PROTEC17

King County IT Meeting - MON., APRIL 12TH - ONLINE ONLY
2021-04-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online meeting
Save the date for the April 2021 PROTEC17 IT meeting for our King County IT members!
Monday, April 12, 2021

12 Noon to 1 p.m.

ONLINE MEETING

(please refer to the email that will be sent to members on 4-9-21 with details on the Agenda and how to join the online meeting)

Clark County Chapter Meeting (Early Evening) - TUES. APRIL 13TH – ONLINE ONLY!
2021-04-13 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Detailed information on how to join the Zoom meeting and what’s on the Agenda was sent to your home email on Tues., April 6th.

Topic: Clark County Chapter Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 (Early Evening)
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY
Thank you.

Reimagining Union Leadership in the 21st-Century Labor Movement
2021-04-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Online meeting
This is presented by the Oregon Labor Education Resource Center:
Reimagining Union Leadership in the 21st-Century Labor Movement
This session will address leadership style for building an inclusive space for enhancing critical thought and reimagining unionists’ racial and gender solidarity in the 21-century labor movement with a group exercise.
Register here: https://uoregon.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcoduqhrTItG9yvpv9yM6l6T1xjhV20AcKh

Tacoma Chapter Meeting - WED., APRIL 14, 2021 (Early Evening) - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-04-14 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
In the continued interest of supporting our members staying healthy and safe, we will be having our monthly chapter meetings online until further notice.
Hope to see all of you at the upcoming online meeting this week!

Topic: Tacoma Chapter Meeting (Early Evening)
Time: Wed. | April 14, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY
AGENDA
Updates!

Detailed information on how to join the online meeting sent to members’ home email on Tues., April 13, 2021.

King County Chapter Meeting - Tues., April 20 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-04-20 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Chapter meeting notice in your home emails after 12 Noon, Tues., April 13th! See for full agenda and Zoom info.

Portland Chapter Meeting - WED., APRIL 21, 2021 (Evening) - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-04-21 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is an early evening meeting.

Rachel Whiteside is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
IMPORTANT! Detailed information on the upcoming April chapter/member meeting can be found in the PORTLAND UPDATE – APRIL 2021 E-newsletter that was sent to your home email on Tues., March 30th. Please refer to it to find out how to join the meeting online.
Topic: Portland Chapter Meeting
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 (Early Evening)
Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY

Turning an issue into a campaign
2021-04-27 17:30 - 19:00 | Online meeting
The Works Together committee of the Southwest Washington Central Labor Council is pleased to host this event. The workshop, facilitated by Mark Brenner of the Labor Education and Research Center at OSU, draws on the popular Secrets of a Successful Organizer guide for organizing in your workplace.

Everybody has complaints and frustrations at work, but an organizer has the skills to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sift through the issues you hear from co-workers, ways to bring people together, and what it takes to make a plan that turns up the heat on management and solves your problems collectively.

Whether you are new to union membership, not yet a union member, an experienced organizer, shop steward, or officer, this workshop offers you practical tools for turning an issue on the job into a successful campaign. Register now for this free, hands-on, participatory virtual event.

PROTEC17 Workers' Roundtable (P.W.R.) Meeting
2021-04-29 17:00 - 18:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
PROTEC17 members from across the Pacific Northwest are joining together to share ideas and take action to advance worker issues and elevate critical issues in the community using a racial justice lens. The group is called the PROTEC17 Workers’ Roundtable (PWR!). If you would like to get more involved, please connect with your Union Representative or join us at the next meeting on April 29 from 5-6:30pm.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-CprTwqHt2LHA-eeXrs3VBUNvncDjqx

May 1st March and Rally for Immigrant & Workers' Rights
2021-05-01 12:00 - 14:00 | St. Mary’s Church
Join our friends at El Comité for the annual May 1st March and Rally for Immigrant and Workers’ Rights in Seattle!
More info at: https://elcomitewa.com/may1st/

Portland Chapter Meeting - TUES., MAY 4, 2021 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is an afternoon meeting.

