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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.
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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.
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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
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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.