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PAGE 2 | July 6, 2018 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor & Manager: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $15 a year for union members, $23 a year for all others. Pay by credit card online at nwlaborpress.org/subscribe, or send a check to our mailing address (above) along with your name, address and union affiliation, if any. Group rates of $10.56 a year per person are available for 25 or more subscriptions; call 503-288-3311 for details. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS: If you move, let us know at nwlaborpress.org/subscriber-services or by mail at our mailing address (above). Be sure to provide your old and new addresses and the name/number of your local union. Please allow three weeks for the change to take effect. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 WANTED: Motorcycles, RVs, trailers, boats, VWs. Will pick up. Cash paid. 503-880-8183 Low Prices! Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 12-6 CULTURE Latest Stoner mystery looks at Portland firefighter Susan Stoner, retired former attorney at Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, has published the seventh in a se- ries of historical detective fic- tion novels set in the Portland of the early 20th century. Slow Burn is set in 1903 and fea- tures as a character a true-to- life fire fighter — David Campbell — who was killed in the line of duty in 1911. Campbell was an extraordi- narily popular fire chief. An estimated 150,000 mourners attended his downtown Port- land funeral procession, and in 1927, small triangular park with a stone memorial depict- ing him in bas-relief was ded- icated in his honor at South- west 18th Avenue and Burnside. To this day, fire- fighters gather at the park on his birthday, June 26, and toll a bell for Portland fire fighters killed on the job. Slow Burn also looks at the schism within Portland’s tiny Black community between followers of Booker T. Wash- ington and followers of W.E.B. DuBois. Stoner’s series follows fic- tional trade union operative Sage Adair. In Slow Burn, Adair investigates a series of arsons, and helps fire fighters organize a union. Stoner served 24 years as staff attorney for the transit union, and retired in 2015. BOOK READING Stoner will present her latest book, Slow Burn, at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Powell’s Books Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. A panel and community discussion on Janus The Oregon chapter of the La- bor and Employment Rela- tions Association (LERA) is holding a community discus- sion about the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME. Panelists will pres- ent the historical, legal, and social context of the decision and discuss its practical impli- cations. The panelists are Lewis & Clark law professor Henry Drummonds; SEIU Lo- cal 503 executive director Melissa Unger; Oregon Gov- ernor Kate Brown’s labor ad- visor Elana Pirtle-Guiney; union-side attorney Tom Doyle of Bennett, Hartman, Morris & Kaplan; and the Oregon state university sys- tem’s labor relations director, Brian Caufield. ■ When: Tuesday Aug. 14, breakfast at 7:30 a.m., panel from 8 to 9:30 a.m. ■ Where: Moda Tower, 601 SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 1930, Portland, OR, via livestream video presentation, Springfield City Hall Library Meeting Room, 225 5th Street, Springfield. ■ Cost: $30 for LERA members, $45 for others. ■ Register: online at oregonlera.org ■ More info: If you have questions about membership or registration, contact Phil Lesch at phil@psuaaup.net.
