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PAGE 2 | August 7, 2015 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor & Manager: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $13.75 per year for union members, $20 a year for all others. Send a check for that amount, indicating mailing address and union affilia- tion, to P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213. For 25 or more subscriptions, group rates of $9.60 a year per person are available to trade union organizations. Call 503-288-3311 for de- tails. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a change of address. When or- dering a change, please give your old and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 IRS PROBLEMS? • Haven’t filed for ... years? • Lost records? • Liens - Levies - Garnishments? • Negotiate settlements. • Prepare offer in Compromise. Call Nancy D. Anderson Enrolled Agent NPTI Fellow/America’s Tax Expert LTC-1807 www.nancydanderson.com 503-244-2577 Union-led coalition seeks $13.50 minimum wage Union-backed Raise the Wage Oregon also would restore cities’ right to go higher By Don McIntosh Associate Editor A new coalition of more than two dozen groups will cam- paign to raise Oregon’s mini- mum wage to $13.50 statewide — and restore the right of local communities to pass higher lo- cal minimum wages. The Raise the Wage Oregon campaign will push for legislation in the Feb- ruary 2016 session of the Ore- gon Legislature, but if lawmak- ers fail to act, coalition leaders say they will work to take a bal- lot measure to voters in Novem- ber 2016. Labor groups in the coalition include the Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon Education Association, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, AFSCME Council 75, the Oregon Nurses Association, and Service Em- ployees International Union. Other groups include Causa, Family Forward Oregon, Ecu- menical Ministries of Oregon, Basic Rights Oregon, Oregon Bus Project, Urban League of Portland, and Planned Parent- hood Advocates of Oregon. “No one who works full time “Raising the minimum wage and restoring local control will help build an economy that works for everyone, not just the richest among us,” said Andrea Miller (at the mic), executive director of the Latino civil rights group Causa. Miller was one of several speakers at a July 22 launch of a new coalition, Raise the Wage Oregon. should live in poverty,” said Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain at the coali- tion’s July 22 campaign launch. The event took place at Fire- fighters Memorial Park in Port- land — across the street from the McDonalds restaurant at West Burnside and 18th Av- enue. “We want to raise the wage to $13.50 for all Oregoni- ans, and restore cities’ power to pass a higher minimum wage, so cities like Portland, Salem, and Eugene can follow the lead of Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles,” Chamberlain said. All three of the latter cities have approved local ordinances to raise the minimum wage over time to $15 an hour, but Ore- gon’s legislature passed a law in 2001 barring local jurisdictions from passing higher local mini- mum wages. Oregon’s mini- mum is currently $9.25 an hour. Raise the Wage Oregon takes up where a substantially similar coalition, Fair Shot Oregon, left off. Raising the minimum wage was one of five proposals Fair Shot Oregon took to the Oregon Legislature in the session that ran from February to early July Turn to Page 9
