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About Northwest labor press. (Portland , Ore.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 2016)
NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | November 4, 2016 | PAGE 3 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS BUILDING COMMUNITY (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor & Manager: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $14 a year for union members, $22 a year for all others. Pay by credit card online at nwlaborpress.org/subscribe, or send a check to our mailing address (above) along with your name, address and union affiliation, if any. Group rates of $10.08 a year per person are available for 25 or more subscriptions; call 503-288-3311 for details. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: If you move, let us know at nwlaborpress.org/subscriber-services or by mail at our mailing address (above). Be sure to provide your old and new addresses and the name/number of your local union. Please allow three weeks for the change to take effect. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 PLEASE SHOW OUR ADVERTISERS YOU APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS LABOR MOVEMENT NEWSPAPER! Paula Rebuilding Heritage Village – with union help Volunteers fix homes to stop evictions in a manufactured home community. BEAVERTON, Ore. — Union volun- teers spent Saturday Oct. 22 fixing up manufactured homes for residents who fear eviction if the repairs aren’t made. Residents of the Heritage Vil- lage manufactured home community in Beaverton mostly own their homes, but pay land rent to a California prop- erty management company called Cal-Am Properties. Starting in June, Cal-Am wrote to residents demanding that all kinds of repairs and improve- ments be done within 30 days. For low-income senior and dis- abled residents, it was a frightening letter to receive. Diane Bareno and her husband Elias, both disabled and col- lecting Social Security, pay $721 a month rent to Cal-Am. They were told in a July 8 letter to remove wooden and chainlink fences, paint their win- dow trim, prune bushes, and remove their stack of firewood — all within 30 days — after having lived 16 years at Heritage Village. Bareno says she didn’t know what to do, because she and her husband weren’t physically able to do the work and didn’t have the money to pay for it, even if they were able to find some- Above, Heritage Village resident Diane Bareno looks over demand letters she’s re- ceived from Cal-Am Properties. Right, Ma- chinists Lodge 1005 vice president Mike McLaren — part of a crew of union volun- teers — applies exterior paint. one within such a short time frame. Then she heard about Rebuilding To- gether, and called for help. Rebuilding Together is a non-profit group that helps low-income people with home repair. The group’s Wash- ington County affiliate organized a one-day home repair event to help six Heritage Village households. Volun- teers were supplied by the union- sponsored Labor’s Community Serv- ice Agency, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Beaverton, the Hillsboro nonprofit Community Ac- tion, and Pacific University Rotaract. Supplies were paid for by Hillsboro Elks Lodge #1862.
