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EE R F Who’s On Our Side? By Tom Chamberlain U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley stood in front of a crowd Saturday morning giving an impassioned speech about what America could, and should, be. He was fired up and ready to put all his effort into the 2014 election. He didn’t look like a guy who had taken a Koch broth- ers pounding for the last month. The Koch brothers and their 1%er friends have dumped hun- dreds of millions of dollars into the 2014 election. They have already paid for a mega-media campaign to smear Sen. Merkley in their efforts to elect their candidate: Dr. Monica Wehby. The effort by the 1%ers to defeat Sen. Merkley and replace him with a candidate that reflects their values — an agenda paid by the rich for the benefit of the already rich — is really what the 2014 election is about. The airwaves are filled with messages about how if we just re- moved unnecessary obstacles to business, or provided more tax in- centives, then good jobs would sud- denly appear. If we could just over- turn Obamacare, the bottom would fall out of health care costs and our for-profit health care model would provide comprehensive, cheap, coverage. The truth is that Reaganomics’ reverse Robin Hoodism has been taking from the poor and giving to the rich for over three decades and it has never worked. Obamacare has reduced costs, opened up ac- cess to healthcare, and expanded coverage for millions of Americas. The 2014 election is about giv- ing Oregonians a fair shot: those folks who get up every day and go to work, those children who go to school to prepare for the jobs of the future, those folks who wish they could work but physical or mental challenges are a barrier, or those folks who try and try to find work but come up empty. A fair shot for Oregonians is a minimum wage that keeps families out of poverty. It is a fair shot for women to receive equal pay for equal work. It’s a fair shot to have time off to heal when you or a fam- ily member are sick. A fair shot is an opportunity to save for a stable, dependable retirement with re- spect and dignity. This should be our frame as we ask where candidates stand in 2014. Do they stand for an agenda that gives all Oregonian a shot at — at the very least — the mini- mum that families need? Or do they stand with the hollow prom- ises and misleading messages of the 1%ers’ agenda? The 1%ers are adept at finding issues that divide us. Let’s focus on a fair shot agenda that unites us. Tom Chamberlain is president of the Oregon AFL-CIO. Support Labor’s Community Service Agency by shopping at Fred Meyer Union members can help fund pro- grams for Labor’s Community Service Agency (LCSA) using their Fred Meyer Rewards Card. Fred Meyer, a union employer, will donate $2.5 million to non-profits in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho annually through a new program it calls Community Rewards. All you have to do is link your Rewards Card and use it when you shop at Fred Meyer. Here’s how it works: Link your Fred Meyer Rewards Card online to LCSA (number 91427) at www.fredmeyer.com/communityre- wards. Whenever you use your Rewards Card when shopping at Fred Meyer you’ll be helping Labor’s Community Service Agency earn a donation. That’s because at the end of each quarter, Fred Meyer will make a donation to partici- pating non-profits based on their per- PAGE 10 centage of spending as it relates to the total spending of all participating Fred Meyer Community Reward organiza- tions. 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Most purchases qualify for Com- munity Rewards, but some items are not eligible, including prescriptions, lottery tickets, fuel, tobacco and gift cards, to name a few. NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
