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PAGE 6 | May 1, 2020 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 189 Sheet Metal Workers 16 All meetings have been canceled due to the COVID- 19 virus pandemic.Check the web site at www.af- scme189.com for updates. Meetings are canceled until futher notice. USW 139 (B) Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 114 Memberhsip meetings have been canceled until fur- ther notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Executive Board will meet via conferenc call at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16. Meetings have been canceled until further notice. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Northwest Oregon Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 1 Meetings have been canceled until further notice. Cement Masons 555 Membership meetings are canceled until further no- tice. Electrical Workers 48 ALL IN PERSON MEETINGS ARE CANCELED AT THIS TIME. SOME ARE BEING HELD VIA ZOOM. PLEASE REFER TO LOCAL 48’S WEB- SITE FOR INFORMATION. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: No. 2689, Gary L Hetland; No. 2690, William Pl Fleming Jr.; No. 2691, Jerry Box The May 2020 assessment is $1.50 Electrical Workers 280 All in person meetings are canceled ue to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Delegates met via Zoom on April 27. The May 25 meeting is canceled due to the holi- day. From the AFL-CIO regarding in person meetings: All requirements of in-person meetings or conven- tions contained in the constitutions, bylaws or other governing documents of all AFL-CIO state and local bodies are suspended until further notice with the ex- ception of meetings or conventions for the following purposes: 1. Changes to constitutions or bylaws, including per capita changes 2. Election of officers 3. Endorsements of candidates or issues 4. Spending of money outside of the current dele- gate-approved budget. All meetings are canceled until further notice. Southwest Washington Elevator Constructors 23 Delegates will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, on line via AnyMeeting. Delegates can call in from a computer, smart phone or tablet. Login in requires you to download the the AnyMeeting app. If you participate via your computer, Anymeeting works best with Google Chrome. If you plan to participate by calling in on your phone, the invitation will in- clude a phone number and a code to enter. Be sure to call in a couple minutes before 6 p.m. The May membership meeting is canceled. Executive Board will hold a video meeting May 14 at 5:30 p.m. Fire Fighters 452 Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver. Fire Fighters 1660 Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, May 14, at 4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego. Floor Coverers 1236 All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Glass Workers 740 All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Insulators 36 Meetings are canceled until further notice. Iron Workers 29 CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Chapters have moved to teleconferencing. Check with your chapter for details. Central Oregon Meeting is canceled due to the holiday. Eastern Oregon Meetings are canceled until further notice. Meetings have been canceled until further notice. Marion-Polk-Yamhill Laborers 483 Municipal Employees Delegates teleconference 6 p.m. Monday, May 11. Contact Will Music at mpyclc@gmail.com Operating Engineers 701 All meetings have been canceled until further notice. Painters & Drywall Finishers 10 All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Sign Painters & Paint Makers 1094 Meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Plasterers 82 Delegates teleconference 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19. Delegates teleconference 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 12. Contact Amanda Sager at president@iatse154.com BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific On site meetings have been canceled until further notice. Meetings will be held via Zoom every Tues- daqy at 10 a.m. Email Willy Meyers for an invita- tion. METAL TRADES Portland and Vicinity Raymond Thomas James Coon Cynthia Newton Chris Frost All meetings have been canceled until further notice. Plumbers and Fitters 290 CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL RETIREES CLUB TO SEE IF MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED. All meetings have been canceled due to the COVID- 19 virus pandemic. If a defective product causes your work injury you may be able to sue the manufacturer for damages in a products liability claim. Southern Oregon RETIREE MEETINGS Roofers & Waterproofers 49 HOW TO CONTRIBUTE Checks payable to The Korean War Me- morial can be sent to the NW Oregon Labor Council, 9955 SE Washington, St., Suite 305, Portland, OR, 97218. North Coast Executive Board will meet via Zoom Wednesday, May 6, at 4 p.m. General membership meeting is canceled due to coronavirus concerns. The April 17 general membership meeting has been canceled. tractor Whiting-Turner of Wash- ington, D.C., has been awarded the contract. AuBuchon said the National Capital Planning Com- mission is slated to vote on final approval May 7. Delegates teleconference 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 27. Contact Pat Riggs Henson at henson2831@com- cast.net Linn-Benton-Lincoln Union meetings have been suspended until further notice due to coronavirus concerns. tions. To date, only $1.3 million is in the bank. But help could be on the way. AuBuchon says the Foundation has been in contact with a delega- tion from the Republic of Korea and there is a very good chance that South Korea will appropriate “a good portion,” if not all, of the money needed to build the Wall. The concept and design of the the Wall have cleared several commissions, and general con- Lane County Laborers/Vancouver 335 Laborers 737 Retired IBEW Local 48 business manager Ed Barnes reports that the Clark County chapter of the National Korean War Veterans Association received an anony- mous $5,000 donation last month toward a Korean War “Wall of Remembrance” in Washington, D.C. Barnes, second vice presi- dent of the Northwest Oregon La- bor Council, has helped the chap- ter raise nearly $77,000. “That’s tops in the country,” said Michel AuBuchon, treasury officer for the Korean War Veter- ans Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C., which has been tasked with raising the funds necessary to build the Wall. In 2016, President Barack Obama signed a law authorizing a Wall of Remembrance to be in- corporated into the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Na- tional Mall. The Wall will list the names of 36,574 American mili- tary personnel and over 8,000 Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA) who gave their lives defending the people of South Korea. Shamefully, Congress didn’t attach any money to the legisla- tion, which at the time was esti- mated to cost $15 million. Today the price tag is $22 million. All money to build the Wall has to be collected through private dona- Meetings are canceled until further notice. Meetings have been canceled until further notice. All meetings have been canceled until further notice. War memorial wall closer to start www.tcnf.legal Sydney Montanaro Scott Sell Chris Thomas 820 SW Second Ave., Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204
