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Chase is backing union members with the Union Plus ® Mortgage
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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.
The first bargaining session was
held July 16, at which Local 555 pro-
posed full maintenance of benefits, an
increase in pension contributions, a
three-year contract with journeyper-
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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.”
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Chamber of Commerce, in November.
Piluso is running with strong support
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