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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 4 | February 19, 2021 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UNION MEETING NOTICES AFSCME 88 Executive Board meeting will be held virtu- ally at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 7. Any mem- ber in good standing may attend as a non-vot- ing visitor. General Membership Meetings will be held virtually at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 21. More information on how to join will be coming out as we get closer to the date. Check the website for updates. AFSCME 189 All meetings have been canceled due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Check the web site at www.afscme189.com for updates Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers 114 Executive Board will meet via Zoom at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 23. General Membership will meet via Zoom at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 23. PLEASE NOTE: Annual Disclosure Ques- tionnaire Form 990 Restatement of Previ- ously Approved Actions Annual Statement of Affiliations. There is an Executive Board seat open that will be filled at the February meeting. Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers 1 Meetings are canceled until further notice. Cement Masons 555 Meetings are canceled until further notice. Drywall Finishers 101 Membership Meetings are the first Monday of the month at 5:00 p.m. via Zoom, due to COVID restrictions. Next meeting Monday, March 1. Contact Kirk Malcom for more de- tails. Reminder that if you attend 8 meetings in 2021 you will receive a Union jacket. 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 6:00 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. This will be an in- formal “check-in” via Zoom. Electrical Workers Minority Caucus meets 6:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month via Zoom. Residential Unit meets 5:00 p.m. on the sec- ond Wednesday of every month. This will be an informal “check-in” via Zoom. Sound and Communication Unit cancelled. Wasco Unit meeting cancelled. Washington Unit meeting cancelled. Sisters in Solidarity of Local 48 meets 6:00 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 in- formal “check-in” via Zoom. Marine Unit meeting cancelled. General Membership Meeting cancelled. Please monitor the IBEW48.com website or the Facebook page for changes to the sched- ule. DEATH ASSESSMENTS No. 2727, William Fox; No. 2728, Donald L. Myers; No. 2729, Milton D. Jodrey; No. 2730, John R. Bartlett; No. 2731, Doug C. Wallachy; No. 2732, Donald E. Blackburn; No. 2733, Howard F. Robertson; No. 2734, Kenneth V. Tycer; No. Thomas M. Hickey; No. 2736, Willard A. Olson; No. 2737, Larry Bowen; No. 2738, Austin E. Shirley; No. 2739, Dennis A. Hanks; No. 2740, Jerry A. Winheim; No. 2741, Timothy M. Baca; No. 2742, Daniel G. Malone Sr.; No. 2743, Wint- wood G. St.John. The February 2021 assessment is $1.50 Insulators 36 Painters Local 10 Marion-Polk-Yamhill Meetings are canceled until further notice. All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m. Monday, March 8. Contact Will Music at mpyclc@gmail.com Iron Workers 29 Meetings are at 7:00 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Next meeting Thursday, Mach 4. Meetings will be conducted virtually, re- quires preregistration. Iron Workers Shopmen 516 Regular union meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Next regular meeting Thursday, February 25. Executive Board meets the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Next meeting Thursday, March 11. Meetings are held at the Iron Workers Train- ing Center and Union Hall, 11620 NE Ainsworth Circle, Portland, OR 97220. Laborers/Vancouver 335 Sign Painters & Paint Makers 1094 All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Plasterers 82 Executive Board will meet via Zoom Wednesday, March 3, at 4 p.m. General membership meeting is canceled due to coronavirus concerns. Plumbers and Fitters 290 NOTE: Members’ Information Meetings are held the third Friday of the month at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Contact the Union Hall with any questions (503) 691-5700. Meetings are canceled until further notice. Roofers & Waterproofers 49 Laborers 483 Municipal Employees All meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. General membership will meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16. PLEASE NOTE: All meetings will be con- ducted virtually. Attendance requires pre-reg- istration via email. Contact the office if you do not already receive email invitations. Sheet Metal Workers 16 Membership meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, via Zoom. Members must email info@smw16.org with the following information in order to get a link sent to them: Name, Membership #, cur- rent e-mail address. Machinists 63 USW 139 (B) Executive Board meet 5 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at 12067 NE Glenn Widing Drive, #108, Portland. PLEASE NOTE: General membership meeting will be held virtually at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13 via Zoom. Login to: 717 749 2866 and use password 9n5Kvv. When you log on, please make sure to enter your first and last name before entering the meeting. Membership meetings have been canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic. Executive Board will meet via conference call at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 20. CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS Fire Fighters 452 Machinists 1005 Chapters have moved to teleconferencing. Check with your chapter for details. Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, at 2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver. Shop stewards training will be on Saturday, March 20, via Zoom at 9:00 a.m. Shop stew- ards can find the link for the Zoom meeting on the front page of our website www.iamw24.org. Executive Board will meet on March 17, at 4:00 p.m. via Zoom. Electrical Workers 280 Meetings are canceled until further notice. Elevator Constructors 23 Fire Fighters 1660 Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, March 11, 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. Central Oregon Delegates will meet by teleconference 5:30 p.m. Monday, February 22. Eastern Oregon North Coast Delegates will meet by teleconference 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 16. Southern Oregon Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. Contact Amanda Sager at president@iatse154.com CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILS Northwest Oregon Delegates will meet via Zoom at 4 p.m. Mon- day, February 22. Login information will be emailed to delegates prior to the meeting. Southwest Washington Delegates will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 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 couple minutes before 6 p.m. BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS Columbia-Pacific On site meetings have been canceled until further notice. Meetings will be held via Zoom every Tuesday at 10 a.m. Email Willy Meyers for an invitation. METAL TRADES Portland and Vicinity Meetings are canceled until further notice. Meetings are canceled until further notice. RETIREE MEETINGS Machinists 1432 Lane County General membership meetings for January has been canceled. Check with your local retirees club directly to see if meetings have been canceled. Delegates teleconference 5:30 p.m. Wednes- day, February 24. Contact Jeff McGillivray at jeffm@ua290.org UA 290 Retirees Operating Engineers 701 All meetings have been canceled until further notice. Linn-Benton-Lincoln Meetings are canceled until further notice. Retired Local 290 members meet the third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Contact Teri Geter with any questions (541) 646-1493. New NLRB acting attorney backs off ‘Rat’ ban Peter Sung Ohr, the acting general counsel of the National Labor Rela- tions Board (NLRB), is seeking to withdraw complaints alleging that unions illegally displayed a giant in- flatable rat known as Scabby the Rat outside a Philadelphia hotel and an RV trade show in Indiana. Ohr is ask- ing the NLRB to let him withdraw the complaints, Law360 reported. The previous general counsel, Pe- ter Robb, a management-side labor lawyer appointed by former Presi- dent Trump, tried to muzzle Scabby the Rat as soon as he took office. He found his chance in a case involving Operating Engineers Local 150. The union set up Scabby the Rat and two large banners on public property near the entrance of an RV exhibi- tion to publicize the union’s com- plaint with RV parts manufacturer Lippert Components and its use of nonunion contractors. The company filed a complaint with the NLRB. Scabby the Rat has faced multi- ple court challenges over the years, but has always won on First Amendment protection of symbolic speech. So, based on past precedent, an administrative law judge dis- missed the charge. But Robb challenged that deci- sion, so the Board, in a party-line vote, began soliciting public briefs on whether it should restrict or ban the use of Scabby the Rat. The case was pending when Joe Biden un- seated Trump for president. One of Biden’s first actions was to remove Robb from the NLRB. In a motion released earlier this month, NLRB lawyers said the complaint against the union for us- ing Scabby “undermines current Board law and is not in the public interest.” The union’s actions were legal, and pursuing the case would amount to “a waste of valuable agency resources.” This is good news for Operating Engineers Local 701, which over- sees a “Rat Tracker” in the Portland metropolitan area. “Displays and public appeals like ours are protected by both the First Amendment and the National Labor Relations Act, according to several federal court cases and National La- bor Relations Board decisions,” Lo- cal 701 Business Manager Jimbo Anderson told the Labor Press. “We’re exercising our First Amend- ment rights to raise awareness about family wage jobs and apprentice- ship programs.”