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Northwest Oregon Labor Council OREGON STATEWIDE: SERVING ORGANIZED LABOR IN OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON SINCE 1900 NORTHWEST Governor: Kate Brown LABOR PRESS STATEWIDE BALLOT MEASURES SUPPORT: Measure 102: Constitutional amendment to make affordable housing bond dollars go farther by allowing local governments to partner with non-profit and private housing providers. In THIs Issue ATu’s neW TrIMeT lIfT AgreeMenT Wages will rise up to $3.91 an hour. | Page 3 MunIcIpAl BroADBAnD Will Portland move forward on fiber? | Page 11 Meetings p. 6 union nemesis retires p. 12 OPPOSE: Measure 103: Constitutional amendment that would allow a tax carve out for cor- porations that want to avoid paying their fair share. Blocks the ability of voters and local govern- ments to make their own decisions about local issues and address public health crises. OPPOSE: Measure 104: Constitutional amendment that would make it harder to eliminate tax loopholes or hold corporations and the wealthy accountable for paying their fair share. OPPOSE: Measure 105: Constitutional amendment to repeal 30-year sanctuary state law. OPPOSE: Measure 106: Constitutional amendment to prohibit public funds from being spent on abortions in Oregon, which could impact public employees and people on Medicaid. CLACKAMAS COUNTY: COLUMBIA COUNTY: Clerk: Pamela White Commissioner: Pos. 2: Henry Heimuller Mayor: Tammy Stempel City Council Pos. 1: Michael Milch City Council Pos. 3: Matt Tracy City Council Pos. 5: Mindy Garlington CITY OF GLADSTONE: CITY OF GRESHAM Councilor: Position 2: Eddy Morales Councilor: Position 4: Mario Palmero CITY OF HILLSBORO: Commissioner, Ward 2, Position A: Kyle Allen Commissioner, Ward 3, Position A: Olivia Alcaire Councilor: Emma Burke Councilor: Daniel Nguyen CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO: Councilor: Jackie Manz METRO: Councilor, District 2: Christine Lewis Support Measure 26-199: A regional bond to fund affordable housing for low-income families, seniors, veterans and people with disabilities. Mayor: Mark Gamba MULTNOMAH COUNTY: Auditor: Jennifer McGuirk Circuit Court Judge, Pos. 30: Ben Souede CITY OF PORTLAND: Commissioner, Pos. 2: Loretta Smith CITY OF SANDY: Mayor: Bill King WASHINGTON COUNTY: Chair: Kathryn Harrington CITY OF MILWAUKIE: Oregon Senate (Within Northwest Oregon Labor Council’s jurisdiction) Dist. 13: Sarah Grider; Dist. 15: Chuck Riley; Dist. 16: Betsy Johnson; Dist. 17: Elizabeth Steiner Hayward; Dist. 19: Rob Wagner; Dist. 20: Charles Gallia; Dist. 24: Shemia Fagan Oregon House (Within Northwest Oregon Labor Council’s jurisdiction) Dist. 27: Sheri Malstrom; Dist. 28: Jeff Barker; Dist. 29: Susan McLain; Dist. 30: Janeen Sollman; Dist. 31: Brad Witt; Dist. 32: Tiffiny Mitchell; Dist. 33: Mitch Greenlick; Dist. 34: Ken Helm; Dist. 35: Margaret Doherty; Dist. 36: Jennifer Williamson; Dist. 37: Rache Prusak; Dist. 38: Andrea Salinas; Dist. 40: Mark Meek; Dist. 41: Karin Power; Dist. 42: Rob Nosse; Dist. 44: Tina Kotek; Dist. 45: Bar- bara Smith Warner; Dist. 46: Alissa Keny-Guyner; Dist. 47: Diego Hernandez; Dist. 48: Jeff Reardon; Dist. 49: Chris Gorsek; Dist. 50: Carla Piluso; Dist. 51: Janelle Bynum; Dist. 52: Anna Williams Authorized and paid for by the Northwest Oregon Labor Council, 9955 SE Washington, St., Suite 305, Portland, OR VOLUME 119, NUMBER 20 PORTLAND, OREGON NOVEMBER 2, 2018 polITIcs republican operative sends counterfeit union mailings to mislead Washington voters Republicans in several closely- fought Washington electoral races stooped to a new low this year: sending out mailings with labor organization logos to trick voters into writing in the names of candidates who aren’t run- ning … in order to drain support from union-backed candidates who are running. Since mid-October, the mail- ers have gone out to as many as 100,000 voters in Thurston County and at least four state legislative districts, including Southwest Washington’s Dis- trict 19, which stretches from Longview to the coast. The deceptive mailings come with the label “Progressive Vot- ers Guide” — alongside the lo- gos of groups including Wash- ington State Labor Council (AFL-CIO), AFSCME Council 28, American Federation of Teachers (AFT), United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 21, and the non- profit advocacy group Fuse Washington, which has put out its own Progressive Voters Guide since 2008. The “Pro- gressive Voters Guide” label in Turn to Page 11 Trump White House deletes rule that would have required union-busters to file disclosures By Don McIntosh No presidential tweet announced it, but the Trump Administration this July quietly repealed a rule that would have brought sunlight to the murky world of profes- sional union-busters. For five decades, a regulatory loophole has kept workers and the public largely in the dark about union- busting activity — despite a fed- eral law mandating public disclo- sure when employers hire the so-called “union avoidance” con- sultants. The Obama Administra- tion’s “persuader rule” would have closed that loophole. The saga stretches back to 1958, when Congress was inves- tigating corrupt and undemocra- tic practices in unions. The fol- lowing year, Congress passed the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), also known as the Landrum- Griffin Act. Thanks to the LMRDA, the U.S. Department of Labor has some oversight of union officer elections, and private sector unions must file annual disclo- sures known as LM-2 or LM-3 forms which detail staff salaries and other financial information almost down to the penny. Since 2001, those reports have been viewable online. The LMRDA wasn’t aimed just at union abuses, however. Congress had also heard testi- mony about union-busting con- sultants, and the LMRDA im- posed disclosure requirements on them, and the employers who use them. But in 1962, the teeth came out of that part of the law. A coMpreHensIve unIon guIDe To THe noveMBer generAl elecTIon oregon BAlloT pages 4-5 WAsHIngTon BAlloT page 10 Turn to Page 2
