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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.