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PAGE 4 | August 7, 2020 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 189 Operating Engineers 701 The August general membership meeting has been canceled due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Check the web site at afscme189.com for updates. All meetings have been canceled until further notice. Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 114 Executive Board will meet via Zoom at 9 a.m Tuesday, August 25. “Money Matters” Commit- tee Appointed. Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 1 Meetings have been canceled until further notice. Cement Masons 555 Membership meetings are canceled until further no- tice. Executive Board will meet via Zoom. Drywall Finishers 101 All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Electrical Workers 48 RENEW meets 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month. This will be an informal “check-in” via zoom. Executive Board meets 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month via Zoom No Visitors at this time. Coast Unit meets 6 p.m. the first Thursday of every month. This will be an informal “check-in” via zoom. Electrical Workers Minority Caucus meets 6 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month via zoom. Residential Unit meets 5 p.m. on the second Wednes- day of every month. This will be an informal “check- in” via zoom. Sound and Communication Unit meeting canceled. Wasco Unit meeting canceled. Washington Unit meeting canceled. Sisters in Solidarity of Local 48 meets 6 p.m. on the third Monday of every month via Zoom. Public Sector Unit – date to be determined, please watch the web site. This will be an informal “check- in” via Zoom. Marine Unit meeting canceled. General Membership Meeting canceled. Please monitor the IBEW48.com website for changes to the schedule. DEATH ASSESSMENTS: No. 2700, Robert E. Carson; No. 2701, Vernon Cruse.; No. 2702, Albert A. Hostetler. The August 2020 assessment is $1.50 Electrical Workers 280 All meetings are canceled until further notice. Elevator Constructors 23 NOTE: Members will meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Au- gust 13, preceded by a 5 p.m. Executive Board meeting, at 12067 NE Glenn Widing Drive, #108, Portland. Painters 10 All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Plasterers 82 Membership meetings are canceled until further no- tice. Executive Board will meet via Zoom. Plumbers and Fitters 290 Membership meetings canceled until further notice. Roofers & Waterproofers 49 General membership meetings have been canceled due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Sheet Metal Workers 16 Membership meet Wednesday, August 19 @ 6:00 p.m. via Zoom. Members must email info@smw16.org with the fol- lowing information in order to get a link sent to them: Name, Membership #, Current email address. USW 139 (B) Meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL Northwest Oregon NOTE: The Aug. 24 delegates’ meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, Aug. 10, at 4 p.m. via Zoom. Login information will be emailed to dele- gates prior to the meeting. Southwest Washington Delegates will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, on line via AnyMeeting. Delegates can call in from a computer, smart phone or tablet. Login requires you to download 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 include a phone number and a code to enter. Be sure to call in a cou- ple minutes before 6 p.m. CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Chapters have moved to teleconfer- encing. Check your chapter for details. Central Oregon Delegates will meet by teleconference 5:30 p.m. Monday, August 24. Eastern Oregon Meetings are canceled until further notice. Lane County Delegates will meet by teleconference 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 26. Contact Pat Riggs Henson at henson2831@comcast.net Fire Fighters 452 Linn-Benton-Lincoln Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 2, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver. Meetings are canceled until further notice. Fire Fighters 1660 No July or August meetings. Floor Coverers 1236 All meetings have been canceled until further notice. 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 Meetings have been canceled until further notice. Iron Workers Shopmen 516 General membership meeting is canceled. Executive Board will meet with social distancing. Marion-Polk-Yamhill Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m. Mon- day, August 10. Contact Will Music at mpyclc@gmail.com. North Coast Delegates teleconference 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18. Southern Oregon Delegates teleconference 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 11. Contact Amanda Sager at president@iatse154.com. BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific Meetings will be held via Zoom. Email Willy Mey- ers for an invitation. Laborers/Vancouver 335 METAL TRADES Portland and