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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | January 19, 2018 | PAGE 3 IN MEMORIAM Frank Regalado Sept. 19, 1951 — Jan. 10, 2018 June 2013. F RANK R EGALADO was born Frank Regalado, a former busi- in Morenci, Ariz., on ness representative of Sept. 19, 1951. He Portland-based Eleva- grew up in West Cov- tor Constructors Local ina, Calif., graduating 23, died Jan. 10 follow- from Edgewood High ing a battle with pan- School in 1969. He at- creatic cancer. He was tended Mt. San Antonio 66. College before entering Regalado served as the Elevator Construc- business representative tors apprenticeship pro- from 1997 to 2003, when he lost re-election Frank Regalado gram and joining Los Angeles Local 18 in and returned to the 1972. trade. The business rep is the He move to Portland and only full-time elected paid posi- joined Local 23 in 1982. tion at the local. Regalado is survived by his Regalado was appointed in- wife of 45 years, Darlene; four terim business representative in children, and six grandchildren. 2007 following the resignation Services will be held at Bate- of then-business rep Mike man Carroll Funeral Home, 520 Casely. Regalado was elected to W. Powell Blvd., Gresham. a full three-year term in March Viewing will be Feb. 2, from 2 2008. He did not run for re-elec- to 7 p.m. Rosary begins at 6:30 tion when the term expired in p.m. Funeral mass will be held March 2011. He again returned Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. to the trade before retiring in COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Portland Public Schools teachers close to settling new contract At 3 a.m. Jan. 16 — after five straight days of mediation — Portland Association of Teachers and Portland Public Schools (PPS) agreed to a framework for a contract set- tlement, with some expecta- tion that the two sides would finalize a tentative agreement by Jan. 16 (after this issue went to press.) Teachers have been work- ing without a contract since the previous contract expired June 30, 2016. That contract was settled Feb. 18, 2014, two days before a teacher strike was set to begin. Bargaining this time started out amicably, but was compli- cated by tremendous turnover in district administration. Ca- role Smith was superintend- ent when the talks began. Last October, three interim leaders later, Guadalupe Guerrero was installed as superintend- ent. Workload, safety, and com- pensation issues have been the sticking points in bargain- ing. PPS teacher pay rates are near the bottom of the 14 metro-area districts. Allegiant flight attendants win 6-year battle for first contract LAS VEGAS (PAI) — Fol- lowing federally mediated bargaining sessions, Allegiant Air signed a first contract for 1,100 flight attendants at the Las Vegas-based airline. The settlement came after six years of stonewalling. The atten- dants, members of Transport Workers Local 577, ratified the five-year contract 740-328 just before Christmas. Allegiant Air flies out of airports in Eugene and Med- ford, Oregon, to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. Allegiant flight attendants were among the airline in- dustry’s lowest-paid. The new contract will raise their wages 16 to 33 percent over the life of the contract. It also includes sick time accrual, vacation grants, per diem and a grievance procedure for workers to contest unfair dis- cipline. Teamsters represent airline pilots at Allegiant. In Decem- ber, 256 Allegiant mechanics filed for union representation with the Teamsters. Portland’s KATU-TV will face a union picket International Alliance of The- atrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 600 will hold an informational picket Saturday, Jan. 27, from noon to 2 p.m. at KATU TV, 2153 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. The union rep- resents 24 workers at the station who have been working with- out a contract since October 2015. KATU is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting Group, which is working vigorously to change the business model of local tel- evision through consolidation. Speaking to the Executive Board of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council on Jan. 8, IATSE Local 600 rep Dave Twedell ex- pressed concern that members’ jobs will be lost in consolida- tion as Sinclair replaces local news with national content. He said in bargaining Sinclair is re- fusing to commit that local stu- dios will stay open and continue to produce news. Sinclair, with 173 television stations, including Seattle’s KOMO, is the biggest station owner in the nation. The com- pany currently is in talks to ac- quire Tribune Media, which would add 42 stations and reach 72 percent of the television market in the United States. Sinclair successfully lobbied the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change longstanding regulations that prohibited any one company from owning stations that reach more than 39 percent of the U.S. market. The company also successfully lobbied the FCC to UNION ORGANIZING Welcome to the newest union members! F-16 mechanics in Alaska At Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, a group of 152 aircraft mechanics will now be mem- bers of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) . They maintain F-16 fighter aircraft as employ- ees of defense contractor AE- COM The initial organizing meet- Raymond Thomas Cynthia Newton Melissa Haggerty ings took place while a group of the workers were on assignment in Las Vegas. While there, they worked alongside IAM-repre- sented mechanics and saw glar- ing differences between the ben- efits the organized group received versus the non-union benefits and working conditions they were subject to in Alaska. On Dec. 14, the group voted 81-40 to join IAM District Lodge 160. James Coon Chris Frost Sydney Montanaro When you need a lawyer who understands how workers’ comp benefits and Social Security Disability benefits can fit together, we're ready. 820 SW Second Ave., Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204 Scott Sell Chris Thomas www.tcnf.legal change its “main studio rule,” whereby broadcasters were re- quired to operate a studio within the city it was broadcast- ing to. “It changes the business model of local television,” said Twedell, adding that general managers from Portland com- petitors are watching with hor- ror what Sinclair is doing to the business. “If Sinclair can ship in news from anywhere in the country, how are its competitors — who are paying for full news crews in offices across the street — going to compete?” he asked. These two new rules were unlawful until two months ago, when the FCC also changed net neutrality rules regulating the Internet. CORRECTION In the article “City of Port- land ratifies DCTU deal” in our Jan. 5 issue, we re- ported that the newly rati- fied District Council of Trade Unions contract runs through July 1, 2010. That should have said 2020. Thanks to online readers Ed Bennett and Paul Cone for bringing the embarrass- ing error to our attention!
