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We wish our clients and friends in organized labor all the best on Labor Day! Doug Holden, FSA, EA Pete Sturdivan, FSA, EA Jeff Higgins, FSA, EA Nina Lantz, ASA, EA Ladd Preppernau, ASA, EA Eric Priest, EA Kirk Parson, ASA, EA Bob Pryor, FSA, EA Will Clark-Shim, ASA, EA Milliman is one of the largest providers of actuarial consulting services to Taft-Hartley Pension Funds in the Northwest. For more information contact us at: 111 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 3700 Portland, Oregon 97204 Phone 503/227-0634 Fax 503/227-7956 THE UNION PLUS ® MORTGAGE PROGRAM Provided Exclusively by Chase Home Finance When it comes to mortgages, we’re taking a stand for Union members. Chase is backing union members with the Union Plus® Mortgage Program — a home purchase and refinancing program exclusively for union members, their parents and children. • FREE Mortgage Assistance Benefit If you are unemployed or disabled. • A wide variety of mortgages Choose from fixed-rate, adjustable-rate, and low- or no-closing costs options. • Special Lending First-time homebuyer and less-than-perfect credit programs. • Savings on closing costs Member-only savings on new purchases and refinance. Oregon AFL-CIO hires Tackett as workforce labor liaison Bob Tackett has been hired by the Oregon AFL-CIO as its labor liaison to the Workers Investment Act Dislocated Worker program. Tackett succeeds Verle Steele, who retired last month. He will begin his new post next month. Tackett has been a labor peer advo- cate with Labor’s Community Service Agency, AFL-CIO, since September 2000. Prior to that he worked for 26 years at Reynold’s Aluminum in Trout- dale before that plant shut down. Tackett is a member of the Steel- workers Union. The Oregon AFL-CIO Workforce Development Department is a member of the state’s Dislocated Worker Unit, where it partners to deliver rapid re- sponse, early intervention, Trade Ad- justment Act and unemployment insur- ance assistance to workers during layoffs and plant closures. The labor liaison also helps recruit and offers technical assistance for WIA labor reps serving on state and local Workforce Investment Boards. HIRING Staff Organizer (Union) Portland-based Laborers Local 483 is seeking a Staff Organizer/ both Internal and External. If interested, or for more information, please call Richard Beetle or Darlene Marie at 503-239-5676 Monday through Friday be- tween 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Here’s to you on Labor Day! Your labor has kept the family strong and this nation proud. It all adds up to more home-buying power. Contact your local Union Plus® Mortgage Specialist 866-729-6016 866-729-6016 Ext. 3016 Plasterers Local 82 Union Plus is a registered trademark of Union Privilege. Eligibility for mortgage assistance begins one year after closing on a Union Plus Mortgage through Chase Home Finance. This offer may not be combined with any other promotional offer or rebate, is not transferable, and is available to bona fide members of participating unions. For down payments of less than 20%, mortgage insurance (MI) is required and MI charges apply. All loans are subject to credit and property approval. Program terms and conditions are subject to change without notice. Not all products are available in all states or for all loan amounts. Other restrictions and limitations apply. ©2005 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All Rights Reserved. P-UP 104 2A-7604 10/05 PAGE 24 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Calvin McKinnis Business Manager 12812 NE Marx Portland, OR 97230 503-232-3257 AUGUST 17, 2007