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PAGE 2 | March 6, 2020 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS JOBS (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 Senior staff reporter: Don McIntosh Office manager: Jill Lukens 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 47 cents an issue per member — $11.28 a year 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 Low Prices! Coats, etc. Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 12-6 CORRECTION NAGE backs Biden In a Feb. 21 list of union presidential en- dorsements, we incorrectly listed the American Federation of Government Em- ployees (AFGE) as endorsing Joe Biden. In fact it was the National Association of Gov- ernment Employees (NAGE), not AFGE that endorsed Biden. An artists rendering shows how the project would work: Water that’s pumped to an upper basin when solar and wind are generating more power than is needed would be released to power a turbine when solar and wind are generating less. Swan Lake Energy Storage signs project labor agreement Rye Development has come to terms on a project labor agree- ment (PLA) with the Southern Oregon Building and Construc- tion Trades Council covering the proposed $800 million Swan Lake Energy Storage Project 11 miles northeast of Klamath Falls, Oregon. A memorandum of under- standing signed Feb. 6 stipulates that the project will be built un- der a PLA, and that contractors and subcontractors will recog- nize the Southern Oregon Build- ing and Construction Trades Council as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of the employees who perform the work. In exchange, the Building and Trades Council and its member unions agree to prioritize and support the Swan Lake project as an opportunity to provide jobs to union members. The project is expected to create an estimated 1,440 full- year equivalent construction jobs and almost 2,000 induced jobs in supporting industries during its four-year construction period. “This represents a tremen- dous number of well-paying lo- cal construction jobs in southern Oregon, as well as valuable ap- prenticeship opportunities for the next generation of skilled tradespeople,” said Drew Waits, secretary-treasurer of the South- ern Oregon Building and Con- struction Trades Council. “We’re extremely pleased to have this commitment from Rye Development,” said Robert Ca- marillo, executive secretary of the Oregon State Building Trades Council. “Oregon needs more clean energy infrastruc- ture, and our highly skilled members are ready, willing and able to build the Swan Lake En- ergy Storage project.” The plan is to build a new reservoir system to store electric- ity from the grid. When electric- ity is plentiful and inexpensive, pumps will push water to a 60- acre reservoir high on a hill. Then when demand rises, the fa- cility will release that water over Turn to Page 5
