell’s Roar. The event takes place Saturday, Aug. 20 , from 5-10 p.m. at Director Park across from Fox Tower, 815 SW Park Ave. The con- cert will be preceded by a 2 p.m. teach-in at Portland State University about the environmental conse- quences of the TPP. Then from 4 to 4:45 p.m, participants will march or bike from PSU through the South Park blocks to Director Park for the concert. To find out more about the anti-TPP tour and get free tickets to the concert, visit rockagainst- thetpp.org/portland-or. Sheet Metal 16 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Shari’s Restaurant, 11335 NE Airport Way, Port- land. Southwest Washington The 10th annual Chuck Drake Memo- rial Guide Dog Dash motorcycle poker run will be held Saturday, Aug. 27. The event is sponsored by Machin- ists 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., Glad- stone, 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. The Northwest Oregon Labor Coun- cil and Labor’s Community Service Agency are teaming up with American Red Cross again this Labor Day for a blood drive competition at the Sept. 5 picnic at Oaks Park. Bloodmobiles will be parked at the picnic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Organizers are asking that union members pre-register so that dona- tions can be collected as quickly as possible. The blood donation process takes about an hour. The labor organization that col- lects the most units of blood will have its name added to a perpetual trophy, plus bragging rights for the entire year. Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Local 5017 is the defending cham- pion. Oregon Nurses Association repre- sents nurses at the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross, and Teamsters Local 223 represents support staff there. You can pre-register online at www.redcrossblood.org. Plug in sponsor code “NOLC.” For more information, call La- bor’s Community Service Agency at 503-231-4962. Nappe Blueberry Farms 10280 S.E. Orient Dr. Boring, OR 503-663-0885 nappefarms.com Oregon Grown — Fresh & Local Since 1947 140 Low Prices! Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 12-6
