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
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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
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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
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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
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