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Coursas & Resources 1 ...For an Active and Informed Membership. T ra in in g s a n d C o n fe re n c e s Scholarships Awarded Five SEIU Local 503, O PEU m embers w ill benefit from five days o f learning, sharing and building leadership for w orking wom en at the 21st A nnual W estern Region Summ er Institute for U nion W omen in California, sponsored by the AFL-CIO and other labor organizations. Tera M artinez-Gaeta, o f D epartm ent o f H uman Services Local 200 in Baker City; Chris Powell, o f D epartm ent o f H um an Services Local 200 in Klamath Falls; Frances M artinez, o f Justice Local 137 in Portland, W anda Eickhoff, o f Justice Local 137 in Portland, and M elissa Blaylock, o f O regon Youth July 27 -Tualatin, Tigard, Beaverton & Wilsonville Coordinated Bargaining Conference - Tigard City Hall - Confect Sharon Brogan or Heather Conroy at the Portland Field Office for mote information. Women in Labor Leadership WillPower conference. SEIU Local 503, OPEU President Kathie Best, (below, far left) was joined by other women labor leaders whose union sponsored WillPower, on a panel A u gust 9-10 - Leadership Training - LaGrande - Confect Pendleton Field Office for more information. Oregon Education Association, Susan McCaffrey, President of attend the.training conference on the cam pus o f the m ole information. Among the courses offered are ones on was one of the goals of this year’s launching the early-June conference: Debbi Covert, President by the SEIU Local 503, O PEU Board o f Directors to collective bargaining, leadership¿skills, political action leadership and the labor movement A u g u s t2 4 -A F L -C I0 Summer School-University of Oregon, Eugene - Contact Anne LaPorte at Salem Headquarters for m ote information. A u gust 16-17 - Leadership Training Level 2 - Portland Field Office - Confect Debbie Murray at the Portland Field Office for celebrates working together and promotes an agenda for action. It brings together rank-and-file members, staff dnd officers from different unions to share ideas, learning and problem-solving. ; Attracting young women (left) to . J u ly 2 6-27 - L e a dership T ra in in g , Leve l 1 - Salem Headquarters - Contact Donna Glathar at Headquarters for more information. Authority Local 415 in Astoria, w ere given scholarships University o f California, Santa Cruz, in early July. The Sum m er institute for U nion W omen t« of AFT Oregon; Merlene Martin, President of the Oregon School Employees Associations; Kris Kane, President of the the Chemeketa Community College Qassified Association; Diane Rosenbaum, a State Representative from Portland and a member of Communications Workers of America Local 7901, and “Rosie the Riveter” (below, back to camera). Over the course o f a day, union members and youth from throughout Septem ber 7 - Local Officers Training - Bend - Confect Salem Headquarters for more information; Oregon learned about leadership, organizing, national and state political issues, health care equity issues, quality public S ep tem b e r 13-14 - Leadership Training, Level 1 - Salem services, stress management and raising strong daughters. Headquarters - Confect Donna Glathar at Salem Headquarters for more information. Septem ber 21 - Local Officers Training - Salem - Confect Salem Headquarters for more information. and advocacy, organizing to w in in o u r jobs and communities, universal health care an d m edia. N ovem ber 15-16 - Leadership Training, Level 1 - Salem Headquarters - Contact Donna Glathar at Salem Headquarters for more information. Stewards Gather in Salem The Great American Beach Cleanup O ne o f O regon's m ore p o p u la r p u b lic p rojects is th e s e m i-a n n u a l beach clean up sponsored by Stop O regon L itter a n d Vandalism , SOLV. Chief stewards from a variety of SEIU Local 503, OPEU Locals Trained to develop the skills they need to effectively represent their co-workers. They discussed the new Grievance Database Tracking System which, once fully developed, will enable stewards to maintain an informational tracking systemthat will follow the progress of a grievance, as well as allow research on similar grievances. At the early June training, held at Salem Headquarters, they discussed ways to build the stewards’ program at the local level. T he SEIU L ocal 503, O PEU B oard o f D irectors has m ade a financial contribution for the fall clean up and now it is tim e for U nion m em bers to save the date and prepare to p itch in on Saturday, Septem ber 28. O ur U n io n's "zone sponsorship" w ill p lace o ur nam e and logo on 27,000 brochures going out to the public, business and other organizations. O ur nam e w ill be included in SOLV's statew ide new s releases and on signage at registration sites w ithin o ur zone. The SEIU L ocal 503, O PEU zone (Z one 5) is in the northern p art o f the coast, roughly from N eskow in and C ascade H ead to ju s t north o f Pacific City. It is easily accessible from Corvallis, Salem , Portland and A storia. Volunteers — lots o f them — are needed. Recently, 4,100 volunteer beach-com bers picked up m ore than 16 tons o f trash from O regon's beaches. M ore inform ation w ill becom e available as the date gets closer. T he clean-up lasts from 10 am to 1 pm. O ur participation on Septem ber 28 w ill help reduce h arm to coastal w ildlife, as w ell as keep our public beaches clean, attractive and safe. TH E OREGON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PAGE 1 5
