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PAGE 10 | July 3, 2015 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Union pension fund to invest $26 million at Westmoreland Union Manor The AFL-CIO Housing Invest- ment Trust (HIT) is investing $25.9 million of union and pub- lic pension capital for the reha- bilitation of Westmoreland Union Manor in Southeast Port- land. This financing will allow for modernization of the apartment building and keep 100 percent of the project affordable to Port- land seniors. The project will create approximately 290 union construction jobs. Westmoreland Union Manor was originally built in 1966 with 301 age-restricted (62 years or older) units. To improve the property’s current condition, the new financing will help rehabil- itate the building by replacing all major systems with new, en- ergy efficient systems, and per- form a seismic retrofit. The modernization will extend the useful life of the building for an- other 50 years. The HIT’s financing will help preserve the affordability of this project. Over one-half of the UNITE HERE calls first contract a big victory for Portland airport food service workers UNITE HERE Local 8 has reached tentative agreement on a first-ever union contract for about 125 Portland airport work- ers employed by HMSHost, a multinational food concessions company. A contract ratification vote is set for July 9. HMSHost manages the air- port locations of Rogue Ales Public House, Rose’s Restau- rant and Bakery, and several Starbucks kiosks — under a concessions contract with the Port of Portland. If ratified by workers, the union contract will provide raises of $1.40 an hour for non- tipped employees, phased in over three years. It will also im- prove health insurance benefits and expand eligibility to more part-time workers. And the contract goes a long way to improve scheduling, a key concern for food service workers: It requires that work schedules be posted at least five days in advance; guarantees minimum four-hour shifts, 10 hours in between shifts, and two consecutive days off in a row; pays time-and-a-half if employ- ees work more than seven days in a row; and provides for an- nual shift bids and seniority rights for scheduling (and for vacation, promotions, and lay- offs). It also mandates automatic approval of vacation requests if management does not respond within 14 days. HMSHost, a subsidiary of the Italian multinational Autogrill, was formerly known as Host Marriott Services Corporation. In September 2014, the com- pany voluntarily recognized UNITE HERE Local 8 as the representative of its Portland air- port employees. project’s units are affordable to extremely low-income house- holds with incomes at less than 30 percent of area median in- come. The building is managed by Manor Management, a union- based property management company that also manages Kirkland Union Manors I, II, and III in Portland, Marshall Union Manor in Northwest Port- land, and Kirkland Union Plaza in Vancouver, Washington. “We are enthusiastic about in- vesting in Westmoreland and the City of Portland. Providing high-quality and affordable housing for seniors is a neces- sity,” said Emily Johnstone, HIT’s managing director of business development. Preservation of existing buildings and affordable units is crucial, as there is a high de- mand for affordable housing in Portland. Changing demograph- ics and low vacancy rates have created significant increases in market rate rents. With the Westmoreland proj- ect, the HIT will have invested $48 million in Oregon since 2010. Union pension funds were used to build Coquille Valley Hospital. According to the HIT, these projects have a total devel- opment investment of $90 mil- lion, which has generated an es- timated $164 million in total economic benefits. These in- vestments have provided $63 million in total wages and bene- fits for workers, including $31 million for union construction workers. More than 1,140 total jobs have been created across industry segments, including ap- proximately 510 union con- struction jobs. These benefits have generated $10 million in state and local tax revenue and $12 million in federal tax rev- enue. 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