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November 6, 2020 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
UNION DEMOCRACY
UNION MEETING NOTICES
AFSCME 189
Iron Workers Shopmen 516
CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS
All meetings have been canceled due to the
COVID-19 virus pandemic. Check the web site
at www.afscme189.com for updates.
Executive Board meet 6 p.m. Thursday, Novem-
ber 12.
Special Union Meeting: Saturday November 21,
at 10:00 a.m. Meeting date and time changed due
to Thanksgiving holiday, and in the event a quorum
is not present on that date to conduct regular local
union business.
Meetings are at Iron Workers Training Center and
Union Hall, 11620 NE Ainsworth Cir., Portland.
NOTE: Regular union meetings are held on the
fourth Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. (except
November and December);
Chapters have moved to teleconfer-
encing. Check your chapter for de-
tails.
Laborers/Vancouver 335
Lane County
Meetings have been canceled until further notice.
Delegates teleconference 5:30 p.m. Wednesday,
November 25. Contact Pat Riggs Henson at hen-
son2831@comcast.net.
Bakery, Confectionery,
Tobacco Workers and
Grain Millers 114
Executive Board will meet via Zoom at 9:00 am
Tuesday November 10, 2020, followed by a Gen-
eral Membership Meeting. PLEASE NOTE:
Nominations of Officers / Whistle Blower and
conflict of Interest Policies.
Currently all membership meetings are held via
Zoom. Therefore, any member in good standing,
who wishes to attend must RSVP no later than
12:00 noon of the day proceeding the General
Membership meeting.
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
Wednesday of every month. This will be an informal
“check-in” via Zoom.
Sound and Communication Unit meeting can-
celed.
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. 2714, Ernest D. Pine; No. 2715, Wesley D.
Drury; No. 2716, Peter Britz; No. 2717, Milford
C. Bronson; No. 2718, Glenn E. Plance.
The November 2020 assessment is $1.50
Electrical Workers 280
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Elevator Constructors 23
Executive Board meet 5 p.m. Thursday, November
12, at 12067 NE Glenn Widing Drive, #108, Port-
land.
Fire Fighters 452
Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, November 4,
at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver.
Fire Fighters 1660
Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, November 12, at
4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego.
Floor Coverers 1236
All meetings have been canceled until further no-
tice.
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.
Laborers 483
Central Oregon
Delegates will meet by teleconference 5:30 p.m.
Monday, November 30.
Eastern Oregon
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 17.
PLEASE NOTE: Meetings will be conducted
virtually. Attendance requires pre-registration via
email. Contact the office if you do not already re-
ceive email invitations.
Linn-Benton-Lincoln
Laborers 737
Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m.
Monday, November 9. Contact Will Music at
mpyclc@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE: Per the action of the Executive
Board and the International Variance to allow
video conference Union meetings due to the
COVID-19 restrictions remaining in effect, Local
737 will hold regular membership meetings on-
line via RingCentral. Meetings will be held on the
third Thursday of the month with the next meeting
being November 19. All meetings will begin at 6
p.m. and can be logged into via https:llmeetings.
ringcentral.com/ join with meeting ID 148 508
9028. The log-in process will begin at 5:30 p.m.
to allow for verification of membership. Once the
meeting is started it will be closed to entry. If you
have any questions please call the office at 541
801-2209.
Operating Engineers 701
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Painters 10
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 no-
tice.
Roofers & Waterproofers 49
General membership meetings have been canceled
due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
Sheet Metal Workers 16
Membership meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, November
18, via Zoom.
Members must email info@smw16.org with the
following information in order to get a link sent
to them: Name, Membership #, current e-mail ad-
dress.
Sign Painters & Paint Makers
1094
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
USW 139 (B)
Membership meetings have been canceled until
further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pan-
demic.
Executive Board will meet via conference call at
8:30 a.m. Saturday, November 21.
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL
Northwest Oregon
Delegates will meet via Zoom at 4 p.m. Monday,
November 30. Login information will be
emailed to delegates prior to the meeting.
Southwest Washington
Delegates will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, Decem-
ber 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 num-
ber and a code to enter. Be sure to call in a cou-
ple minutes before 6 p.m.
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Marion-Polk-Yamhill
North Coast
Delegates will meet by teleconference 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 17.
Southern Oregon
Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m.
Tuesday, November 10. Contact Amanda Sager
at president@iatse154.com.
BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS
Columbia-Pacific
Meetings will be held via Zoom every Tuesday at
10 a.m. Email Willy Meyers for an invitation.
METAL TRADES
Portland and Vicinity
All meetings have been canceled until further no-
tice.
RETIREE MEETINGS
Check with your local retirees club to
see if meetings have been canceled .
Union coalitions at shipyards,
Portland, PPS under new leadership
Pat Christensen, a business
rep for Plumbers and Fitters
Local 290, has retired, leav-
ing vacant top leadership
spots at the Metal Trades
Council of Portland &
Vicinity, the District Coun-
cil of Unions (DCU) at
Portland Public Schools,
and the District Council of
Trade Unions (DCTU) at
the City of Portland.
Metal Trades Council
shipyards is good.
“We see more work
coming on the books.
We’re feeling good
about the new owner
group … We’re pick-
ing up more work be-
cause of it.” Vigor In-
dustrial was bought in
Scott Oldham will July 2019 by the Car-
head Metal Trades lyle Group, a global
investment firm, and
Stellex Capital Man-
agement, a private eq-
uity firm.
The Metal Trades Council
is a coalition of 10 unions
that represents workers at
DCTU and DCU
the Swan Island shipyards
IBEW Local 48 busi-
in Portland, as well as facil-
ness rep Jenna Bazner
ities in Clackamas and
was vice president at
Vancouver. To succeed Jenna Bazner will both DCU and DCTU,
Christensen as its president, lead DCTU, DCU and succeeded Chris-
Painters and Allied Trades
tensen as president
District Council 5 business repre- per those councils’ bylaws.
sentative Scott Oldham was
DCU is a coalition of 13 craft
elected. Oldham had been the unions that represent more than 80
council’s vice president. Laborers maintenance employees at PPS. It
Local 737 business rep Rick ratified a new four-year agreement
Ohmie was elected vice president, in February.
defeating Brian Richart, assistant
DCTU is a coalition of six
business manager of Boilermakers unions that bargain jointly for
Local 104. Elections were held about 1,220 city worker. It’s in the
Oct. 12. Oldham and Ohmie will midst of negotiating a new con-
fill out the terms of office that ex- tract. City employees are working
pire on Dec. 31, 2021. Contracts under a six-month extension of the
are in place through 2021, and Old- previous contract, which expires
ham said the work outlook at the Dec. 31, 2020.