Over $20,000 awarded
in scholarships
SEIU Local 503, OPEU awarded 36 scholarships and awards totaling
$23,000 this year through a member scholarship program. Awards of
$500 per school year are offered to students entering an accredited
institution of learning in the United States. Grant in aid awards of
$750 per school year are given to students who are currently
enrolled. Winners must be undergraduates and must be under the
age of 25 at the time of their nomination.
Recipients of $750 Scholarships are:
Workers at Newport Rehab are looking forward to bargaining after voting to
join with SEIU Local 503. Pictured left to right are Delphine Talnagi, Wanda
Hendrix, and Kila Nuveha.
Nursing Home workers
sav, “Union, Yes!”
In a series of elections in April, workers at six Avamere and Evergreen
nursing homes in Oregon voted to join SEIU Local 503. The victories
at Avamere and Evergreen put all union nursing home workers in a
stronger position to make improvements at work.
"We at Newport Rehab are delighted to have become a union
through our strength in numbers," said Delphine Talnagi and Wanda
Hendrix.
Workers at Evergreen facilities in Portland and The Dalles and at two
La Grande nursing homes also voted to join the union. With these
four victories, Evergreen is the first 100% union nursing home chain
in Oregon.
Avamere Newport and South Salem employees also voted union.
Now, workers at five Avamere facilities in Oregon are unionized.
Over the last two years workers at 17 nursing homes have joined our
union. But it's clear that we have hard work ahead to insure that all
nursing home workers in Oregon have an opportunity to organize
without facing intimidation by management.
Notice Of Election: DISTRICT 2
Assistant District Director (2 positions)
and Treasurer
(
Nominations Close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 2,2005
Send nominations to Paula Allen at 503-947-2014, or paula.k.allen@att.net
Election: Monday, August 15, 2005
This special election is being held to fill recent vacancies. Thé term of office will
be September 2005 through to the next General Council (mid-August 2006).
Voting wiHtake^
District*? Meeting on August l 5;*2005 at5:3O
pm at SEIU Local 503, OPEU headquarters in Salem: 1730 Commercial St. SE.
Absentee ballots can be obtained by contacting Barbara at 503-581-1505 x150.
Janet Hendricks (DHS-SDA 10), Mikaylee O'Connor (Forestry), Tirzah
Krabill (OSLP), Tracy Richardson (OSAC), Elizabeth Wick (UofO),
Laurel Smith (OSU), Janet Noble (DHS-SDA 3), Deidre Crowell
(Employment), Christina Lewis (OIT), Jennifer Sargent (Employment),
Robin Walker (Agriculture), Robin Callaham (EOPC), Donna Harris
(PSU), Heather Whisenhunt (DHS-SDA 6), Trevor Brandt (ODOT),
Megan Delater (DOJ), Lorianne Ellis (OSAC), Gregory Williams (PERS).
Recipients of $500 Scholarships are:
Kristen McAlpine (ODOT), Samantha White (OYA), Lily Cranor
(UofO), Sarah Johnson (Forestry), Lauren Potter (EOU), William Clark
(Forestry), Amy Christy (DHS-SDA 18), Eric Learning (ODOT), Daniel
Lower (DHS-SDA 2), Nicole Beier (Revenue), Lindy Clayton (ODOT),
Adrienne Spakousky (Homecare), Colin Brandt (ODOT), Margo Fultz
(Employment), Victoria Morefield (JCEA), Sean Maley (ODOT).
The Jessie Bostelle Memorial scholarship was awarded to Wende
Glimpse (Rogue Community College) from Medford, a library clerk
in the Acquisitions Department at Jackson County Library. Wende
is enrolled at Rogue Community College with the intention of
transferring to Southern Oregon University as an art major.
The Tony Lowery Memorial scholarship was awarded to Jennifer
Hong (Lewis & Clark College) from Portland, a child and adolescent
treatment specialist at the Parry Center.
The scholarships are available to SEIU members and their spouses,
qualifying domestic partners, sons, daughters, grandsons, and grand
daughters.
For more information on SEIU Local 503's scholarship program,
contact Rebecca Kozisek at 1 -800-452-2146. Application forms for
2006/7 will be available mid-December.
A full list of winners is posted on our web site.
¿6 / think this is a wonderful program.
College tuition
has gone up 75% in the last ten years. My kids have
both worked really hard and gotten really good
grades. It's nice that they can be recognized by our
union for that. 99
Susan Brandt is an ODOT Information
Systems Specialist from Salem and the mother of
scholarship winners Trevor and Colin Brandt.
Absentee ballots must be received at SEIU Local 503, OPEU Salem HQ by
5 pm, Monday, August 15,2005.
AFL-CIO Convention Delegates
Portland, Oregon Convention Center
October 16-18, 2005
■ All Statewide officers are automatic delegates.
■ Central Labor Council members will be given first consideration for
delegate seats in their District by pulling names from a hat.
Remaining slots shall be filled by an election held by each District at the
next District meeting following publication in The 503 Voice. Alternates shall
be candidates with the next highest number of votes in the order of votes
received. Districts will be notified two months prior to the convention of the
number of credentials available to the District.
CAPE Committee Members
Must be elected by
October 31, 2005
Each district elects delegates at their district meeting.
Contact your District Director for further information.
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SEIU Local 503, OPEU - STRONGER TOGETHER
The 503 Voice is published by SEIU Local 503, OPEU.
Editor: J. Szliske szl@opeuseiu.org
Salem Headquarters
1730 Commercial St. SE
PO Box 12159
Salem, OR 97309-0159
503-581 -1505/ 800-452-2146 (Fax) 503-581-1664
OPEU
Portland Field Office: 503-408-4090 1 800-527-9374
Bend Field Office: 541-385-8471/800-832-0593
Corvallis Field Office: 541 -766-4968
Eugene Field Office: 541 -342-1055 1 800-521 -3446
Medford Field Office: 541 -779-4324/ 800-452-7965
Pendleton Field Office: 541-276-4983/800-452-8146
www.seiu503.org
JULY 2005