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PAGE 4 | March 17 , 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 88 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 5. General membership meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, preceded by a 6 p.m. stewards’ meeting. Meetings are at 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. AFSCME 189 General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 28. Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. Meetings are at 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 114 Executive Board meets 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, in the meeting room, at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 300, Port- land. Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 1 Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Cement Masons 555 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Elevator Constructors 23 Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12067 NE Glenn Widing Dr. #108, Portland. Fire Fighters 452 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver, Wash. Fire Fighters 1660 Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, April 13, at 4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. Glass Workers 740 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 ASSESSMENT: No. 2523, Gordon B. Phillips; No. 2534, Walter W. Landon; No. 2525, Don- ald R. Jones; No. 2526, Robert E. Yankee; and No. 2527, Jack Deal. The March 2017 assessment is $1.50. IBEW 280 Executive Board meets 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at 32969 Hwy. 99E, Tangent, OR. Bend Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at the IBEW/UA Training Center, 2161 SW First St., Red- mond. Joint Unit meets 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at 33309 Hwy. 99E, Tangent. Insulators 36 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. Members meet 7 p.m. Friday, April 14. Meetings are at 11145 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Iron Workers 29 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, April 6, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle #200, Portland. Executive Board members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Eugene area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, April 10, at Ciao Pizza, 3342 Gateway St., Springfield. Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Best Western Plus, Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Drive SE, Salem. Iron Workers Shopmen 516 IBEW 48 Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at the Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. 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. Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23. Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Meetings are at 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., #300, Port- land. Laborers 483 Municipal Employees Laborers/Vancouver 335 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, April 3, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancou- ver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. Linoleum Layers 1236 Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23. PLEASE NOTE: SPECIAL CALL: CON- TRACT VOTE. Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, April 3, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April RETIREE MEETING NOTICES Oregon AFSCME Glass Workers 740 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 21, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E Burnside, Portland. Call Michael Arken for information 1-800-521- 5954 ext. 226. Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 20, at Izzy’s Pizza & Buffet, 1307 NE 102nd Ave. & Halsey, Port- land. Electrical Workers 280 Retirees meet between 11:45 a.m. and noon Monday, April 10, at The Old Country Buffet on Lancaster in Salem, which is next to Michael’s Craft store. If you have any questions, please give Don Ball a call at 541-327-3388. Elevator Constructors 23 Retirees (ONLY) meet 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, at Westmoreland Union Manor, 6404 SE 23 Ave, Port- land. Insulators 36 Retiree breakfast 9 a.m. Thursday, April 6, at the Dockside Restaurant, 2047 NW Front Ave., Portland. Machinists Retired Machinists meet 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, at 25 Cornell, Gladstone. United Association 290 Retirees meet 10 a.m. Thursday, April 20, at 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin. The topic is Deposition of Remains and Understanding Advanced Direc- tives. 27, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Painters & Drywall Finishers 10 Eastern Oregon Machinists 1005 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Website: www.iupatlocal10.org Executive Board meets 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, March 18, preceded by a 9 a.m. shop stewards’ training session. ALL MEMBERS are invited to shop stewards’ training. Stewards must attend steward meetings to be compen- sated. PLEASE NOTE: Nominations for Vice President and one (1) trustee will be held May 20 during the reg- ular meeting. Elections will be held June 17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PLEASE NOTE: A request for absentee ballot must be delivered by the requestee either in person, or by official government mail to the Recording Secretary of the Local Lodge or the Secretary-Treasurer of the District Lodge not later than ten (10) days before the election. All meetings and elections are held at our Union Hall, 25 Cornell, Gladstone. Machinists 63 Executive Board meets 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 5. Members meet 10 a.m. Saturday, April 8, preceded by a 9 a.m. stewards’ meeting. Meetings are at 25 Cornell, Gladstone. Machinists 1432 Swing and graveyard shift members meet at 11 a.m. Monday, April 10. Regular membership meets 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. Meetings are at 25 Cornell, Gladstone. Molders 139B Members meet 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, pre- ceded by a 6 p.m. Executive Board meeting at the Car- penters Hall, 2205 N. Lombard, Portland. Operating Engineers 701 District 1 members meet 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Red Lion, 510 Kelso Dr., Kelso. District 4 members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at Oxford Suites, 1050 N First St, Hermiston. District 4 members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, at Cousin’s Restaurant, 2114 W 6th St., The Dalles. District 1 & 5 members meet 8 p.m. Friday, April 7, at 555 E. First St., Gladstone. District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at North Bend/Coos Bay Labor Center, 3427 Ash St., North Bend. District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, at the Courtyard Marriott, 600 Airport Rd., Med- ford. District 2 members meet 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at the Comfort Suites, 969 Kruse Way, Springfield. District 3 members meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at the Bend Riverhouse, 3075 N Business 97, Bend. Plasterers 82 Members meet 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Plumbers and Steamfitters 290 Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 17, 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, March 23, at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane, Astoria. Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21. Please contact Craig Spjut at 707-496-1767 for location information. Coos Bay area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse, Coos Bay. Klamath Falls area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at 4816 S 6th St., Klamath Falls. The Dalles area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, at the United Steelworkers Local 9170 Union Hall, The Dalles. Roofers & Waterproofers 49 Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, April 6. Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave., Portland. (Phone: 503 232-4807) Sheet Metal Workers 16 Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Sheet Metal Training Center, 2379 NE 178th Ave., Portland Medford area members meet 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 12. Please call Dennis Dover for location – 541-517- 9644. Eugene area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at 1887 Laura St., Springfield. PLEASE NOTE: Meeting to be broadcast with the Portland meeting. Coos Bay area members meet 4 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Abby’s Pizza, 997 First St., Coos Bay. Women of Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 (WOSM) meet 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Beaulahland, 118 NE 28th Ave., Portland. Children are welcome. Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at AF- SCME, 308 SW Dorion, Pendleton. Lane County Delegates meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 22, at 688 Charnelton St., Eugene. Linn-Benton-Lincoln Delegates meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, preceded by a 6:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 1400 Salem Ave., Albany. Marion-Polk-Yamhill Delegates meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, preceded by a 6:30 Executive Board meeting, at 4735 Liberty Rd. S., Salem. Southern Oregon Central Labor Council Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Labor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy.#3, Central Point. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILS Northwest Oregon Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, March 27, at IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Southwest Washington Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at LIUNA Hall, 2212 NE Andresen, Vancouver. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, March 21 and April 4, in Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Port- land. Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at the Vancouver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. Lane, Coos, Curry & Douglas Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, March 22, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield. Salem Sign Painters & Paint Makers 1094 Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, April 6, at the IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy. 99E, Tan- gent. Members meet 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 20, in the District Office, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. METAL TRADES Portland & Vicinity CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Central Oregon Delegates meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 27, at the Social Justice Center, 155 NE Irving Ave., Bend. Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 28. Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 11. Meetings are at IBEW 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. HAPPENINGS Working women sing Legendary Portland union mu- sician Mary Rose will perform music of working women to cel- ebrate Women’s History Month. She will be joined by friends Jane Keefer, Lynette Yetter, and Beyond Little Boxes, comprised of Mark Loring and Jim Cook. The event is free and open to all ages. ■ Time: Sunday, March 26, 2 p.m. ■ Place: Hollywood Library, 4040 N.E. Tillamook Ave., Portland ■ More info: maryrosesings2@gmail.com Troublemakers School Put the “movement” back in the labor movement with the Port- land Troublemakers School pre- sented by the Portland Labor Notes Organizing Committee. Labor Notes is a Detroit-Michi- gan-based media and organizing project for union activists. Hear from union leaders and activists about how to fight back and win, take part in trainings such as “Beating Apathy,” “Preparing for Right-to-Work,” and “Building Strong Labor- Community Alliances. Network with local organizers to share strategies. ■ Time: Saturday, April 8, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. ■ Place: UA Local 290, 20210 SW Teton Ave., Tualatin ■ Cost: $10, includes lunch ■ More info: Contact Johanna at labornotespdx@gmail.com or call 971-998- 7340 Inner City Blues Fest The 6th annual Inner City Blues Festival — “Healing the Health- care Blues” —is a fundraiser for Oregon Health Care For All- Oregon. In addition to music, the event features a silent auc- tion, dinners for purchase, two bars, and information tables. This year’s all-star line up of musicians includes the Norman Sylvester Band, Obo Addy Legacy Project ‘Okropong,’ Mary Flower, Tevis Hodge Jr., Mic Crenshaw, Shoehorn, Stangetones & Volcano Vixens, and others. ■ Time: Saturday, April 22 5:30-12 a.m. ■ Place: Eagle’s Lodge,7611 N. Exeter Ave.., Portland ■ Cost: $20 in advance; $25 at the door ■ More info: www.tickettomato.com; facebook.com/healingthehealthcareblues Worker Memorial The Northwest Oregon Labor Council will observe Workers Memorial Day at its delegates’ meeting in April. The memorial service will include the reading of the names of Oregon workers killed on the job and in military service in 2016. ■ Time: Monday, April 24, 7 p.m. ■ Place: IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland ■ More info: Contact NOLC at 503-235- 9444
