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PAGE 2 | May 4, 2018 | 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 $15 a year for union members, $23 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 $10.56 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 Low Prices! Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 12-6 PLEASE SHOW OUR ADVERTISERS YOU APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS LABOR MOVEMENT NEWSPAPER! AFL-CIO calls on Portland to give Uber drivers a voice By Don McIntosh At an April 30 rally outside City Hall, Portland City Commis- sioner Nick Fish announced plans for a city ordinance to give Uber and Lyft drivers more say over wages and working conditions. A public hearing on the concept is tentatively set for May 24. The action is in re- sponse to calls from the Oregon AFL-CIO. Oregon AFL-CIO organizer Alma Raya has spent almost two years talking with Uber and Lyft drivers about pay and working conditions, even while the state labor federation helped defeat proposed legislation backed by so-called transportation network companies (TNCs) that would have declared their drivers to be independent contractors. Exist- ing state law classifies taxi driv- ers as independent contractors, but in 2015, the Oregon Bureau Oregon AFL-CIO organizer Alma Raya, left, has been talking with Uber and Lyft drivers like the ones above outside City Hall. The union federation sees its mandate as fighting for all working people, including “gig economy” workers. of Labor and Industries issued a help drivers resolve complaints nonbinding advisory opinion that terms of that deal, he’s not al- tiable. “[Uber and Lyft] have it set up against TNCs about wages, de- Uber drivers are in fact employ- lowed to drive for Uber. Kinder- mann decides what hours he where they’re the only winners,” activation or any other issue. ees. Consider Lyft driver Enrique drives, but little else: How much said Tina Anatra, who has been Kindermann, who took part in of the fare he keeps, the rules un- driving for Uber in the Portland FIND OUT MORE the rally outside City Hall. Kin- der which he’s rated and can be area for eight months. Learn more about the AFL-CIO’s The proposed ordinance is still dermann pays $200 a week to deactivated, the terms under Transportation Fairness campaign – rent the 2015 Hyundai he drives which he rents his vehicle — all being developed, Fish said, but and sign up for email updates – at for Lyft —through a Lyft part- those things are decided by the basically it would create a public transportationfairnesspdx.com nership with Hertz. Under the company and are non-nego- body in which city staff would