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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | March 17, 2017 | PAGE 5
Labor’s Community
Service Agency gears
up for spring fundraiser
Labor’s Community Service
Agency (LCSA) has launched its
spring fundraising campaign.
LCSA provides several safety
net programs for people in need.
Donations go to serving people
like Carla, a local union member
who reached out to LCSA’s
Helping Hands Temporary Hard-
ship Assistance program.
“LCSA got me through a
rough patch,” Carla said. “I
might have lost everything while
waiting for my workers’ comp.
LCSA helped me with part of the
rent and I was able to keep my
home.”
In addition to Helping Hands,
LCSA offers rapid resonse serv-
ice to a company layoff or clo-
sure. It’s Team Labor! volunteer
program focuses on small home
repairs for low-income, elderly
and veterans. Presents From
Partners offers a huge Christmas
party for families facing tough
times. And its Resource Naviga-
tor training shows union locals
effective ways to connect to, and
utilize, the vast array of commu-
nity social services available
through 211info.
To donate to LCSA, visit
www.lcsaportland.org, or send a
check to Labor’s Community
Service Agency 9955 S.E. Wash-
ington St, Suite 211, Portland,
OR 97216.
HAPPENINGS
Labor Bowl for MDA
The 28th annual Labor Bowl Chal-
lenge is a fundraiser for the Mus-
cular Dystrophy Association. The
event—coordinated by the Na-
tional Association of Letter Carri-
ers (NALC) Branch 82 and the
Northwest Oregon Labor Coun-
cil—consists of four-person bowl-
ing teams that compete for prizes.
Money is raised through pledges
and from a silent auction and goes
to buy wheelchairs and braces for
children, as well as for research
and summer camps. Muscular
dystrophy is a hereditary condition
marked by a progressive weaken-
ing and wasting of the muscles
over time. Since the Labor Bowl
began in 1989, union members
have donated $379,856 to MDA.
■ Time: Sunday, April 9, 11 a.m.-noon
registration; bowling noon -2:30 p.m.
■ Place: Sunset Lanes, 12770 SW Walker
Rd., Beaverton
■ Cost: $60 minimum to raise per bowler
■ More info: Call NALC Branch office at
503-493-5903. To donate tax-deductible
silent auction items and door prizes, call Abe
RedCloud at 831-331-0798
...PPS bond: years of work for the trades
From Page 1
ning for the next bond proposal,
which would include modern-
ization of Cleveland, Jefferson
and Wilson high schools.
The May 16 bond measure is
actually phase two in a three-
phase plan to fully modernize
school sites across the district.
District buildings are on average
77 years old, and many are over
100 years old. In 2012, voters
approved the first in the series: a
$482 million bond issue that
funded the extensive renovation
of Franklin, Grant and Roosevelt
high schools and Faubion PreK-
8 school, plus repairs and up-
grades at 52 schools. At its peak
in the summer of 2016, about
600 workers were employed on
projects funded by that bond.
The new bond would cost
property owners $1.40 per
$1,000 of assessed value for the
first four years, declining there-
after. The owner of a home as-
sessed at $240,000 would pay
$336 a year.
A poll undertaken by the dis-
trict showed public support for
the bond at 60 percent. But Je-
remy Wright, a former union or-
ganizer who is leading the cam-
paign to pass the bond, says
every vote will count, and the
support of union members, who
tend to vote in higher numbers,
is particularly important.
Ballots will be mailed out
April 26 and will be due back
May 16.
— DM
UNION MEMBERS NEEDED
To volunteer, donate, request a lawn
sign or get more information, visit
www.healthyschoolspdx.com. You
can also “like” the bond campaign at
facebook.com/healthyschoolspdx
STATE PREVAILING WAGE
Below are some prevailing wage rates for
journeymen working in Multnomah County.
CRAFT
WAGE BENEFITS
Bricklayer
$34.79
Carpenter
$35.67
Cement Mason $31.00
Electrician
$40.20
Elevator Constructor $51.03
Glazier
$34.65
Insulator
$45.42
Ironworker
$36.71
Laborer
$27.72
Painter
$22.52
Plumber
$42.83
Roofer
$28.53
Sheet Metal Worker $38.11
Sprinklerfitter $36.06
$20.10
$15.67
$18.87
$22.30
$37.37
$19.00
$20.77
$24.16
$13.82
$10.38
$27.02
$17.42
$19.82
$21.30