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PAGE 2 | October 7, 2016 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Sweet ways to support good jobs on Halloween 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 If you want your Halloween to be all treats and no tricks, make sure all your candy is union-made in America. The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor’s resource site, Labor 411, has an exten- sive list of union-made candies. Here are some highlights, featuring sweets made by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers and the United Food and Commercial Workers: 5th Avenue, Abba-Zaba, Almond Roca, Baby Ruth, Big Hunk, Bit-O-Honey, Butterfinger, Cadbury, Candy House Buttons, Caramello, Clark Bar, Dum 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 $14 a year for union members, $22 a year for all others. Pay by credit card online at nwlaborpress.org/subscribe, or send a check to our mailing address (above) along with your name, address and union affiliation, if any. Group rates of $10.08 a year per person are available for 25 or more subscriptions; call 503-288-3311 for details. 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: If you move, let us know at nwlaborpress.org/subscriber-services or by mail at our mailing address (above). Be sure to provide your old and new addresses and the name/number of your local union. Please allow three weeks for the change to take effect. 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 - Garnishments? Call Me to Compare Prices with those you See on TV Nancy D. Anderson Enrolled Agent www.nancydanderson.com 503-244-2577 Paula Dums, Ghirardelli Chocolate, Gimbal’s Fine Can- dies, Hershey’s Kisses, Hershey’s Hugs, Hershey’s Nuggets, Jawbreakers, Jelly Belly, Kit Kat, Laffy Taffy, LOOK!, Mallo Cups, Malted Milk Balls, Mary Jane, Mighty Malts, Necco Wafers, Red Vines, Rocky Road, Rolo, Russell Stover, See’s Candies, Sky Bar, Smarties, Snaps, Sour Patch Kids, Sour Punch, Super Ropes, Toblerone, Tootsie Rolls, Trolli, U-NO, York Peppermint Patties, and Zagnut. Boycott Note: Until a Bakers Union strike is resolved, don’t purchase Just Born candies. Prod- ucts include Marshmallow Peeps, Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales, and Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews. BOLI permanently debars Cornerstone Janitorial for wage theft on numerous public works projects The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries has permanently debarred Cornerstone Janitorial Services and owner Sang In Nam from doing public works projects in the state. In addition, Sang agreed to pay $144,000 in liquidated damages to 46 under- paid workers. BOLI has already collected nearly $200,000 in unpaid wages for Cornerstone Janitorial employees who were working on public projects. Nam is a Ko- rean immigrant, and his com- pany qualified as a minority contractor. Many government projects require minority set- aside contracts. Cornerstone did a lot of work cleaning up construction sites for large general contractors such as Hoffman Construction and Skanska. BOLI began in- vestigating Cornerstone after re- ceiving two wage complaints from Hoffman Construction. BOLI found that workers were not paid at prevailing wage rates on a series of 16 taxpayer- funded education and health care projects in Portland, Eu- gene, Stayton, Junction City, Salem, Keizer, Philomath, Ver- nonia, Corvallis, Monmouth and Wilsonville. Some of those projects included Portland Com- munity College, the Casanova expansion at the University of Oregon, two Oregon State Hos- pitals, and the Vernonia K-12 school project. “Our agency is committed to holding businesses accountable so that workers receive every dollar they’ve earned,” Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian said in a press statement. It is only the second time in the agency’s history that it issued a lifetime ban. BOLI has 56 businesses, contractors, and in- dividuals on the debarment list. Avakian urges workers and contractors to contact BOLI’s Prevailing Wage Rate Unit if they believe they have been cheated out of wages. Call 971- 673-0839 or email pwremail@ boli.state. or.us. Union launches boycott of all Trump properties UNITE HERE has called for a nationwide boycott of all proper- ties owned by Republican presi- dential nominee Donald Trump. The boycott stems from Trump’s Las Vegas hotel defying labor law and refusing to bargain with UNITE HERE. The national AFL-CIO supports the boycott. Some 1,500 workers at the Las Vegas hotel voted last De- cember to join Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165. Trump challenged the election. The Na- tional Labor Relations Board ruled it to be valid, certified the unions, and ordered hotel man- agement to bargain with the two locals. Management thus far has refused. Boycott events started at Trump’s L.A. golf course and occurred at his hotels in San Francisco and Honolulu on Sept. 29, and at the Chicago Trump Tower on Oct. 1. “Enough is enough,” said UNITE HERE President D. Taylor. “While Donald Trump waged an indefensible anti- worker and anti-immigrant pres- idential campaign, the workers at his Las Vegas hotel fought for dignity and respect in their workplace. They voted to union- ize, they won, and now the law says Trump must negotiate.”