Rachel Whiteside is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Detailed information on the upcoming May chapter/member meeting can be found in the PORTLAND UPDATE #2 – APRIL 2021 E-newsletter that was sent to your home email on Tues., April 20th. Please refer to it to find out how to join the meeting online and see the agenda.
Topic: Portland Chapter Meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY

King County IT Meeting - MON., MAY 3RD - ONLINE ONLY
2021-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Online meeting
Save the date for the May 2021 PROTEC17 IT meeting for our King County IT members!
Monday, May 3, 2021

12 Noon to 1 p.m.

ONLINE MEETING

(please refer to the email that was sent to members on Thursday, April 29th, with details on the Agenda and how to join the online meeting)

APALA Labor Town Hall on Anti-Asian Racism
2021-05-12 12:00 - 13:00
This event is from our friends at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA):
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month by joining APALA for a Labor Town hall on Anti-Asian Racism! Wednesday, May 12th @ 12pm PT / 3pm ET. We encourage all labor leaders and allies to attend.
How can we build a labor movement that is inclusive of Asian American workers and that fights to end anti-Asian racism with the same fervor as we fight for workers’ rights? How do we commit our leadership and each member to recognize anti-Asian racism in our unions historically and now, and commit to stop treating Asian American workers as disposable, as perpetual foreigners, or as invisible?
Asian and Asian American workers in the U.S. have faced enormous challenges over the past year: deaths and poor health due to COVID-19, high unemployment, and now, most visible to the public: anti-Asian racism. But anti-Asian racism has a long history in the United States, and many institutions, including the labor movement, need to recognize their own history of discrimination toward people of color. The racism, xenophobia, and misogyny that fueled the recent shooting of Asian women in Atlanta stem from the targeted discrimination against Asians and Asian Americans, and we need to talk about how workers are impacted. How can we build a labor movement that is inclusive of all workers of color and that fights to end racism with the same fervor as we fight for workers’ rights? How do we all commit to recognize racism in every facet of our society and commit to stop treating Asian American workers as disposable, as perpetual foreigners, or as invisible? Join this town hall to hear examples from leaders across the labor movement and pledge to build a more equitable labor movement for all workers.
Join us to build the change we want to see in the labor movement, toward a vision of inclusion and justice for all workers.

Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly
2021-05-12 13:30 - 15:00
This event is sponsored by our friends at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies:
A brilliant union organizer and a humorous orator, Benjamin Fletcher (1890–1949) was a tremendously important and well-loved African American member of the IWW during its heyday. Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most powerful interracial union of its era, taking a principled stand against all forms of xenophobia and exclusion.
For years, acclaimed historian Peter Cole has carefully researched the life of Ben Fletcher, painstakingly uncovering a stunning range of documents related to this extraordinary man. Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly is the most comprehensive look at Fletcher ever to be published. It includes a detailed biographical sketch of his life and history, reminiscences by fellow workers who knew him, a chronicle of the IWW’s impressive decade-long run on the Philadelphia waterfront in which Fletcher played a pivotal role, and nearly all of his known writings and speeches, thus giving Fletcher’s timeless voice another opportunity to inspire a new generation of workers, organizers, and agitators.
Sponsored by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies at the University of Washington, the Labor Archives of Washington, BlackPast.Org, the University of Washington History Department, IWW Seattle Branch, and ILWU Local 23.

Tacoma Chapter Meeting - WED., MAY 12, 2021 (Early Evening) - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-12 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
In the continued interest of supporting our members staying healthy and safe, we will be having our monthly chapter meetings online until further notice.
Hope to see all of you at the upcoming online meeting this week!

Topic: Tacoma Chapter Meeting (Early Evening)
Time: Wed. | May 12, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY
AGENDA
Updates!
What do you want from Chapter meetings?
Door Prize!

Detailed information on how to join the online meeting sent to members’ home email on Mon., May 10, 2021.

Seattle Chapter Meeting - THURS., MAY 13 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-13 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Click MORE for more info.

PROTEC17’s City Union Reps and Chapter President Darren Wilson
invite you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Thurs., May 13, 2021 | 12 Noon – 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location:
ONLINE ONLY

The Seattle Chapter meeting is announced in both the Seattle E-Newsletter (in your home emails on Monday, May 4th), and the followup Reminder email to members’ home emails. The followup Reminder email, sent the day before the meeting, will include the Agenda items.

Looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming online meeting!
Stay safe, stay healthy!

THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN: A SPECIAL BRIEFING FOR WORKING PEOPLE
2021-05-18 12:00 - 13:00
This is an event co-sponsored by our friends at the Oregon AFL-CIO:
In March, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $1.9 trillion relief and stimulus bill to help fight the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on our communities and our economy. The American Rescue Plan provides much needed support for working people, families, government agencies and more – including funding public health, increasing workplace safety, pension and healthcare relief (including fully subsidizing COBRA), and providing the necessary support for state, local, and tribal governments. The APRA is big and complex, which is why we are hosting a panel discussion to explain how this historic legislation impacts you.

Power in a Pension: Labor, Private Equity, and Climate Justice
2021-05-19 10:00 - 11:00
This is an event sponsored by our friends at the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies:
Join the University of Washington’s Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies for a virtual forum exploring the relationship between labor’s retirement capital, the climate crisis, and the impacts on communities and the environment.
The goal of this forum is to bring stakeholders together to discuss how labor unions, pension fund trustees, and Indigenous rights and grassroots organizations are working to effect change and explore avenues for further collaboration.

Dayton Chapter Meeting - WED., MAY 19 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-19 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING ONLY
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Topic: Dayton Chapter Meeting
Date: Wed., May 19, 2021
Time: 12 Noon – 1:00 p.m. – Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY

AGENDA

Furloughs
Dayton Building Remodel
Return to Work

Detailed information on how to join the online meeting was emailed out to members on Thursday, May 13th, to their home email address.

Portland Chapter Meeting - WED., MAY 19, 2021 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-19 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is an early evening meeting.

Rachel Whiteside is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Detailed information on the upcoming May chapter/member meetings can be found in the PORTLAND UPDATE #2 – APRIL 2021 E-newsletter that was sent to your home email on Tues., April 20th. Please refer to it to find out how to join the meeting online and see the agenda.
Topic: Portland Chapter Meeting (early evening)
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY

Clark County Chapter Meeting (Afternoon) - TUES. MAY 25TH – ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-25 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Detailed information on how to join the Zoom meeting and what’s on the Agenda was sent to your home email on Thurs., May 20th.

Topic: Clark County Chapter Meeting
Date: Tuesday, May 25th, 2021 (Afternoon)
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY
Thank you.

King County Chapter Meeting - Tues., May 25 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-05-25 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Chapter meeting notice in your home emails after 12 Noon, Fri., May 14th! See for full agenda and Zoom info.

Spokane Chapter Meeting - Wed., May 26, 2021 - ONLINE ONLY
2021-05-26 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE ONLY
Join your Union Rep, Suzie Saunders, and fellow union members for this month’s online chapter meeting!

The chapter meeting notice was emailed out to members on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. It contains complete information on how to join the online meeting, and lists the agenda items for the meeting.

Portland Chapter Meeting - TUES., JUNE 1, 2021 - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-06-01 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is an afternoon meeting.

Rachel Whiteside is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting!
Detailed information on the upcoming June chapter/member meeting can be found in the PORTLAND UPDATE – JUNE 2021 E-newsletter that was sent to your home email on Tues., May 25th. Please refer to it to find out how to join the meeting online and see the agenda.
Topic: Portland Chapter Meeting
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY

Seattle Muni Court Meeting - Tues., June 1, 2021 - ONLINE ONLY
2021-06-01 18:30 - 19:30 | ONLINE ONLY
Come meet your new Union Rep, Nikki Dias, and join fellow union members at this early evening online meeting!

PROTEC17 Muni Court union members will have detailed information sent to their home emails on Thursday morning, May 27th. It contains complete information on the agenda items and how to join the online meeting. Looking forward to meeting all of you at this meeting!
In solidarity,
Nikki Dias

TRAINING: Building a Successful Contract Campaign
2021-06-03 16:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Join your fellow PROTEC17 members to build power for contract negotiations and beyond!
In this training, you will learn how to define and build a successful contract campaign using the G.R.O.W model for wins at the bargaining table and ongoing strength in the workplace. Participants will practice conducting a power analysis in order to understand who builds power alongside us and how we can best leverage our power with our employers.
THURS., June 3
4-6 p.m.
via Zoom – REGISTER HERE!
This training is open to all members, but is strongly recommended for anyone who wants to participate in the bargaining process, either as a negotiator at the table or as part of your Contract Action Team mobilizing your fellow members.
See you there!

