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
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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!