Santa wows kids
of Iron Workers
Local 29
Minimum wage to
increase in 2013
Oregon’s minimum wage will in-
crease by 15 cents per hour — to
$8.95, starting Jan. 1, 2013. The wage
hike tracks a 1.7 percent increase in the
Consumer Price Index (CPI) from Au-
gust 2011.
A union-led ballot measure that en-
acted the state law in 2002 directs the
commissioner of the state Bureau of
Labor and Industries to adjust the min-
imum wage for inflation, rounded to
the nearest five cents. The CPI is pub-
lished by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics, measuring the average
change in prices over time for a fixed
“market basket” of goods and services,
such as food, shelter, medical care,
transportation fares, and other goods
and services people purchase for day-
to-day living.
Oregon and Washington are among
10 states that make annual adjustments
to their minimum wage. Minimum pay
in Washington will increase by 15 cents
next year, taking it to $9.19 per hour,
the highest rate in the country.
Children and grandchildren of members of Iron Workers Local 29 gather
with Santa Claus at the local’s annual Christmas breakfast Dec. 8 at the
Holiday Inn in Northeast Portland. This year marks the 27th anniversary of
the party, which includes breakfast and a gift for each child. More than 300
people attended.
from the
Columbia-Pacific Building &
Construction Trades Council
Jodi Guetzloe Parker, Executive Secretary Treasurer
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DECEMBER 21, 2012