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UNION MEETING NOTICES
AFSCME 189
General Membership Meetings are held the
second Tuesday via Zoom. Next meeting
Tuesday, May 11.
Check the web site at www.afscme189.com
for updates and the meeting link.
Bakery, Confectionery,
Tobacco Workers and Grain
Millers 114
Executive Board will meet via Zoom at 9:00
a.m. Tuesday, May 18.
Bricklayers and Allied
Craftworkers 1
General Membership Meeting cancelled.
Town Hall Meeting in lieu of the General
Membership Meeting will be held on the
fourth Wednesday of every month at 6:30
p.m. via Zoom.
Please monitor the IBEW48.com website or
the Facebook page for changes to the sched-
ule.
DEATH ASSESSMENTS:
No. 2748, Paul R. Duby; No. 2749, Harry J.
Bordner; No. 2750, David W. Ketchum; No.
2751, Craig R. Downey; No.2752, Charles
Chadderton; No. 2753, Peter Teune Jr.
The May 2021 assessment is $1.50
Wage Allocation Vote
In-person voting for officer elections and the
July 1 wage allocation offered at these
times/locations:
Tuesday, June 1, 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. at Culver
Eugene, 1697 W 5th Ave., Eugene OR
97402.
Wednesday, June 2, noon - 4:00 p.m. at
South Town Glass, 2324 12th St., Salem OR
97302.
Saturday, June 5, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at
Portland Union Hall, 11105 NE Sandy Blvd.,
Portland OR 97220.
Insulators 36
Electrical Workers 280
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Iron Workers 29
Cement Masons 555
Elevator Constructors 23
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Executive Board meet 5 p.m. Thursday, May
13, at 12067 NE Glenn Widing Drive, #108,
Portland.
Meetings are at 7:00 p.m. first Thursday of
each month. Next meeting Thursday, June 3.
Meetings will be conducted virtually, requires
preregistration.
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,
June 7. 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 6:00 p.m. on the first
and third Wednesday of the month via Zoom.
Visitors by request, contact lililan@ibew48.
com
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.
Fire Fighters 452
Members meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at
2807 NW Fruit Valley Rd., Vancouver.
Fire Fighters 1660
Members meet 8 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at
4411 SW Sunset Dr., Lake Oswego.
Floor Coverers 1236
Specially Called Meeting: In-person nomi-
nations will be held in the Portland Union
Hall, on Thursday, May 27, at 5:00 p.m.
Nominations and elections for the Linoleum,
Carpet and Soft Tile Applicators Local 1236
Officers and delegates to central labor coun-
cils and building trades will be conducted on
Thursday, May 27. This will be for a two (2)-
year term. Under our constitution this is a
three (3)-year term, but due to COVID re-
strictions is being reduced to keep on our
original three (3)-year schedule. Also due to
COVID restrictions and lack of in-person
meetings, the International has allowed us to
waive the meeting attendance requirement.
*PLEASE NOTE: Only the Executive
Board, person being nominated, and person
making the nomination, are able to attend on
this date due to COVID restrictions on occu-
pancy.
Specially Called Meeting: If necessary, an
election will be held at the Portland Union
Hall, on Thursday, June 24, at 5:00 p.m.
Glass Workers 740
PLEASE NOTE: Local Officer Elections &
Postal Workers mourn colleagues
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, May 27.
Executive Board meets the second Thursday
of each month at 6:00 p.m. Next meeting
Thursday, May 13.
Meetings are held at the Iron Workers Train-
ing Center and Union Hall, 11620 NE
Ainsworth Circle, Portland OR 97220.
Laborers/Vancouver 335
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Laborers 483 Municipal
Employees
Members meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 18.
PLEASE NOTE: Meetings will be con-
ducted virtually. Attendance requires pre-reg-
istration via email. Contact the office if you
do not already receive email invitations.
Laborers 737
PLEASE NOTE: Per the action of the Exec-
utive Board and the International Variance to
allow video conference. Union meetings due
to the COVID-19 restrictions remaining in ef-
fect, 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 May 20.
