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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | June 2, 2017 | PAGE 11 Paint and Floor Coverer STARS! COMMITMENT TO TRAINING SETS THESE WORKERS APART FROM THEIR COMPETITION Nearly 75 union painters and floor coverers received bonus checks May 20 at a Safety Training Awards Recognition (STAR) banquet in Portland. The checks ranged from $400 for Painters to $599 for Floor Coverers. The craftsmen and women are members of Portland-based Painters Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236 who work for employers of the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization and the Signatory Floor Covering Contractors. The union workers qualified for the bonuses after completing seven classes (painters only) and 24 hours of voluntary skill-advancement training and safety courses over a 12-month period. The STAR program was initiated in 2004 when Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 5 and the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization made a commitment to each other to field the best-trained, highest educated work- force in the industry. This led to the creation of the Painters Union/Management Partnership, or PUMP. The program is funded by a cents-per-hour contribution negotiated in their collective bargaining agreement. Local 1236 started fund- ing its PUMP program in 2010. Bonus checks were awarded starting in 2012. The following members received bonus checks: PAINTERS — Jorge Arellano, William Barney, Eraclio Ben- itez, Juan Bernal, Joe Bishop, Mike Bokamper, Timothy Bradfield, Brian “Tim” Chung, Leordan Cruz, Angel Cuellar, Gregory Cunningham, John Daniels, Frances Delandro, Ger- ald Dooley, Foo-Beng “Allen” Foong, Jaime Garcia, Hector Gonzalez, Sergio Gonzales, Timothy Goodnight, Jason Gra- ham, Eileen Grigat, Carlos Hernandez, Micah Herrera, Dar- rell Holbrook, Alan Jackson, Brian Jackson, Jonathan Jaimez, William Johnston, Damon Keene, Roger Kennedy, Joesph Langley, Michael Llanos, Hernando Magallanes, Jose Maldonado, Justin Manning, Higinio Marcos-Jimenez, Julio Mena Fuentes, Richard Mentzer, David Mercado, Moises Mercado, James Meyer, Joel Miller, Alin Muresan, Daniel Norman, Ronald Pearson, Charles Pennell, Rudy Ponder, Kenneth Rheel, Francisco Rico, Steven Rodriguez, Joel Roman-Fernandez, Moises Romero, Matthew Sauer, Amber Schaeffer, Steven Smart, Roger “Skip” Smith, Vincent Spillman, Jeff Splichal, Todd Stange, Herb Steffl, Amber Vankuren, Juan Carlos Vay- lon, Chris Vezaldenos, Seth Wannamaker, Robert Woods, and Juan Zepeda. Several Painter apprentices were recognized for per- fect attendance. Receiving awards were Michael Antrim, Jermie Ali, Maria Guevara, Steven Kauffman, James McClara, and Lacie Robinson. FLOOR COVERERS — Rodrigo Morales-Corona, Jonathan Doran, Michael Nguyen, Daniel Ramirez, An- drew Sparks, Brent Tompkins, Ryan Weeks, and Robert Wheeler. IBEW Local 125 appeals for funds for man burned in an unprovoked attack at Denny’s where he is still be- IBEW Local 125 has is- ing treated for his in- sued a $100,000 challenge juries. Initial esti- to union members and in- mates indicate that dustry partners to help a bills will approach Portland man who was se- $100,000 or more. riously burned in an unpro- “Instead of enjoy- voked assault at a restau- ing this phase of his rant. life, Mr. Ranstrom On the night of March 4, Scott Ranstrom, a 69-year- Scott Ranstrom must now fight to re- cover from this dev- old man from Happy Val- ley, was drinking coffee and astating act of violence,” said playing on his computer at the Marcy Grail, assistant business neighborhood Denny’s restau- manager of Local 125. Local 125, which represents rant, where he is a regular. A short while later, 24-year-old outside linemen and women, Deshawn Swanger came into the knows that Ranstrom is in good restaurant and sat down in the hands at the Burn Center. Over booth next to Ranstrom. the years members who have Swanger then committed one of sustained severe burns on the the most heinous acts of random job have recovered there. And a violence anyone has ever heard good portion of Local 125 when he allegedly threw gaso- fundraising events goes to help line on Ranstrom and lit him on expand the Burn Center and its services. fire. Now, Local 125 is asking Ranstrom was taken to Legacy Emanuel Burn Center, union members and industry partners for help to support a member of the community. Last month at a shop steward train- ing, a number of Local 125 members donated either their ex- penses and/or wages to the cause. To date, the union has raised $2,000. Grail said that although there is a GoFundMe account set up to help Ranstrom, the union prefers to self-fundraise in order to save the roughly 10 percent that Go- FundMe charges for its service. If excess funds are raised, they will go to the Legacy Fam- ily House project on behalf of the Pacific Northwest Lineman Rodeo. For more information, call 503-262-9125. Send donations to: IBEW Local 125, 17200 N.E. Sacra- mento St., Portland, OR 97230 c/o IBEW Local 125 $100K Challenge ALL IN THE FAMILY. Painters Local 10 STAR re- cipient Hector Gonzales (right), brought his fa- ther to the awards banquet. Pete Gonzales, 70, is a 46-year member of Local 10. He worked at several large manufacturing companies, and at the Portland shipyard before becoming a union instructor for the Job Corp. Now retired and liv- ing in Woodburn, the elder Gonzales says he is grateful for his union pension. BUILDING COMMUNITY National Nurses Week event at Local 5017. The Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Local 5017 teamed up with local women’s shel- ters for a special Mother’s Day project to celebrate National Nurses Week. Union members assembled 75 gift baskets with locally sourced goods and treats for children at three area shelters to give to their mamas on Mother’s Day. The gift bags included chocolates, body wash and lotion, and movie tickets. Local 5017 donated to Monica’s House in Washington County, Portland Rescue Mission “Shepherd’s Door” in Multnomah County, and a Safe Place Family Justice Center in Clackamas, Oregon. PLEASE SHOW OUR ADVERTISERS YOU APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS LABOR MOVEMENT NEWSPAPER!
