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For Multnomah County Commission AFSCME Local 88 endorses Shiprack The Marco Consulting Group I NVESTMENT C ONSULTANTS TO M ULTI -E MPLOYER B ENEFIT F UNDS Please call Jason Zenk at 253-376-3391 Midwest Office 550 W Washington Blvd Ninth Floor Chicago, IL 60661 p: 312-575-9000 F: 312-575-9840 East Coast Office 1220 Adams St First Floor Boston, MA 02124 p: 617-298-0967 F: 617-298-0966 www.marcoconsulting.com 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. Multnomah County Employees Lo- cal 88 has endorsed Judy Shiprack for county commissioner in District 3. The district’s boundaries are I-84 on the North and Clackamas County on the South. It extends as far west as NE 33rd Avenue, and east as far as 148th. Local 88 is an affiliate of the Amer- ican Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. It represents the largest bloc of union workers at the county, with about 2,700 members. The union also reaffirmed its en- dorsement of Carla Piluso in District 4, which covers east Multnomah County, including Gresham, Troutdale and Wood Village. The union endorsed Piluso in the May primary, but not Shiprack. In- stead, members opted for Rob Milesnick. Shiprack and Piluso, who is Gre- sham’s chief of police, were the top vote getters in the May primary, but neither was able to get the necessary 50 percent-plus-one to avoid a runoff. Shiprack, a former state legislator (her maiden name was Judy Bauman), will face runner-up Mike Delman in District 3. Delman is public affairs di- rector of Portland Habilitation Center, and a former chief of staff to ex- County Commissioner Gary Hansen. He received several labor endorse- ments in the primary, including one from United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555. Shiprack, who is married to Bob Shiprack, executive director of the Oregon State Building and Construc- tion Trades Council, had strong labor backing in the primary. She most re- cently worked as director of the Public Safety Coordinating Council of Mult- nomah County. She is a former Mult- nomah County deputy district attor- Portland area grocery pacts expire, UFCW braces for war Grocery and meat contracts in the Portland metropolitan area expired July 26, but workers — members of United Food and Commercial Work- ers Local 555 — are still on the job under contract extensions. Local 555 represents about 6,000 workers at Kroger, Albertsons and Safeway stores in the Portland metro- politan area. Kroger is the parent company of Fred Meyer and QFC. “We’re expecting a war, and we will need your help,” Jeff McDonald, secretary-treasurer of the union, told delegates at the monthly meeting of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council. 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Other restrictions and limitations apply. ©2008 JP Morgan Chase & Co. All Rights Reserved. P-UP 104 2A-7604 son wage increases of $1 an hour for each year of the contract, card-check recognition, and more. “They seemed shocked,” McDon- ald told the NW Labor Press. “They somehow think that the Eugene settle- ment should be the pattern agreement for Portland. Well, a lot has changed since that settlement. Food is more ex- pensive. Gas is more expensive. It costs a lot more just to get to work.” Since the Eugene area ratification in January, contracts have been rati- fied in Salem, Newport, Lincoln City, Astoria, Tillamook, Coos Bay, Flo- rence, Vancouver, Medford, Rose- burg, Brookings, McMinnville, Hood River, and Lakeview. The next bargaining session for Portland is Aug. 28. 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