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PAGE 8 | June 1, 2018 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION DEMOCRACY BUILDING COMMUNITY ILWU convention in Portland About 200 union delegates will convene at the Portland Hilton June 4-8 for the 2018 convention of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The 35,000 - member union represents dock and warehouse workers in Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States and Canada, as well as workers at Powell’s Books and the Oregon Histor- ical Society in Portland. For ILWU leader “Big Bob” McEllrath, it will be his last convention as president. McEllrath, originally from ILWU Local 4 in Vancouver, Washington, has been ILWU president since 2006, but under Volunteers from left: Jim Hale, Cris Corral, Darrell Hopkins, Jason Joeckel, Brandon Liggett, George Weaver, Caleb Hopkins, David Liggett, John Dev, Ryan Hoover, Jason Barthel, Devin Hopkins, Ray (RC) Carpenter, Jr., and Travis Hopkins. Not pictured are Rosa Rivera, Elizabeth Gonzales, Steve Dalton, and Brad Basom. Building Trades’ conservation project helps Boy Scouts Volunteers from Roofers Local 49 and Laborers Local 737 teamed with the Union Sportsmen’s Al- liance (USA) May 19-20 to help construct a shooting sports com- plex for the Cascade Pacific Coun- cil Boy Scouts of America at Camp Meriwether on the Oregon Coast. The shooting range will be used for archery, shotguns, and rifles. A portion of the money for the proj- ect was raised at two USA conser- vation dinners sponsored by the Oregon State Building Trades Council in 2016 and 2017 in Port- land. The third annual dinner will be held July 13 at the IBEW Local 48 Hall in Northeast Portland. For more information, contact Travis Hopkins of Roofers Local 49 at 503-883-3656 or by email at travis10hopkins@ gmail. com. Hopkins helps coordinate the an- nual dinner, and he helped coor- dinate the project with the Boy Scouts. Construction volunteers raised trusses and placed ply- wood sheeting on the roof. More volunteers will return to com- plete the project June 2-3. USA is a union-dedicated, non-profit whose members hunt, fish, shoot and volunteer their skills for con- servation. For more information, visit www.unionsportsmen. org. Retired roofer Darrell Hopkins saws ply- wood sheeting for roof at new shooting sports complex at the Boy Scouts’ Camp Meriwether. the ILWU Constitution he is age-limited from running again. Delegates are expected to winnow down candidates for international union office so that rank-and-file members can choose between the top two in mail ballots later this summer. Ironworker Robert Camarillo will head Oregon Building Trades The Executive Board of the business manager of IBEW Oregon Building Trades Coun- Local 280, a position he held cil has chosen Iron- from 2009 to 2015. workers organizer Camarillo was most recently an or- Robert Camarillo to succeed Tim Frew as ganizer for the Pa- cific Northwest Re- executive secretary. The council coor- gional Council of the dinates the state- International Associ- level political efforts ation of Bridge, of 21 affiliated build- Structural, Ornamen- ing trades unions tal and Reinforcing Robert Camarillo with a total member- Iron Workers. He pre- ship of about 25,000 construc- viously served as business tion workers. Executive secre- agent, vice president and pres- tary is the council’s top elected ident of Iron Workers Local office and is a full-time posi- 29, where he completed his ap- tion. prenticeship. He also served as Frew, who served one two- president of the Columbia-Pa- year term as executive secre- cific Building Trades Council. tary, is seeking election as Ever notice that people say workers are “forced” to pay union dues? But they don’t say a thing about being “forced” to take the pay, benefits and protections that come with a union contract.
