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PAGE 18 | October 5, 2018 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS ...Bricklayers Local 1 celebrates 125 years From Page 14 When the Local began, bricklay- ers were making $6 a day and working six 10-hour days a week. Over the next two decades, the union fought and won first the nine-hour work day, and then the eight-hour day. That took strikes. Local 1’s first strike was Nov. 22, 1894 at East Side Water Plant; it failed. Many more were to follow. In May 1902 they took part in a building trades wide strike in support of millworkers. In April 1903, they backed a strike of the painters. On Jan. 3, 1907, they struck the Wells Fargo building when a nonunion apprentice showed up on the job. In 1917, tilesetters were added to the union, and on Dec. 16 that year, union members struck the 15-story Yeon Build- ing, which was using nonunion workers to set tile. Over the years, the trowel trades union expanded to take in many other “allied crafts.” To- day, BAC is a union of bricklay- ers, stone and marble masons, tilesetters, terrazzo workers, pointers/cleaners/caulkers, re- fractory specialists, and finish- ers. In 1975 Local 1 merged with BAC Local 5 of Salem. In the mid-1990s, to combat the encroachment of non-union competitors, the local teamed up with union contractors to create a Market Recovery Program. Contributions of up to $2.25 an hour created a pool to subsidize bids so that quality union con- tractors could win the work. Brick by brick and tile by tile, BAC 1 members have left their mark on Portland and the region. If there’s a local landmark build- ing made of brick or with a brick facade, chances are it was union labor that laid it, from the Mult- nomah County Central Library to the downtown Nordstrom de- partment store (and brick-built Pioneer Courthouse Square across the street from it) to the 15-story Portland Building where the Portlandia statue sits. The 125 year mark arrives at a time when the local is thriving, with 648 members and full em- ployment, new contractors sign- ing up, and 113 apprentices en- tering the trade. In the last six years, overall compensation has increased $11.60 an hour, and the current contract will increase compensation another $2.75. On Sept. 22, Local 1 mem- bers and their spouses celebrated the local’s 125th anniversary with a dinner at the union-repre- sented Vancouver Hilton. The dinner — sponsored by Scott Wealth Management and Oper- ating Engineers Local 701 — also honored longtime members with pins for their years of serv- ice. Photos, tools, and other arti- facts were displayed along the wall, and each attendee received a commemorative history book the local commissioned from Union Histories, a union-repre- sented Cleveland-based com- pany that specializes in research- ing and presenting the histories of local unions. To produce the account, company historian Calvin Jefferson spent several days combing through Local 1 archives and the records at the Oregon Historical Society and Multnomah County Library, in- cluding accounts in the union newspaper that is today known as the Northwest Labor Press. —Don McIntosh THIS NEWSPAPER BROUGHT TO YOU BY AMERICA’S LA- BOR MOVEMENT … AND BY OUR ADVERTISERS. LET THEM KNOW YOU APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT! U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation Required by 39 U.S.C. 3685. 1. Publication Title: Northwest Labor Press. 2. Publication No.: ISSN 0894-444X. 3. Filing Date: Sept. 21, 2018. 4. Issue Frequency: Semi-monthly basis on first and third Fridays of each month. 5. No. of Issues Published Annually: 24. 6. Annual Subscription Price: $15. 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon 97213. 8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Offices of Publisher: 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon 97213. 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Address of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor. Publisher: Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co., Inc., 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Multnomah, Ore- gon 97213. Editor: Michael Gutwig, 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon 97213. Managing Editor: Michael Gutwig, 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon 97213. 10. Owner: Oregon Labor Press Publishing Company, Inc., (a non-profit corporation) 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. 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Shareholders owning or holding one percent or more of the total amount of shares are: Musicians Mutual Associ- ation No. 99 (Bruce Fife, trustee); IBEW Local 125 (Travis Eri, trustee); Oregon AFL-CIO (Tom Chamberlain, trustee); United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555 (Jeff Anderson, vice president); Northwest Oregon Labor Council (Bob Tackett, treasurer); Label Trades Section, Northwest Oregon Labor Council (Bob Tackett); Oregon School Employees Association (Everice Moro, recording secretary); Iron Workers Local 29 (Joe Bowers, trustee); Iron Workers Shopmen’s Local 516 (Phillip Casciato trustee); Machinists District W 24 (Bob Petroff, president); Ma- chinists Lodge 63 (John Hall, trustee); United Association Local 290 (Lou Christian, trustee); Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 (Charlie Johnson, trustee); IBEW Local 48 (Ed Barnes, vice president); Office & Professional Employees Local 11 (Maureen Colvert, trustee); Communications Workers Local 7901 (Celeste Jones, trustee); Auto Mechan- ics Lodge 1005 (Chris Taylor, trustee); Columbia-Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, (Willy Myers, trustee); Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council (Robert Camarillo, trustee). 11. 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Total Paid Distribution (Sum of 15b (1), (2), (3) and (4)..............................53,465 D. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution.......................................................................... 1. Outside-county copies included on PS form 3541 ...........................................0 2. In-county copies included on PS Form 3541 ...................................................0 3. Mailed at other classes through the USPS ......................................................0 4. Outside the mail (carriers and other means)................................................125 E. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution ..........................................................125 F. Total Distribution ......................................................................................53,590 G. Copies not Distributed...................................................................................778 H. TOTAL.....................................................................................................54,368 I. Percent Paid 99.7% 16. Publication of Statement of Ownership............................................Oct. 5, 2018---- 17. I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete: Michael Gutwig, Editor Nearest to Filing 36,791 36,150 241 36,391 0 0 0 125 125 36,516 275 36,791 99.6%
