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Newspaper Page TextNORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | June 21, 2019 | PAGE 7 Crisis Team at Local 701 training center Operating Engineers Local 701 made its 87-acre training facil- ity available last month to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department for its Crisis Nego- tiations Team to train. The Team deploys with SWAT on calls, and one of its responsibil- ities is to operate armored vehi- cles. The training — which took place at the Mark Holliday Operating Engineers Training Center in Canby — was to fa- miliarize them with operating in a variety of terrains and to teach them how to pull their own vehicles out when stuck. Local 701 heavy equipment op- erators were standing by in case Oregon minimum wage will rise again on July 1 Oregon’s minimum wage will rise $0.50 an hour July 1, part of a phased-in series of annual in- creases. The 2019 raise will bring the minimum wage to $12.50 an hour within the Portland metro- politan area’s urban growth boundary, $11.00 an hour in the predominately rural counties of eastern Oregon and the southern Oregon coast, and $11.25 an they needed a little extra help ... and they did. Last year, the Clackamas County K-9 Unit used the facil- ity for training. Clackamas County Search & Rescue also has expressed interest. Local 701 Business Manager Jimbo hour everywhere else. Under the minimum wage law passed in 2016, the geographically-tiered wage will reach $14.75, $13.50, and $12.50 in July 2022, after which it will increase annually according to inflation. May 31 that includes funding for a new program to combat wage theft. Starting July 1, the County will let knowledgeable members of the public, such as union reps, volunteer to help en- force prevailing wage and wage and hour laws on County con- struction projects. Volunteers will have access to the certified payroll records that contractors submit to the County — and be allowed to visit worksites to in- terview workers. Multnomah County approves wage theft pilot By unanimous vote, the Mult- nomah County Board of Com- missioners approved a budget Anderson said fire, police, or special rescue departments from any jurisdiction are wel- come to use the facility for any training they need to do, at no charge. “After all, it’s all about pub- lic safety,” Anderson said.