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Labor-sponsored measure
would require OT pay
after an 8-hour workday
SALEM — The Oregon AFL-CIO
will team up with Labor Commis-
sioner Dan Gardner and State Rep. Di-
ane Rosenbaum to get a measure on
the November 2008 ballot that would
require overtime pay after eight hours
of work in a single day.
AFL-CIO Political Director Duke
Shepard was with Gardner and Rosen-
baum April 13 when they dropped off
the signatures required to request a
November 2008 ballot title at the Sec-
retary of State’s office. Gardner and
Rosenbaum are the chief petitioners.
The “8-Hour Day Overtime Act”
would require employers in Oregon to
pay overtime pay (time and a half) to
certain Oregon employees after 8
hours worked in a single day. Some
regularly scheduled shifts such as four
10-hour days, or three 12-hour days
would be exempt from the requirement
under the measure. It mirrors a bill,
House Bill 2673, sponsored by Gard-
ner and State Rep. Brad Witt, currently
before the Oregon Legislature.
“This ballot measure is intended to
promote family values here in Ore-
gon,” Gardner said. “If an employer
wants to require an Oregon worker to
spend more than eight hours away
from their family, then that worker
should be paid a premium.”
If enacted, Oregon would join Cali-
fornia, Colorado and Alaska, as well as
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Is-
lands, with such a requirement.
Gardner and Rosenbaum said the
measure is aimed particularly at work-
ers in the retail sector who can show
up for work and be told their eight-
hour shift has been increased.
“Oregon is an at-will state,” noted
Rosenbaum. “Right now, if an em-
ployer tells an employee they must
work 14 hours in a single shift, that
worker risks his or her job if they re-
fuse. We need to remember that work-
ers have their own family obligations
and they can’t work longer hours than
planned.”
The eight-hour work day standard
was established nationally in 1938 by
President Franklin Roosevelt through
passage of the Fair Labor Standards
Act. In 1967, Oregon adopted the
eight-hour day, but in 1985 state legis-
lators amended the law to require over-
time be paid only after 40 hours in a
week. The state helped establish the
concept of a limited number of hours
in a work day with two cases before
the U.S. Supreme Court in the early
20th century, which established a 10-
hour workday.
“Oregon has a rich history of fight-
ing for workers’ rights, but we took a
step backward in 1985,” said Cham-
berlain. “This ballot measure would
bring back fairness and equity to Ore-
gon workers.”
The proposed ballot measure would
not remove existing overtime exemp-
tions under state law for employees
such as agricultural workers, federal
workers, executives and managers,
taxicab operators, nurses or firefight-
ers.
Labor bowl for
MDA ready to
roll April 22
The 18th annual Labor Bowl Chal-
lenge to benefit the Muscular Dystro-
phy Association (MDA) will be held
Sunday, April 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. at
Cascade Lanes, 2700 NE 82nd Ave.,
Portland.
Portland area labor unions have
collected $276,041 for the charity.
Money raised from pledges and a
silent auction helps provide wheel-
chairs and braces for youngsters,
medical care, research and summer
camps.
Pledge packets are available at the
Northwest Oregon Labor Council or
by calling Tor at MDA at 503-223-
3177.
Clackamas Fire Dist. No. 1
Position 1: Marilyn Wall • Position 3: James Doane • Position 5: Dave McTeague
Pr o fe s s io na l F ir e f ig ht e rs of Cl ac k am as Co u n t y, L oc al 11 5 9 ,
Y ou r U ni on Fi re F ig ht er s S u pp or t t he se ca nd id a t es f o r B o a rd o f Di r e c t o rs
Molalla Rural Fire District
Position 1: Mike Towner • Position 2: Brian Wolfe
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