NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | August 24, 2018 | PAGE 5
Portland Labor Day Picnic
Sept. 3, 10 am - 5 pm, Oaks Amusement Park
Scavenger hunt teaches kids about
unions (and they might win a bike)
A scavenger hunt for chil-
dren ages 1 to 18 will be
presented by Labor’s Com-
munity Service
A g e n c y
(LCSA). Par-
ticipants will
use clues found
in a “passport”
to find various
unions at the
picnic. For example, a clue
might be: “We are the
union that delivers your
mail six days a week.” An-
swer: National Association
of Letter Carriers. Partici-
pants must find the NALC
picnic site (look for sig-
nage) and have their pass-
ports stamped there.
Children can pick up
passports at LCSA’s booth
at the picnic starting at 10
a.m. Once they obtain the
required num-
ber of stamps,
kids return
their passport
to the LCSA
booth, where
they will be el-
igible for a
drawing to win a bicycle
(donated by the Interna-
tional Longshore and
Warehouse Union). All
participants get union-
made cookies, provided by
Franz Bakery, whose em-
ployees are represented by
Bakers Local 114. For
more information, call
LCSA at 503-231-4962.
Raymond Thomas
Cynthia Newton
Melissa Haggerty
Northwest Oregon Labor
Council and Labor’s Com-
munity Service Agency will
once again team up with
American Red
Cross again this
Labor Day for a
blood drive com-
petition. Blood-
mobiles will be
parked at the pic-
nic from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Organ-
izers are asking
that union members pre-
register so donations can be
collected as quickly as pos-
sible. The blood donation
process takes about an hour.
The labor organization that
collects the most units of
blood will have its name
added to a perpetual trophy,
plus bragging rights for the
year. Oregon Federation of
Nurses and Health Profes-
sionals Local 5017
is the two-time de-
fending champs.
Oregon Nurses
Association repre-
sents nurses at the
Oregon
Trail
Chapter of the
American Red
Cross, and Team-
sters Local 223 represents
support staff there.
You can pre-register on-
line at redcrossblood.org.
Plug in sponsor code
“NOLC.” For more infor-
mation, call Sue Milne at
503-235-9444.
For out-of-work union families:
Free food and drink at the picnic
Labor’s Community Service
Agency (LCSA) will pro-
vide free food and drink
scrip for union families who
are out of work and want to
take part in the Labor Day
picnic festivities at Oaks
Park.
“We want everybody to
be able to come out and have
a good time,” said LCSA
Executive Director Eryn
Byram.
Out of work union mem-
bers need to have their union
local place a referral for
them to LCSA.
For more information,
contact LCSA at 503-231-
4962.
Chris Frost
Sydney Montanaro
You are entitled to
time-loss benefits
while the insurer is
deciding whether to
accept your workers’
compensation claim.
If they do not pay
you these “interim
benefits,” they may
owe you a penalty.
820 SW Second Ave., Suite 200,
Portland, OR 97204
Scott Sell
Labor Day blood drive challenge:
Which union will be tops this year?
James Coon
Chris Thomas
www.tcnf.legal
Enjoy Your Labor Day!
You Earned It!