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
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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.
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