NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS |
December 1, 2017 | PAGE 5
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
BUILDING COMMUNITY
Portland caterer signs contract with Bakers Local 114
Young Machinists
raise funds to give
foster kids Xmas
Bakery, Confectionery, To-
bacco Workers and Grain
Millers Local 114 signed a
union contract with Spin
Events & Catering on Nov. 20.
The Portland-based caterer has
three full-time employees at its
facility at 1125 SE Madison—
home of the Tony Starlight
Showroom. The room is also
available to rent for banquets
and other events, with a capac-
ity of 149 people.
The new union members are
Steve and Hiroko Brown, and
Charlie Douma.
Steve Brown owned and op-
erated Madison’s Grill, a
restaurant and catering busi-
ness, for over 17 years. He sold
the restaurant four years ago to
focus on catering. He collabo-
rated with David ‘Kawika’ Ka-
hoilua, owner of Bamboo
Grove Hawaiian Grille, to cre-
ate Spin.
Brown and Spin aren’t
strangers to the Portland and
Southwest Washington labor
communities. At one time, the
Northwest Oregon Labor
Council and half a dozen union
Bakers Local 114 Secretary-Treasurer Terry Lansing (second from right)
signs a first union contract with Steve Brown (center), owner of Spin Cater-
ing. To the right of Brown are new union members Hiroko Brown (Steve’s
wife) and Charlie Douma. Sitting next to Lansing is Local 114 Business
Agent Darren Hamann.
locals leased office space in the
same building that housed
Madison’s. From the acquain-
tances Brown made, Spin got
gigs catering union events, in-
cluding the Presents from Part-
ners holiday party, the North-
west Oregon Labor Council’s
(NOLC) Labor Appreciation
Night, the Union Sportsmen’s
Alliance banquet, even the
Northwest Labor Press’ annual
luncheon. Last June, Spin
Catering was recognized at
NOLC’s Labor Appreciation
Night dinner, receiving the 2017
Business Award.
Spin also caters much larger
events, with a specialty in finish
line meals and banquets for re-
gional athletic events such as
the Hood to Coast run and Cy-
cle Oregon.
“We will cater a board meet-
ing of six, to a banquet of
multi-thousands,” Brown said.
The Evergreen State College
graduate told the Labor Press it
was his idea to bring in the
union.
“In my dealings with labor,
I’ve always been impressed by
how the unions take care of
each other,” he said.
Terry Lansing, secretary-
treasurer for Local 114, said
Brown and the union share the
same philosophy.
“It’s good for the employees
to be union. It’s good for busi-
ness to be union,” he said. “We
want to build a long-term rela-
tionship and help Spin Catering
grow. That’s why we ask other
unions, union-friendly politi-
cians, and union companies to
look to Spin Catering first.”
For more information, go to
their web page at SpinPDX.
com, or contact Brown at 503-
73-7040 or email steve@spin-
pdx.com.
The idea began with a chance
encounter. Scott Lacey, a Ma-
chinist at the Gresham Boeing
plant, is a member of a Young
Machinists group that’s looking
for ways to serve the commu-
nity. When Lacey brought his
Harley Davidson to a repair
shop in Boring, the owner men-
tioned he was helping liquidate
his parents’ Christmas tree farm.
After talking with Lacey, he
agreed to donate 200 trees to
help bring Christmas to teenage
foster kids in the Gresham area.
Many of them get few or no
Christmas presents. Up to 50
trees will go to the homes of the
kids themselves, along with
$10,000 in lights, ornaments
and toys donated by Machinists
Local 63. The other 150 will go
out to local union members for
a $20 suggested donation — to
raise money to put some pres-
ents under those trees. For more
information and to schedule a
tree delivery, call Beth Lacey at
503-875-6306.
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