NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | August 7 , 2020 | PAGE 7
UNION DEMOCRACY
Richartz reelected to lead Laborers Local 483
Laborers Local 483 members
elected a new set of officers and
returned Farrell Richartz without
opposition to a second full term
as business manager and secre-
tary-treasurer. Three other offices
were also uncontested in nomina-
tions that took place June 29, and
four candidates ran for three at-
large executive board spots, with
members making the choice in
mail ballots that were counted
July 30. All terms are three years.
With over 1,000 members, Lo-
cal 483 represents City of Port-
land workers who maintain
roads, sewers and parks and staff
City recreation facilities, as well
as workers at Oregon Zoo and
Metro parks, and maintenance
workers at the City of Silverton,
the City of Mt. Angel, and airport
and marine facilities of the Port
of Portland.
Richartz comes out of the
maintenance department of the
Portland Bureau of Transporta-
tion, and has served since 2016 as
Local 483 business manager, the
one elected office that is also a
full-time staff position.
Richartz says recent months
have been challenging for mem-
bers of Local 483. The COVID-
19 epidemic led to City recreation
center closures and the layoff of
over 100 members. And workers
have had to adapt to continue
working safely. Richartz has been
visiting job sites bringing masks
and hydration. Members have
been meeting online monthly via
Zoom, attending in greater num-
bers than usual, but until now
weren’t able to take votes and
make decisions because local by-
laws require in-person meetings.
With the approval of LiUNA In-
ternational, the local will be al-
lowed to transact official business
at online meetings starting with
the Aug. 18 meeting.
Complete election results:
Business Manager Farrell Richartz (PBOT)
President Jamie Doscher (Parks & Recreation)
Vice President Andrew Sterling (PBOT)
Recording Secretary Ryan Sotomayor (Parks
& Recreation)
Executive Board Claire Houston (Portland
Bureau of Environmental Services); Will
Zeigler (Parks & Recreation); and Luis Flores
(Parks & Recreation)
Members also elected Ryan Sotomayor and Ben
Nelson to join Doscher and Richartz as
delegates to the Laborers District Council.
Iron Workers Regional Shop Local 516 elects officers
Officers and Executive Commit-
tee members of Iron Workers Re-
gional Shop Local 516 were re-
elected in a mail ballot election
counted June 27. All positions
were unopposed:
President Larry Gerads
Vice President Felix Antich
Recording Secretary David Payne
Sergeant-at-Arms Anthony Myers
Executive Committee David Pearson, Darrell
Tompkins, Rex Thornton, and Ricky
Wambold
Trustees Charles Martin, James Beyer, and
Randy Reed
Seattle Iron Workers Local
506 merged into Local 516 in
2018 and then the two became
part of the Iron Workers Pacific
Northwest District Council. Re-
gional Shop Local 516 represents
880 members at 17 shops in Ore-
gon and Washington, plus 150
retirees. Its headquarters is at
11620 NE Ainsworth Circle near
Portland International Airport.
Phil Casciato, first elected Lo-
cal 516 business manager in June
2014, remains in that post as an
appointee of the District Council
following the merger.
Oregon/SW Washington Shops Vigor
Works, Albina Pipe Bending Co. Cascade
Tower & Rigging, Supreme Steel, Fought &
Co., Tom Stevens Boiler Repair, The Western
Group, GTE Metal Fab, Pella Vinyl – Portland
Seattle ShopsWalters & Wolf Curtain Wall,
Standard Steel, TriWay Industries, All Metal
Fab, Inc., A-One Ornamental, Aluminum &
Bronze Fabricating, Viking Fence, Quality
Fence
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$40.42 an hour wage plus
$18.03 an hour in health, pen-
sion, training and other contribu-
tions, for a total $58.45 an hour.
Foremen earn $2 or $4 above
that, and apprentices earn 60%
to 90% of the journeyman wage
as they progress through the
6,000 hours of work and instruc-
tion they need to become jour-
neymen.
Several of IUPAT’s other “al-
lied” trades also have their own
locals in the Portland area: Glaz-
ers have IUPAT Local 740,
flooring applicators have Local
1236; and truck painters, sign
painters and paint makers are in
Local 1094.
All share offices with Local
10 at the IUPAT hall at 11105
NE Sandy Boulevard in Port-
land. That’s also where Local
101 will hold general member-
ship meetings when it becomes
safe again to do so. For now,
meeting are held online the first
Monday of each month at 5 p.m.
Local 101 joins 13 other lo-
cals in Oregon, Washington,
Alaska, Utah and Northern
Idaho that make up IUPAT Dis-
trict Council 5. Local 101’s ju-
risdiction matches that of Local
10 (and Local 1236): all of Ore-
gon and six Southwest Washing-
ton counties: Clark, Cowlitz,
Klickitat, Pacific, Skamania, and
Wahkiakum.
With the departure of the dry-
wall finishers, about 725 mem-
bers remain in Painters Local 10.
Drywall finisher members
chose the number 101 because it
After getting his start in the
nonunion side of the industry, dry-
wall finisher Kirk Malcom joined In-
ternational Union of Painters and Al-
lied Trades as a journeyman in 1996.
Since 2017, he’s worked as a union
rep for District Council 5. Now he’ll
represent 454-member IUPAT Local
101, IUPAT’s newly formed local for
drywall finishers in Oregon and
Southwest Washington.
showed the connection to Local
10 and signifies a new begin-
ning. Malcom says Local 101
members will continue to regard
Local 10 members as their
brothers and sisters. Finishers
and painters are employed by
the same contractors, and work
together on most job sites.
District Council 5 appointed
interim officers who will serve
until the local can hold its first
election. They are:
President David Gray Jr.
Vice President (Randy) William Johnson
Financial Secretary Shaun Martin
Recording Secretary Nathan Glade
Treasurer Richard Pickrell
Trustees Kerry Neill, Mike Paxton, Paul
Buchholz.