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NEWSLETTERMay 2008 |
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April Meeting ReportBy Bruce Dennis, President We had 70 members and eight guests present at our regular April meeting of Carpenters Local 247. John Kroger, candidate for Oregon attorney general, addressed the membership regarding his candidacy. He also took questions from the members. Mike Fahey, Portland City Council candidate, was also present and discussed his run for the Portland City Council. Mike is a longtime UBC member and former state representative from North Portland. He also took members’ questions and was warmly received by the membership. Executive-secretary Doug Tweedy was also in attendance. His report mainly covered a five-year contract proposal from the General and Concrete Contractors Association (GCCA). They propose $9.20 total increase over five years. They are more open to a Health and Welfare merger than the AGC, which has not agreed with this proposal. There was an extended discussion about this proposal. We also had an organizing report, steward meeting report, trade show negotiations update and a political report. We approved several political contributions from our separate segregated fund. Brian Carson has been added to our trade show negotiation team, per the request from the local. Under “Good of the Order”, Scott Swartout (Local 2154) made an appeal to Local 247 to form a “Relay for Life” American Cancer Society team in Yamhill county. We also heard reports about the April 26 “Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April” annual volunteer event. Several Local 247 members volunteered to help with the repairs, which are to low-income and or elderly disabled Portland area residents. Local 247 has participated in this program for the past 15 years. Under “New Business,” we agreed to purchase more Local 247 baseball hats, and concurred with the Political Committee’s recommended contributions. As per usual, this report only covers the highlights of the meeting. For more complete info, BE THERE – 2ND TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. |
General membership
General membership meets the second Tuesday, May 13, at 6 p.m. at the Carpenters
Hall, 2215 N. Lombard, Portland. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact the office at 503-289-9632.
Retirees
Retirees meet for lunch the second Monday, May 12, at 11 a.m. at JJ North’s,
10520 NE Halsey, Portland.
Executive Board
Executive Board meets the fourth Tuesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. at the Carpenters
Hall, 2215 N. Lombard, Portland.
The primary election is upon us, and it is up to you, the voters and union members, to do your civic duty by electing candidates who will look out for the needs of working people. We need people who will fight for getting the jobs to contractors who have an apprenticeship program in place and provide their workers with benefits, and not just look at the bottom line when they vote on awarding a contract. Please study your voter’s pamphlet, review our endorsements and make your decision. If you have any questions or comments , please call me at 503- 730-6307.
—Joe Baron,Chairman
PNWRCC Metro Wide Endorsement Committee
At our March Membership Meeting, we voted to endorse the following candidates for the May primary.
U.S. Senate:
Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick (dual endorsement)
Oregon Treasurer: Ben Westlund
Oregon Attorney General: John Kroger
Oregon Senate
SD-21: Diane Rosenbaum
SD-23: Jackie Dingfelder
Oregon House
HD-8: Paul Holvey
HD-24: Edward Glad
HD-38: Linda Brown
HD-39: Toby Forsberg
HD-42: Jules Kopel-Bailey
HD-47: Jefferson Smith
HD-49: Nick Kahl
City of Portland
Mayor: Sho Dozono
Position 1 City Council: Mike Fahey
Position 2 City Council: Nick Fish
Position 3 City Council: Randy Leonard
The following members are celebrating their birthday this month. We would like to wish them all “Happy Birthday”! We hope you enjoy your special day!
The following members are celebrating their birthday this month. We would like to wish them all “Happy Birthday”!! We hope you enjoy your special day! Walter Allen, Alan Allison, Mikeal Anderson, Jason Asher, Kyle Bach, Peter Bandurovskiy, Michael Banley, David Barber, David Bean, John Bennett, Eric Berg, Harold Bernard, William Birkle, Axel Bledsoe, Dennis Brady, Travis Brake, Adam Brown, Sean Brown, Damian Bruce, Jake Calvert, Jon Carter, William A Celorie, Vadim Chain, Leon Chapman, Matthew Chapman, David Corbett, Mike Couch, David Cross, Charles Davis, Don Davis, Jeff Dodd, Vsevolod Durshpek, John Eberhardt, Anthony Edgerton, Martin Erdahl, Michael Facer, Krista Farmer, Randy Franken, Warren Friswold, Randy Garrett, Ted Gayman, James Gloria, Eric Gunnarson, troy Haffner, Ralph R Hamilton, Jamison Hampton, Ronald Hanson, Robert Harris, James Harrison, Cory Haussman Gerald Hays, Kevin, Heldt, Bert Henderson, Jeromy Hettinga, Michael Hightower, Matt Hockett, Wayne Holcomb, Jeffrey Jewell, Ahmad Johnson, Terry Johnson, Keith Kendall, Patrick Kennedy, Kevin Klagge, Curtis Kohnert, Nels Kuust, Kurt Lauk, Jason Liebers, Eber Lopez, Gary Luckey, Martin Lundell, Troy Lusey, Todd Marella, Peter Martin, Kenneth Mason, Keith Matthews, John Mauro, John McGraw, Wayne Meichsner, William Melrose, Jorge Mendoza, Larry Michael, Gary Millard, Paul Miller, Robert Miller, Troy Miller, Herbert Morehouse, Gary Morgan, Nghia Nguyen, James Nicol, Lon Noe, Carla Noffsinger,Mark O’Malley, David Oury, Dean Ozimkowski, Ricky Parvin, Wystin Pegoda, Richard Petrich, Joshua Phan, Gene Picariello, Dustin Pierce, Larry Pillster, Bruce Rabe, Brian Rader, Charles Reardon, Larry Reel, Damone Reid, Stone Rose, Robert Rumsey, Juan Santillan, Terry Schiffbauer, Matthew Schindler, James Schulze, Jonathan Schwartz, Jim Scott, Chris Senter, Chester Sergeant, Keith Solberg, Tom Sowa, Alan Streeter, Ron Swaren, Jeff Sylvester, Adam Tillmon, James Tricarico, Dan Unger, Petre Vlad, Paul Wallace, David Wasche, Derek Williams, Michael Yandt, Christopher Young.
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