Labor Day events scheduled
at locations throughout state
Steward training scheduled
through the end of the year
Basic and advanced
OPEll steward training has been
scheduled for 11 dates and places
now through the end of the year.
Locations and times for
Basic Steward Training are:
• Salem: Friday, August
26, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday,
August 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., OPEU
Headquarters.
• Bend: Friday, Septem
ber 30, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday,
October 1,9 a.m.-4 p.m., Place to
be announced.
• Pendleton: Friday,
September 30, 6-9 p.m., and
Saturday, October 1, 9 a.m.-4
p.m., Place to be announced.
• Eugene: Friday, Octo
ber 7, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday,
October 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Place to
be announced.
• Salem: Friday, Novem
ber 18, 6-9 p.m., and Saturday,
November 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at
OPEU Headquarters.
• Klamath Falls: Friday,
December 2, 6-9 p.m., and Satur
day, December 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Place to be announced.
• Baker City: Friday,
December 2, 6-9 p.m., and Satur
day, December 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
Place to be announced.
Locations and times for
Advanced Steward Training are:
• Portland: Saturday,
August 27, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., at the
Portland OPEU Field Office.
• Salem: Saturday,
October 15, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., OPEU
Headquarters.
• Pendleton: Saturday,
October 22, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Place
to be announced.
• Eugene: Saturday,
December 3, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Place
to be announced.
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
Labor Day picnics spon
sored by organized labor are
scheduled at six locations in
Oregon on Monday, September 5.
The picnics are open to
members and friends of organized
labor and members of our families.
In most cases, admission is free.
• CLATSOP COUNTY/
Sponsored by Astoria
Longshoremen’s Local 50 —At
Cullaby Lake County Park near
U.S. Highway 101 between
Gearhart and Warrenton. From
noon to dusk. All you can eat pit-
buried beef and salmon, hot dogs,
and corn-on-the-cob plus bever
ages. Boat rides for children.
• COOS BAY AREA/
Sponsored by the Southwest
Oregon Labor Council — At
Sturdivant Park in Coquille.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Food and
beverages. Live family
entertainment including music
OPEÜ/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
Portland 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
District 1 Director
Ken Penner
District 5 Director
Jim Wuehler
97-C Centennial Loop
Eugene 97401-7908
342-1055; 800/521-3446
Fax: 342-2932
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
District 2 Director
Kathie Ebner
Retired Local President
Everett Haines
District 2 Director
Ellen Willis
Executive Director
Alice Dale
Bend Office
1012 NW Wall Street, Suite 209
Bend 97701-2034
385-8471
800/832-0593
Fax: 388-9078
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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from the ’50s and ’60s.
• LANE COUNTY/Spon-
sored by the Lane County Labor
Council and the Lane County
Democratic Party —At Alton
Baker Park in Eugene off Centen
nial Boulevard adjacent to the
Ferry Street Bridge. From noon to
5 p.m. Liquid refreshments.
• MID-COLUMBIA AREA/
Sponsored by the Mid-Columbia
Labor Council, The Dalles Steel
workers Local 9170, Northwest
Aluminum, and others as part of
the sixth annual The Dalles
Community Action Labor Day
Program — At 3313 West Second
Street, The Dalles. From 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Admission by donation
of one can of food for the Wasco
County Food Bank. Food and
beverage booths. Live entertain
ment. Games for children.
• PENDLETON AREA/
Sponsored by the Umatilla-Morrow
Counties Central Labor Council—
At Roy Raley Park in Pendleton
adjacent to the Pendleton Round-
Up Grounds. From noon to 5 p.m.
Hot dogs, hamburgers, corn-on-
the-cob, Hermiston watermelon
and cantaloupe, snow cones, plus
beverages. Live music.
• PORTLAND AREA/
Sponsored by the Northwest Labor
Council in cooperation with union
workers and friends of organized
labor— At Multnomah County’s
Blue Lake Park, 20500 NE Marine
Drive, Troutdale, off NE Sandy
Boulevard via 223rd Avenue.
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking
$3. Scrip available for food and
beverages. Program by the
Oregon Symphony Players Asso
ciation of Musicians’ Local 99 and
the Professor Bodywise Puppets.
Special events for children.
Governor Barbara Roberts and
other politicians will speak.
In addition, the Central
Oregon Labor Council, in conjunc
tion with United Paperworkers
Local 406, will hold á picnic from
2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Sep
tember 10, at Juniper Park in
Bend. Juniper Park is on Fifth
Street near Franklin Avenue.
There will be food, beverages, and
entertainment.