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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | January 6, 2017 | PAGE 11 Photo by TVF&R Cements Masons recognize longtime members House fire claims UFCW #555 member; injures spouse, of Cement Masons #555 Gayle Brown, a longtime mem- ber of United Food and Com- mercial Workers Local 555, died Dec. 21 from injuries sus- tained in a fire that destroyed the family’s home in Sherwood, Oregon. Her husband, Chris, 58, a 21-year member of Cement Masons Local 555, was seri- ously injured in the Dec. 14 blaze. He suffered burns on his hands and arms, and broke bones in his foot after jumping from the second story of the house. Gayle, 56, was burned over 50 percent of her body and sus- tained a broken back after falling from the upper level. According to a news release from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, crews were dispatched at 10:23 p.m. to a report of a fully-involved residential fire. The two occupants inside the home woke up to the sound of a crackling fire and inhalation of smoke. Their smoke alarms were not working. A Go Fund Me account has been started to help the family. Brown has three adult children. To donate, go online to: gofundme.com/av-house-fire. Cement Masons Local 555 recognized longtime union members at their annual Christmas Party Dec. 3. In the photo right, Sheridan Foss receives his 60-year pin from Business Agents Geoff Kossak (left) and Noah Jones. Also recognized, but not present, was 60-year member DeWayne Bruce. In the center photo, Kelly Wills holds a plaque for 30-years of member- ship. Fred Lane also was recognized for 30-years in the union, but he wasn’t present. In the photo below, Business Manager Brett Hinsley (left) presents 25-year pins to Ed Ostlund, Howard Waldo, E. Russell Desbrisay, and Steve Meyer. With them is Business Agent Noah Jones. Not present to pick up their 25-year pins were Gary Breese, Larry Fish, Michael French, Lewis Ochs, Brian Owens, and Jeff Pierce. Thomas Lytle and Paul Ouderkirk, Jr. were recognized for 50 years of membership. Neither was present. Also receiving accolades were new journeymen Jose Gonzalez Gabriel and Jake Prouty. ...The Stubborn One Thousand From Page 10 a corporate consolidation and closures, a shift in consumer pref- erences, and NAFTA, which drove what frozen food process- ing remained to Mexico. “Since the 1980s, an entire generation of workers has grown up with little or no con- ception of what it means to walk a picket line,” Shapiro said. Shapiro walked that picket line with strikers, and 30 years later, his book tells their story. BOOK PRESENTATION – PLUS A DRAMATIC RE-ENACTMENT When:Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m. Where: Milagro Theatre 525 SE Stark Street, Portland Admission: Free What: Author Peter Shapiro will give a presentation, answer questions, and sign copies of the book, and actors from the Mi- lagro Theater will perform a dramatic read- ings from a 1996 play about the strike, “Watsonville: Some Place Not Here” by playwright Cherríe Moraga.
