NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS |
Watchdog group honors
flight attendant Sara Nelson
BUILDING COMMUNITY
Toys and cash needed for union members in hardship
Labor’s Community Service
Agency (LCSA) and the
Northwest Oregon Labor
Council (NOLC) are accepting
donations of toys and cash now
through Dec. 9 for the 23rd an-
nual Presents from Partners
Holiday Toy Party. The
event—for families of unem-
ployed union members and
those facing temporary hard-
ships—will be held in mid-De-
cember. Entrance is by ticket
only. Members must be re-
ferred by their union. Referral
forms will be sent to unions
and must be returned to LCSA
by Dec. 10. Unwrapped toys
for kids up to 18 years of age
can be dropped off at the fol-
lowing locations:
IBEW Federal Credit Union, Northwest
Oregon Labor Council (Suite 305), or La-
bor’s Community Service Agency,
(Suite 301). All are located in the same build-
ing at 9955 SE Washington St.
Oregon AFL-CIO, 3645 SE 32nd Ave., Port-
land.
IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way.
Painters District Council No. 5, 11105 NE
Sandy Blvd., Suite A.
Laborers Local 483, 1125 SE Madison, Ste
206.
Oregon Federation of Nurses and
Health Professionals Local 5017,
1500 NE Irving, Suite 575.
OPEIU Local 11, 3815 Columbia St., Vancou-
ver.
Portland Federation of School Profes-
sionals Local 111, 1110 SE Alder, Suite
205.
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757,
1801 NE Couch St.
Sunrise Dental Beaverton, 14425 SW Allen
Blvd., Beaverton.
Sunrise Dental Gresham, 13908 SE Stark,
Space B, Gresham.
Sunrise Dental Salmon Creek, 2621 NE
134th St., #300, Salmon Creek.
Cash donations can be sent to
LCSA, 9955 SE Washington,
#301, Portland, Oregon, 97216.
2019 LERA conference: The morphing of collective bargaining
The Oregon chapter of the La-
bor and Employment Rela-
tions Association (LERA) will
hold its annual conference
Nov. 6 followed by the Maggie
Awards ceremony and recep-
tion.
The awards program recog-
nizes individuals from labor,
management, academics and
neutrals who have made major
contributions to labor-manage-
ment relations. This year’s con-
ference, “The Morphing of Col-
lective Bargaining,” will feature
keynote presentations by Tom
Chamberlain, recently retired
president of the Oregon AFL-
CIO, and State Treasurer To-
bias Reed. Later, a panel dis-
cussion will focus on
immigration in the workplace.
November 1, 2019 | PAGE 5
Maggie Awards will be pre-
sented to Chamberlain, for
lifetime achievement, and
Shirley Block, president of
Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 757, for labor.
■ Time: Wed., Nov. 6, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
■ Place: World Trade Center, 121 SW
Salmon St., Portland.
■ Cost: $150.
■ Info/register: Oregonlera.com/events
Greenberg. “Sara has served as a
leading voice on issues facing
women
in the workplace and
Oregon native Sara Nelson, pres-
across
the
country, encouraging
ident of the Association of Flight
women
everywhere
to join
Attendants (AFA), received the
unions
and
to
run
them.
She is
National Consumers League’s
both
an
inspiring
example
“Trumpeter Award”
for women and a heroic
Oct. 22 in Washington,
advocate for all workers
D.C. This year marks
across the country.”
the 120th anniversary
Nelson grew up in Cor-
of the consumer and
vallis, Oregon. Her father
worker advocacy or-
was a lumber mill worker
ganization. The Trum-
and her mother was a
peter Award is the or-
teacher. Nelson went to
ganization’s highest
work as a flight attendant
honor, given to leaders
at United Airlines in
Sara Nelson
who are not afraid to
1996, based out of
speak out for social
justice and for the rights of con- Boston. She has served as inter-
sumers and workers.
national president since June
“No one fits that description 2014. She also serves as a mem-
better than President Sara Nel- ber of the national AFL-CIO Ex-
son, a rising star in the labor ecutive Council.
movement who is fighting every
The 50,000-member AFA is a
day for working families,” said division of Communications
NCL Executive Director Sally Workers of America, AFL-CIO.
Kids’ Holiday Party set for Dec. 21 in Salem
The Marion-Polk-Yamhill Counties Labor Chapter will host the 79th
annual Children’s Holiday Party Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Elsinore
Theatre, 170 High St., SE, Salem. Doors open at 8:45 a.m. All chil-
dren and their families in the three-county area are invited — and it’s
free! The fun includes live Christmas music, a showing of the movie
“The Grinch,” goodie bags for the kids and — of course — a visit
from Santa and Mrs. Claus. For more information, contact Elissa
Edge at elissa@osea. org or call 503-428-3971.
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