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PAGE 10 | April 3, 2015 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS OREGON LEGISLATURE Senate President says he won’t allow vote on minimum wage increase SALEM — Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney (D- Salem) told a group of Southern Oregon business leaders March 26 that he won’t allow a vote on increasing the minimum wage. The Oregon AFL-CIO is leading a campaign to raise the minimum wage this year, and the issue is at the top of a five- point “fair shot” agenda being pushed by a coalition of labor, civil rights and community groups. Courtney is the state senator for District 11, representing Woodburn, Gervais, and part of Salem. Running for re-election last year, he told the Oregon AFL-CIO he was in favor of raising the minimum wage, and got its endorsement. But on March 26, 40 to 50 members of the Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, and Medford chambers of commerce were at the State Capitol for a five-hour meeting with House and Senate leaders. Courtney told them a minimum wage bill won’t make it to the Senate floor, according to a report in the Medford Mail Tribune. “I’m not going to do mini- mum wage this session,” Court- ney reportedly said. “I’m a De- Paid sick days bill passes committee SALEM — On March 25, the Oregon Senate Workforce Com- mittee voted 3-2 in favor of a bill mandating state-wide paid sick leave. SB 454 would re- quire employers with six or more employees to provide up to five days of paid sick time each year. Workers could use the sick time to recover at home from a contagious illness, for a doctors appointment, or care for a sick child. The Committee vote was along party lines, with Republicans voting against it. The bill now goes to the Joint Ways and Means Committee for further consideration. The vote came five weeks after a joint hearing on the bill at which over 300 people filled a hearing room and several overflow rooms. mocrat and that has not en- deared me to my family … I’m going to do the sick-leave thing, but I’m not going to do mini- mum wage … That’s a tough statement to make, but I made it here … I will deal with the heat.” $15 minimum wage rally April 15 Activists will rally in Portland for a $15 minimum wage and a union Wednesday, April 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Workers from Portland State University, city employees, jani- tors, care providers and others will meet at O’Bryant Square on Southwest 9th Avenue between Washington and Stark Streets at noon. Organizers will hold a brief rally before marching to City Hall and Portland State University. The event is sponsored in part by Laborers Local 483, Oregon AFSCME Council 75, Service Employees Local 503, and Jobs with Justice. 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THEUNIONMANORS . ORG The change-of-heart was news to the Oregon AFL-CIO, the lead group for the coalition working to raise the minimum wage. Courtney’s office had not re- turned a call from the Labor Press by the time this issue went to press. The Oregon House is consid- ering three minimum wage bills this year. House Bill 2009, spon- sored by State Rep. Rob Nosse, would raise the minimum from its current $9.25 to $11.50 in 2016, $13.25 in 2017, and $15 in 2018. HB 2008, sponsored by State Rep. Margaret Doherty, would raise the minimum to $10.90 in 2016 and $12.20 in 2017. And HB 2004 would let local governments set a higher minimum wage than the state- wide minimum. The Oregon House Labor Committee will hold a hearing on all three bills April 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Hearing Room F. Tell Wyden, Blumenauer: NO FAST TRACK Opponents of NAFTA-style trade deals will rally outside the offices of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. 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