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PAGE 6 | April 7, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 189 Floor Coverers 1236 Executive Board meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. General membership meets 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. Meetings are at 6025 E Burnside, Portland. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Executive Board meets 5 p.m. Monday, May 1, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 1 Members meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at 12812 NE Marx St., Portland. Cement Masons 555 Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20, 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. 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 Thursday of every month at the Longview Meeting Hall, 1145 Commerce Ave, Longview, WA. Sisters in Solidarity of Local 48 meets 6 p.m. on the third Monday of every month in the Meeting Hall. 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. 2529; Arnold Enkelis. The April assessment is $1.50. Elevator Constructors 23 Salem area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Best Western Plus, Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Drive SE, Salem. Executive Board members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. Portland area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, May 4, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. SPECIAL CALL – Nominations for Local Union Officers. Insulators 36 Painters & Drywall Finishers 10 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, May 4, preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle #200, Portland. Iron Workers Shopmen 516 Executive Board meets 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27. Meetings at 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle, #300, Port- land. Laborers 737 Members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at the La- borers Campus, 17230 NE Sacramento St., Portland for an informational meeting. CENTRAL POINT: Members meet 6:30 p.m. the sec- ond Tuesday in May at Central Point Labor Tem- ple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy # 3, Central Point. SPRINGFIELD: Members meet 6:30 p.m. the second Wednesday in May at 2861 Pierce Parkway, Spring- field. HERMISTON: Members meet 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday in May at 371 E Hurlburt Ave, Hermiston. Laborers 483 Municipal Employees Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, preceded by a 4:30 p.m. stewards’ meeting, at the Musicians Hall, 325 NE 20th Ave., Portland. Laborers/Vancouver 335 Members meet 7 p.m. Monday, May 1, preceded by a 6:15 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at the Vancouver Labor Center, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vanc., Wash. 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. Office and Professional Employees 11 Fire Fighters 452 PLEASE NOTE: A secret ballot election for the Ex- ecutive Board position of Executive Secretary-Trea- surer for OPEIU Local 11 is being conducted by mail. Ballots for this election are being mailed to members on April 11, 2017. All members who are active as of Friday, March 31, 2017 will be eligible to vote in this election. Any eligible member who has not received a ballot in the mail at home by April 17, 2017 May re- Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, 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. RETIREE MEETING NOTICES AFSCME Retirees meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, at the AFSCME office, 6025 E. Burnside, Portland. Call Michael Arken for information 1- 800-521-5954 ext. 226. Bakers 114 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27, Izzy’s Pizza & Buffet, 1307 NE 102nd Ave. & Halsey, Portland. Elevator Constructors 23 Retirees (ONLY) meet 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, at Westmore- Operating Engineers 701 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. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Glass Workers 740 area members meet 5 p.m. Monday, April 10, Workers and Grain Millers 114 Eugene at Ciao Pizza, 3342 Gateway St., Springfield. Executive Board meets 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, in the meeting room at 7931 NE Halsey, Suite 300, Port- land. quest a replacement ballot by contacting Election Committee Chairperson/President, Barbara Melton at 360 719-1817. If you request and return another ballot, only the replacement ballot will be counted. The election results will be posted at the Local 11 hall after the tally and announced at the General Member- ship Meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. land Union Manor, 6404 SE 23 Ave, Portland. Glass Workers 740 Retirees meet 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 20, at Izzy’s Pizza & Buffet, 1307 NE 102nd Ave. & Halsey, Portland. Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at 11105 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. PLEASE NOTE: Nominations for local officers; Delegates to Central Bodies; One (1) District Council 5 delegate: Salem: May 4 at 6 pm, Best Western – Hood Room, 3125 Ryan Dr SE. Eugene: May 11 at 6 pm, Plumbers & Pipefitters 290 Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield. Portland: May 17 at 6 pm, Local 10 office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd. PLEASE NOTE: Election of local officers; Dele- gates to Central Bodies; One (1) District Council 5 Delegate Salem: June 1 at 6 p.m., Best Western – Hood Room, 3125 Ryan Dr SE. Eugene: June 8 at 6 p.m., Plumbers & Pipefitters 290 Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway Springfield. Portland: June 21 at 6 p.m., Local 10 office, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd. Plumbers and Steamfitters 290 Portland area members meet 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, 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, Linn-Benton-Lincoln Roofers & Waterproofers 49 CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILS Northwest Oregon Members meet 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Executive Board meets 7 p.m. Thursday, May 4. Meetings are at 5032 SE 26th Ave., Portland. 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. CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Central Oregon Delegates meet 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, at the So- cial Justice Center, 155 NE Irving Ave., Bend. Eastern Oregon Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at AF- SCME, 308 SW Dorion, Pendleton. Lane County Delegates meet 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 688 Charnelton St., Eugene. 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 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at 4735 Lib- erty Rd. S, Salem Southern Oregon Delegates meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Labor Temple, 4480 Rogue Valley Hwy.#3, Central Point. Delegates meet 7 p.m. Monday, April 24, at IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Southwest Washington Delegates meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the La- borers Hall, 2212 NE Andresen Rd., Vancouver, WA. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific Delegates meet 10 a.m. Tuesdays, April 11 and April 18, at Kirkland Union Manor II, 3535 SE 86th, Port- land. Lane, Coos, Curry & Douglas Delegates meet at noon Wednesday, April 26, at the Springfield Training Center, 2861 Pierce Parkway, Springfield. Salem Delegates meet 10 a.m. Thursday, May 4, at the IBEW 280 Training Center, 33309 Hwy. 99E, Tangent. METAL TRADES COUNCIL Portland & Viciinity Executive Board meets 10 a.m. Thursday, April 13. Delegates meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. Meetings are at IBEW Local 48 Hall, 15937 NE Air- port Way, Portland. HAPPENINGS Constituent town halls focus on Rep. Greg Walden Oregon Congressman Greg Walden has been at the front of Congressional efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which over the next decade could leave 24 million people without health care coverage (465,000 Orego- nians), and immediately raise insurance premiums for lower income and older Americans. Rural communities would be hit the hardest. Rep. Walden has been invited to two constituent town halls to hear from impacted community members. ■ Time: Wednesday, April 12, 6-8 p.m.. ■ Place: Bend; Central Oregon Community College, Hitchcock Auditorium, 2600 Northwest College Way. ■ Time: Saturday, April 15, 1:30-3:30 p.m.. ■ Place: Medford; RCC/Southern Oregon University Higher Education Center, Room 132; 101 South Bartlett St. 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 Ad- vanced Directives Medford, and Salem. Astoria area members meet 6 p.m. Thursday, April 27, at the Astoria Labor Temple, 926 Duane, Astoria. Brookings area members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. Please contact Craig Spjut at 707-496-1767 for location information. Coos Bay area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Coos Bay Training Center, 2nd & Kruse, Coos Bay. Klamath Falls area members meet 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at 4816 S 6th St., Klamath Falls. The Dalles area members meet 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the United Steelworkers Local 9170 Union Hall, The Dalles. Inner City Blues Fest to benefit healthcare reform 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 AFT’s Weingarten featured at Portland forum on future of public education Randi Weingarten, international president of the American Fed- eration of Teachers (AFT), will be the featured speaker at a fo- rum April 25 in Portland to talk about the future of public edu- cation. The free event is part of the Wayne Morse Center’s Mar- garet Hallock Program for Women’s Rights. It is being cosponsored by the Labor Edu- cation and Research Center at the University of Oregon, the World Affairs Council, and AFT-Oregon. ■ Time: Tuesday, April 25, 5:30 p.m. ■ Place: First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave., Portland ■ Cost: Free and open to the public Oregon AFL-CIO to observe Workers Memorial Day The Oregon AFL-CIO will hold a memorial service in obser- vance of Workers Memorial Day at the Fallen Worker Me- morial at the state Capitol Mall in Salem on Friday, April 28 at noon. The service will feature remarks from elected officials, union leaders, and safety and health advocates. The Northwest Oregon Labor Council will observe Workers Memorial Day at its delegates’ meeting April 24 at IBEW Lo- cal 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Both services will include a reading of the names of Oregon workers that suffered fatalities on the job and Oregonians killed in military service to their coun- try in 2016.
