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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 2 | February 5 , 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS ...Oregon Legislature: A lot at stake for workers From Page 1 (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. and it would make certain pre- vailing wage violations a Class C felony. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Unemployment for locked-out workers State Rep. Dan Rayfield (D- Corvallis) is pushing a bill that will help the 180 locked-out union Steelworkers at ATI Tech- nologies in Albany. Currently workers who are locked out by their employers in a labor dis- pute — through no fault of their own — are eligible for six months of unemployment. Ray- field’s bill would extend that to 12 months. That could make a real difference for the ATI work- ers, who believe their employer has a strategy to starve them out once their unemployment bene- fits run out this month. Several hundred supporters of a $15 minimum wage rallied at the State Capitol in Salem on Jan 14. Inclusionary zoning In Portland and around the state, there’s a housing affordability crisis under way: Rents and home prices are fast becoming unaffordable to many working people. With labor support, housing activists tried but failed last year to get lawmakers to re- move a ban on local govern- ments mandating that a certain percentage of new units be af- fordable. But the problem has only gotten worse. This month, they’ll consider a bill to let cities mandate that up to 30 percent of new units meet a definition of 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 affordable. The bill is backed by the Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon AFSCME, and the Service Em- ployees International Union. Oregon AFL-CIO Political Director Graham Trainor said it’s a symptom of how rampant income inequality has become that lawmakers are ready to take up such momentous issues in a one-month off-year legislative session. “We can’t wait another year for movement on the most pressing issues facing working people,” Trainor said.