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OPEU steward, LERC training set through June
Basic and advanced
OPEU steward training classes
have been scheduled for 20 dates
and places around the state from
now through June.
Basic steward training
covers the role, authority, and
special status of stewards, orga
nizing around grievances, under
standing the contract, progressive
discipline, just cause, grievance
handling, and Weingarten rights.
Locations and times for
Basic Steward Training are:
• Bend: Friday, March 4,
6-9 p.m., and Saturday, March 5,9
a.m. - 4 p.m., at the OPEU office.
• Eugene/Springfield:
Friday, March 4, 6-9 p.m., and
Saturday, March 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
at 154 Straub on the University of
Oregon campus.
• Pendleton evening:
Monday, March 14, Tuesday,
March 15, and Wednesday, March
16, all at 6-9 p.m., at the
Pendleton OPEU Office.
• Pendleton morning:
Tuesday, March 15, and Wednes
day, March 16, both days at 8
a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the Pendleton
OPEU office.
■ Pendleton afternoon:
Tuesday, March 15, and Wednes
day, March 16, both days at
1-5:30 p.m., in the Pendleton
OPEU Office.
• Medford: Friday, April
22, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday, April
23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Medford
Inn, 1015 S. Riverside.
• Roseburg: Friday, April
22, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday, April
23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Windmill Inn.
• Klamath Falls: Friday,
April 22, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday, 9
a.m.-4 p.m., Mt. Mazama Room,
Oregon Institute of Technology.
• LaGrande: Friday, April
22, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday, April
23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 309 Hoke
Center, Eastern Oregon State
College.
• Ontario: Friday, May 20,
6-9 p.m., and Saturday, May 21,9
a.m.-4 p.m., at Treasure Valley
Community College.
• Coos Bay/North Bend:
Friday, June 3, 6-9 p.m., and
Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at
State Office Building.
Advanced steward training
covers contract interpretation,
organizing around grievances,
problem solving, discipline and
discharge, grievance investigation,
recognizing discrimination, labor
management committees, bargain
ing skills, recruiting activists,
sexual harassment, OPEU/SEIU
Local 503 history, and preparing
for arbitration.
Locations and times for
Advanced Steward Training are:
• Salem: Saturday, March
5, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at OPEU Head
quarters.
• Portland: Friday, March
18, 6-8 p.m., and Saturday, March
19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Portland
OPEU Office.
• Eugene/Springfield:
Saturday, April 9, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
in the Cedar A room, of the Erb
Memorial Union on the University
The Oregon
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E mployee
OPEU Headquarters/Salem Field Staff
1730 Commercial Street SE
P.O. Box 12159
Salem 97309-0159
581 -1505; 800/452-2146; 222-6878 - Fax: 581 -1664
Field: 399-8113; 242-1801 ; 800/331 -9892
Benefits: 399-8542
OPEU/SEIU Local 503’s
Board of Directors
President
Dawn Morgan
District 3 Director
John Hawkins
Vice President
Christine Parks
District 3 Director
Chris Short
Secretary-T reasurer
Don Patch
District 4 Director
Lyn Beatty
Portland Field Office
Pendleton Field Office
212 SE 18th Avenue
Salem 97214-1598
230-9231; 800/527-9374
Fax: 235-7115
721 SE 3rd Street, Suite 303
Pendleton 97801-3069
276-4983; 800/452-8146
Fax: 276-4984
Past President
John Bickers
District 4 Director
Alice Grimes
District 1 Director
Patricia Kaplus
District 5 Director
Carol Biddle
Eugene Field Office
Medford Field Office
97-C Centennial Loop
Eugene 97401-7908
342-1055; 800/521-3446
Fax: 342-2932
District 1 Director
Ken Penner
District 5 Director
Jim Wuehler
1133 S Riverside, Suite 15
Medford 97501-7807
779-4324; 800/452-7965
Fax: 779-4325
District 2 Director
Donald Contreras
District 6 Director
Tracy Pierce
Bend Office
1012 NW Wall Street, Suite 209
Bend 97701-2034
385-8471 (Messages)
800/832-0593
Fax: 388-9078
District 2 Director
Kathie Ebner
Retired Local President
Everett Haines
District 2 Director
Ellen Willis
Executive Director
Alice Dale
Editor/Public Relations Director
Bentley Gilbert
The Mission of the Oregon Public Employees Union ~ Local 503, Service Employees
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC ~ is to Improve the Quality of Life Through
Worker Empowerment and a Progressive Labor Program
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of Oregon campus.
• Medford: Saturday, May
21,8 a.m.-5 p.m., Medford Inn,
1015 South Riverside.
• Pendleton: Thursday,
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May 19, Thursday, May 26, and
Thursday, June 2, all at 6-9 p.m.,
at the Pendleton OPEU Office.
• Coos Bay/North Bend:
Saturday, June 25, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
at State Office Building.
The Labor Education and
Research Center has four
Regional Academies remaining
in 1994.
Also scheduled are four
multiweek evening courses in
Portland and Eugene/Springfield.
Regional Academies will
be held in Salem, North Bend,
Bend, Portland, and Medford
between now and May 1994.
The weekend Regional
Academies meetfrom 6:30 p.m.-9
p.m. on Fridays, and from 9 a.m.-
4:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
Courses and sites are:
• North Bend - March 4-5, ।
IWA Hall; Unions and Joint Labor- ,
Management Programs: Threats
and Opportunities, or Skills for
Union Activists.
• Bend - March 11-12,
Central Oregon Community
College; Effective Communication,
or Basic Grievance Handling.
• Portland - April 22-23,
Portland Community College
Cascade Campus; Basic Griev
ance Handling, Interculturat
Communication, or Labor Faces
the 21st Century.
• Medford - May 6-7,
place to be announced, Labor
Faces the 21st Century, or Labor
Law.
EVENING COURSES
Additionally, LERC has
scheduled multiweek evening
classes for Portland and Eugene/
Springfield.
Courses scheduled for
Portland are:
• Skills for Union Activ
ists, four weeks, April 19, 26, May
3, and 10, at 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.,
Room 290/2, Smith Center on the
Portland State University campus.
• Labor Law (private
sector only), April 19, 26, May 3,
10,17, and 24, 6-8 p.m., Room
298 of the Smith Memorial Center
on the Portland State University
campus.