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AFSCME Local 88 members ratify four- year contract at Multnomah County Members of the American Federa- tion of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 88 have ratified a new four-year contract with Mult- nomah County. HELP WANTED 24hr per week office assistant. Must be proficient with Quickbooks, Excel, Word; Experience with small business, accounting and banking, gen or- ganizational skills, typing, filing, experience and job experience to be considered. Candidate must join OPEIU Local 11 and work under terms of con- tract, including wages, 401(k), vacation and health benefits. Submit resume by Nov 12, 2007 to: ILWU Local 40 2401 N. W. Twenty Third Ave. Portland, Oregon 97210 The contract — retroactive to July 1 and expiring June 30, 2011 — was rat- ified by 88.5 percent of the union’s membership. Local 88 represents about 3,000 county workers. Local 88 members will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 2.7 percent for the current year, retroac- tive to July 1. Bargaining unit members will receive an annual COLA of be- tween 2 and 5 percent on July 1 each of the next three years; the exact amounts will be determined by the Portland-area Consumer Price Index. Health care benefits and premiums will remain the same through Jan. 1, 2009. In the interim, a new labor-man- agement Employee Benefits Team will form and review health care coverage. The Employee Benefits Team will ex- amine current plan designs and cost- sharing to take place in 2009. If the team cannot come to an agreement, a default plan has been agreed to. An- other team will make recommendations by Sept. 1, 2008 for 30-hour per week employees at the Multnomah County Library. The agreement also allows Local 88’s president to access the county’s e- mail system to send communications to union-represented employees, it allows the use of up to 24 hours of vacation time per year for emergency situations and preventative medical and dental ap- pointments and declares that letters of reprimand older than two years will not be counted in disciplinary actions. Roger G. Worthington, P.C. leads the fight to find a cure for Mesothelioma cancer caused by asbestos exposure Since 1989, we have been dedicated to helping asbestos cancer patients get justice in the courtrooms and help in the hospitals. 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