WORKSHOP: Race, Gender and Labor
2021-06-03 18:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This is a workshop presented by the SW WA Labor Council.
Participants of this workshop will explore the manifestations of racism within our workplaces and communities – grounded in the understanding that race and organized labor are inextricably bound. WSLC’s 2015 resolution on Race & Labor calls on unions to develop a robust counter-narrative to right-wing populism, starting with a shared history and collective work of making racial justice central to our organizations and how labor allies can work together. We are also excited to host a family friendly space, to encourage intergenerational conversations and solutions.

At the end of this workshop, attendees will be able to
1. Create and participate in “brave space” conversations with other union members, coworkers and family members on race, gender and most importantly – equity
2. Define racism and identify the different manifestations inside and outside of the workplace
3. Explore implicit, unconscious bias and practice interrupting oppressive moments in small groups

Please reach out to your fellow union members and working people in our community and ask them to attend. The workshop will be family friendly so members can bring their spouses, kids, parents… anyone from their household is welcome to attend.

We’re looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, June 3rd at 6:00 PM. Don’t forget to register at http://bit.ly/SWWAworkshop

Tacoma Chapter Meeting - WED., JUNE 9, 2021 (Early Evening) - ONLINE ONLY!
2021-06-09 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
In the continued interest of supporting our members staying healthy and safe, we will be having our monthly chapter meetings online until further notice.
Hope to see all of you at the upcoming online meeting this week!

Topic: Tacoma Chapter Meeting (Early Evening)
Time: Wed. | June 9, 2021 | 5:30 – 6:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Location: ONLINE ONLY
AGENDA
Contact Review
Door Prize for one lucky attendee

Detailed information on how to join the online meeting sent to members’ home email on Mon., June 7, 2021.

TRAINING: Political Action & Engagement
2021-06-09 18:00 - 19:30 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
Right now, we are preparing to launch our 2021 political endorsement program, and we need you to join the Political Action Committee!
This state-wide committee will inform PROTEC17’s endorsement decisions, plus we’ll have fun getting to know other politically active members in the process. If you are interested in participating on the Political Action Committee and in the endorsement interviews, please register for the training below.
June 9
6-7:30 p.m.
REGISTER HERE.
Questions? Please reach out to Nikki Dias!

Learn Your Rights at Work as a Queer Worker
2021-06-10 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE MEETING VIA ZOOM
This event is organized by the Oregon AFL-CIO.

The Oregon AFL-CIO will celebrate PRIDE virtually this year with a panel discussion of your rights as a Queer worker. Allies and leaders, welcome!

Learn about existing laws, proposed legislation, strategies for protecting yourself and your loved ones, organizing, and how all of us in Oregon Labor can improve the lives of our LGBTQ siblings, union members, and workers.
Panelists include:

A.J. Mendoza, CWA 7901 President
Celeste Jones, Oregon AFSCME’s Strategic Alignment Director
Jess Giannettino Villatoro, Oregon AFL-CIO Political Director
Christina Stephenson, Civil Rights Attorney
Gretchen Mollers (OEA), Beaverton School District Outreach & Engagement Specialist, and LGBTQ+ Student & Staff Support
Be Marston, Unite-HERE volunteer organizer and Shop Steward

Register here, and we look forward to seeing you on June 10!

The History and Future of Juneteenth
2021-06-14 19:30 - 21:00
Presented by the Northwest African American Museum and Town Hall
In conversation with South Seattle Emerald’s Marcus Harrison Green, Annette Gordon-Reed weaves together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir chronicled in her book On Juneteenth. She recounts the origins of the date in Texas and the enormous hardships that African-Americans have endured since and explains how, from the earliest presence of Black people in Texas, African-Americans played an integral role in the state’s story. She demonstrates that the slave- and race-based economy not only defined the fractious era of Texas independence but indeed caused the Mexican-American and Civil Wars. Don’t miss this urgent program for an essential revision of conventional renderings of history, one that starkly reminds us that the fight for equality is demanding and ongoing. Tickets $5.