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
Postal workers and their allies held
a Workers Memorial Day service
April 28 at the East Portland Post
Office to commemorate postal
workers who have lost their lives to
COVID-19. At the same time, they
condemned postal management’s
bungling of keeping workers safe
from the coronavirus, and they
called for the removal of Postmas-
ter General Louis DeJoy. USPS has
been one of the hardest hit federal
agencies, with 160 lives lost to the
disease to date; 52,000 workers
have tested positive, and nearly
8,000 still have not returned to
work. Union officials said mail vol-
ume is at Christmas holiday levels,
yet workers are having a hard time
getting personal protective equip-
ment, testing, hazard pay, and vac-
cines. At the mic (left) is Joe Cogan,
president of American Postal Work-
ers Union Local 128.
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.
CENTRAL LABOR CHAPTERS
Operating Engineers 701
Central Oregon
Chapters have moved to teleconferencing.
Check with your chapter for details.
All meetings have been canceled until further
notice.
Delegates will meet by teleconference 5:30
p.m. Monday, May 24.
Painters Local 10
Eastern Oregon
All meetings have been canceled until further
notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
Plasterers 82
Executive Board will meet via Zoom
Wednesday, June 2, at 4 p.m.
General membership meetings are canceled
until further notice.
Plumbers and Fitters 290
NOTE: Members Informational 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.
Roofers & Waterproofers 49
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Lane County
Delegates teleconference 5:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, May 26. Contact Jeff McGillivray at
jeffm@ua290.org .
Linn-Benton-Lincoln
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Marion-Polk-Yamhill
Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m.
Monday, May 10. Contact Will Music at
mpyclc@gmail.com
North Coast
All meetings have been canceled until further
notice due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic.
Delegates will meet by teleconference 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 18.
Sheet Metal Workers 16
Southern Oregon
Membership meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, May
12, 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.
BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS
Columbia-Pacific
CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILS
Northwest Oregon
Delegates will meet by teleconference 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 11. Contact Amanda Sager at
president@iatse154.com
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.
Delegates will meet via Zoom at 4 p.m. Mon-
day, May 24. Login information will be
emailed to delegates prior to the meeting.
METAL TRADES
Portland and Vicinity
Southwest Washington
Meetings are canceled until further notice.
Delegates will meet 6 p.m. Wednesday, May
5, 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.
RETIREE MEETINGS
Check with your local retirees club directly
to see if meetings have been canceled.
UA 290 Retirees
Retired Local 290 members meet the third
Thursday of the month at 10:00 a.m. via
Zoom. Contact Teri Geter with any questions
(541) 646-1493.
Powell’s Books workers
press for recall rights to jobs
When COVID-19 hit in March
2020, Powell’s Books closed all
locations and laid off 397 employ-
ees. Unlike workers at other retail-
ers, Powell’s workers had a union
contract that offered them recall
rights when jobs reappear. Mem-
bers of International Longshore
and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
Local 5, they filled out recall
forms, and waited. Powell’s air-
port store closed permanently, but
the company eventually reopened
its flagship Burnside store and its
Hawthorne and Cedar Hills
stores, and has brought back
about 150 workers so far.
But on April 6, 2021, Powell’s
CEO Patrick Bassett announced
that workers’ recall rights are now
expired. That relies on an interpre-
tation of the contract that Local 5
disagrees with. After the an-
nouncement, Powell’s posted job
ads and began interviewing appli-
cants. As of press time, the com-
pany hadn’t hired outside workers
ahead of its own laid-off workers,
but if it does, Local 5 representa-
tive Myka Dubay expects to
know within a few weeks. Local
5 has filed a grievance protesting
the termination of recall rights,
and if the two sides can’t resolve
it, it could be decided by an arbi-
trator this fall. –DM
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Visit ilwulocal5.com/Powells to
sign a petition asking owner Emily
Powell to recall workers.