NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS |
July 7, 2017 | PAGE 11
Union women
volunteer to help
‘Paint the Community’
20 UNION MEMBERS FROM 11 UNION LOCALS TAKE PART. Women-led
home repair teams spent the day June 23 sprucing up homes at Mobile
Home Corral in Beaverton. In 98 degree weather, volunteers painted,
weatherproofed, repaired, and landscaped four homes owned by elderly
and/or disabled residents. Rebuilding Together Washington County coor-
dinated the event, partnering with Labor’s Community Service Agency,
Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. (OTI turned out 10 volunteers), and 100 Strong.
In the photo left, Phoebe Fleming, a material handler and soon-to-be ap-
prentice at IBEW Local 48, paints a mobile home. In the photo above, Rosa
Gomez (center) and A.J. Banuelos (yellow vest, back to camera) coordinate
a home repair sponsored by OTI . Gomez is a second term apprentice at
Carpenters Local 1503, and Banuelos is a member of Laborers Local 737
who is preparing to enter the Operating Engineers Local 701 apprentice-
ship program. In the photo right, Stephanie Cook, a member of IATSE Local
28, clips hedges. “This incredible team helped brighten the lives of some
of our most vulnerable neighbors,” said LCSA Executive Director Eryn Byram.
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