Don’t forget that our next General Membership Meeting is Tuesday May 18th at 6:30pm in the Local 5 office (917 SW Oak St #206). Come on down and participate in our Union’s democratic process!
- Working Families Party Presentation
- Proposal to Allocate Surplus OADC Funds to ILWU Local 30 Locked Out Miners
- PDX Chief Steward Nominations
- INDY Chief Steward Nominations
- Notification to Membership (specific to Powell’s Workers) of Contract/Constitutional Interpretation
Re posting for a last minute reminder. Submissions due tomorrow!
Special Issue: Stories by and about the working class:
Calling all proud working-class writers! The Ne’er-Do-Well literary magazine is seeking short stories, essays, and comics that represent the experience, culture, struggle, and rebellion – on and off the job – of working-class people. Put on some Billy Bragg, brush up on your Communist Manifesto, and get those creative fires burning. Submissions due by May 15, 2010.
Note: Though all interested writers are encouraged to submit, and we expect this issue will appeal to a general readership, please note that it’s being published to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ILWU Local 5 -the branch of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union whose membership is comprised of workers at Powell’s Books and Aramark food services in Portland, Oregon. Profits from the sale of this issue will be donated to the ILWU strike fund.
More submission details at www.theneerdowell.com/submissions.