Vicinity Meetings have been canceled until further notice. All meetings have been canceled until further notice. Laborers 483 All meetings have been canceled until further notice. Laborers 737 All meetings have been canceled until further notice. RETIREE MEETINGS CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL RETIREES CLUB TO SEE IF MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED. Essential workers at Providence Milwaukie Hospital rally for good jobs and patient safety Hospital support workers fight- ing for a first contract at Provi- dence Milwaukie Hospital ral- lied in front of the hospital July 29 to bring attention to the ex- orbitant funds that Providence Health System received from taxpayers via the CARES Act —$509 million—as they con- tinue to fight for living wages. In June 2018, a group of 156 workers in 26 job categories, including CNAs, cooks, phle- botomists and ER techs voted to join Service Employees Lo- cal 49, citing wage increases, more affordable medical bene- fits, and more say over condi- tions in the workplace as the main reasons they unionized. They are still without a con- tract two years later. Providence Health System is one of the most profitable health systems in the United States, sitting on $12 billion in reserves and $509 million it re- ceived in taxpayer financing through the CARES Act, Local 49 said. With each of their 51 sites receiving approximately $10 million from the federal bailout money, frontline work- ers are demanding a starting wage rate comparable to start- ing wages at other area hospi- tals. The union says wages for some workers at the hospital are so low they report having to decide between paying rent or buying food or medication. “We need living wages that makes Providence Milwaukie Hospital a place where we can provide excellent care for our families, friends and neighbors because we’re a part of the community that we serve,” said Stephanie Shufelt, a registrar at the hospital. BUILDING COMMUNITY ‘Together4Oregon’ fundraiser helps unemployed The “Together4Oregon, To- gether We Thrive” fundraising event broadcast live on KGW- TV July 18 and on YouTube July 25 has raised $30,000 for Oregon residents hit hardest by COVID-19. Labor’s Commu- nity Service Agency (LCSA) was one of four non-profits se- lected to disburse the funds that are collected. Together4Oregon was cre- ated by Portland’s production community and includes IATSE Local 28. All production and en- tertainment were pro bono. When the general public thinks about film, video and live event production they usually think of highly paid celebrities who can afford to be out of work for a few months. What they often don’t consider are the thousands of skilled, behind- the-scenes tradespeople who make those productions possi- ble – electricians, carpenters, gaffers, drivers, production as- sistants, ushers, and concession workers. “When COVID hit, produc- tion in Oregon stopped over- night,” said Rose Etta Vene- tucci, business representative of IATSE Local 28. “That meant that a whole lot of people in our state suddenly had no way to put food on their table.” Venetucci said her members are currently at 100% unem- ployment, and aren’t expected to go back to regular live event work until May 2021. But unemployed union work- ers weren’t the only ones to ben- efit from the fundraiser. In addi- tion to LCSA, Bradley Angle, NAYA, and the Sunshine Divi- sion all shared in the proceeds. “We chose these four non- profits to help working families who are now unemployed and Oregonians who need these services of food, domestic vio- lence services, and the services NAYA provides because with the entertainment industry shut down it affects many other in- dustries whose workers are also laid off,” said Venetucci. Major sponsors of the broad- cast were United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, Laborers Local 737, the Oregon and Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers, Teamsters Local 206, and IBEW Local 659. Donations for the Together We Thrive fundraiser run through Aug. 18. To donate, go to: together4oregon.org. Labor Day picnics canceled Labor Day picnics in Oregon and Southwest Washington have been canceled this year due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. Oregon’s governor has banned large gatherings until there’s a reliable treat- ment or vaccine for the coro- navirus. Northwest Oregon Labor Council (NOLC) hosts one of the largest Labor Day events west of the Mississippi at Oaks Park in Southeast Port- land, attracting 18,000 peo- ple. It will be the first time since 1985 that NOLC hasn’t held a picnic on Labor Day. For similar reasons, all la- bor chapters in Oregon have canceled their Labor Day pic- nics. Picnics traditionally have been hosted by Lane County, Central Oregon, Southern Oregon, and Marion-Polk- Yamhill labor chapters. Southwest Washington and Cowlitz-Wahkiakum central labor councils also canceled their joint picnic at Haydu Park in Kalama. Last year was their inaugural event.
