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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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