Northwest labor press. (Portland , Ore.) 1987-current, September 01, 2017, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE 12 | September 1, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS Outside Paul Ryan’s country club fundraiser for Oregon Congressman Greg Walden … FULL HOUSE: Several hundred noisy unionists ﬁlled the lobby at Umpqua Bank Plaza in down- town Portland Aug. 25 to oppose a decision to get rid of a union janitorial ﬁrm. Chicago-based Zeller Realty Group bought the oﬃce building in January, and in August replaced union-signa- tory Able Building Maintenance with nonunion National Maintenance Contractors. That meant the loss of seven living-wage positions for members of SEIU Local 49. “By using a nonunion jan- itorial company, Zeller has chosen to put downward pressure on the standards Portland janitors have been ﬁghting for decades to raise,” said Local 49 researcher Jeremy Simer. sale up to 60% off thu – wed | aug 31 – sep 6 FACTORY STORE 12021 NE Airport Way | Portland, OR UNION WAY 1022 W Burnside | Portland, OR TANASBOURNE TOWN CENTER 18190 NW Evergreen Pkwy | Beaverton, OR THE LANDING IN RENTON 829 N 10th St, Suite A | Renton, WA DANNER.COM/SALE union members get 10% off every day * * Regular price items, in store only IATSE Local 28 Business Rep- resentative Rose Etta Vene- tucci (right) and a dozen other unionists joined sev- eral hundred others outside the Waverly Country Club Aug. 23 to protest an appear- ance by Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. Con- gressman Ryan was there to headline a $1,000-per-per- son fundraiser for fellow Re- publicans Greg Walden of Hood River and Jaime Her- rera Beutler of Southwest Washington. Protesters’ biggest complaint with Ryan was health care. Ryan’s American Health Care Act, which passed the House but failed in the Senate, would have increased the number of people without health in- surance by 22 million by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Oﬃce. [Walden voted for it, but Herrera Beutler was one of 20 Republicans to vote against it.] Ryan has been touring the country to promote a corporate tax cut and raise money for Republicans, but hasn’t held an open-to-the-public event for his own Wisconsin constituents since October 2015. He faces a challenge in 2018 from union leader and iron worker Randy Bryce, a Democrat. The day after his visit to the Portland area and Intel, Ryan visited the Seattle area for a tour of Boeing — and a $2,500-a-plate fundraiser.