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EE R F BARGAIN COUNTER Free classified ads to subscribers DEADLINE: Friday prior to publication Published 1st and 3rd Fridays Now accepting e-mails Send to: Michael492@comcast.net Mail to: NWLP, PO Box 13150, Portland OR 97213 (Please include union affiliation) • 15-20 words • No commercial or business ads • 1 ad per issue • All lower case (NO CAPITAL LETTERS, PLEASE) • Ads MUST include area code or they will not be published A UTOMOTIVE OFNHP protests elimination of perio-hygienist classification Several dozen people rallied outside Kaiser Permanente’s headquarters in the Lloyd District Nov. 13 to protest the health care company’s unilateral decision to eliminate the classification of periodontal hygienists. Periodontal hygienists do specialized work in conjunction with periodontists to pro- vide treatment of advanced gum disease. Seventeen periodontal hygienists — in a bargaining unit of 130-plus general hygienists — are members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Local 5017. The union filed a grievance earlier this year claiming the action violated their collective bargaining agreement. The dis- O PEN F ORUM To The Editor: The Northwest Oregon Labor Coun- cil and the Oregon AFL-CIO oppose a proposed ballot initiative to create a Wa- ter District in Portland as an independ- ent agency. This proposed removal of water and sewer service from the purview of the elected mayor and City Council is the first step toward the slippery slope of privatization of public utility services. Currently, approximately 800 union employees of the City of Portland faith- fully deliver some of the highest quality water in the United States and provide reliable sewer service to the residents and businesses in Portland and sur- rounding communities. The proposed ballot initiative will remove all current City of Portland water and sewer em- ployees from employment with the City of Portland and immediately make their employment with the Water District at- will, with complete and total loss of their negotiated labor contract with the City of Portland. This proposed ballot measure is also about control. Control and condemna- tion of property, control of regulation of where water or sewer lines run — and PAGE 10 pute is scheduled to go to arbitration later this month. “In the meantime, Kaiser has continued to proceed along the path to eliminate the perio-hygienist classification,” said Local 5017 spokeswoman Temple Lentz. The union said periodontal hygienists will continue doing the work, only at a lower pay scale. They say the action places profits over patient care. Joining the hygienists at the rally were members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, Communications Workers of America Local 7901, Oregon Nurses Association, Oregon AFL-CIO, and Jobs with Justice. Decline to sign Water Bureau initiative the construction contracting and lease rates for those services, control of rates for residential vs. corporate users — corporate users who would likely want to shift system costs from business to residential ratepayers. It’s about the ability to have real citizen oversight rather than corporate representatives run a board. If this measure is on the May 20, 2014 primary election ballot, please vote “no,” and if you’re asked to sign on to get this measure on the ballot, please decline to sign. 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Call Nancy D. Anderson Enrolled Agent NPTI Fellow/America’s Tax Expert LTC-1807 www.nancydanderson.com 503-244-2577 Gradine Storms, Principal Broker Member of CWA Local 7901 7886 SE 13th • Portland, OR 97202 Cell/Text (503) 784-8326 gstorms@equitygroup.com Linkedin/GradyStorms ARE YOU CONSIDERING HOME OWNERSHIP? Call me for information on December’s NeighborhoodLIFT Down Payment Assistance Program in Portland. NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS DECEMBER 6, 2013
