Working families voters' guide, election ..., November 01, 2002, Image 2

SEIU LOCAI. 503, OPEU RECOMMENDS TED KULONGOSKI
Candidates for
Oregon Governor
Ted Kulongoski
Kevin Mannix
Affordable Health Care for Working Families
Supports extending health insurance to more working
families. (Address at Northwest Oregon Labor Council picnic. 9/2/02)
Supports bulk purchasing to lower the cost of prescription
drugs: “Wie will fight drug profiteering by buying prescription
drugs in bulk with other Northwest states.” (Address at Northwest
Oregon Labor Council picnic, 9/2/02)
Voted tdestablish the Oregon Health Plan in 1989. (SB '27, ^89)
But voted to end the plan ten years later. (HB 2700,1999)
Opposes any expansion of the program to cover more work­
ing families. He would restrict unemployed workers from
utilizing OHP benefits they’re currently entitled to.^ •
(Oregon AFL-CIO questionnaire; The Oregonian 5/28/02),
Holding Corporations Accountable
AS Attorney General, helped to pass the first law in Oregon to
impose stiff criminal penalties when corporate polluters dump
toxic waste. (SB 912,1993)
Voted to let corporate polluters off the hook allowing
“independent” cleanups by corporations without regulatory
oversight (HB
Compensation for Injured Workers
Helped to negotiate a package of reforms endorsed by
management and labor that increased benefits to injured
workers in exchange for tougher eligibility standards.
(SB 1197,1990)
Spearheaded legislation to bar workers who are denied
benefits from suing their employers for compensation —
a provision later overturned by the Oregon Supreme Court
as unconstitutional. (SB 369,’1995^
Minimum Wage
Supports Measure 25, which would raise the minimum wage
to $6.90 per hour and increase it for inflation: “We will raise
the minimum wage and wake up our friends in business
to the economic good sense of paying a living wage. ”
(Address at Northwest Oregon Labor Cdurúflg^^
Opposed raising the minimum wage in Jtin<
But changed his mind in September: “1 don’t support
the rneasure, (Measure 25) hut I also don’t oppose it.” |
(The Oregonian, 9^®^);
Defending Our Workplace Rights
Was one of the architects of the state law that extended
collective bargaining rights to public employees.
Sidetracked legislation that would have extended unemploy­
ment benefits to locked out workers. (SB336,1989)
Signed commitment to support workers’ right to form unions
and bargain collectively and agreed to challenge employers
who interfere with that right. (Oregon. AFL-CIO questionnaire)
Declined to sign workers’ right commitment and agreement
to challenge employers who interfere with that right.
(Oregon AFL-CIO questionnaire)
Working Families Voting Record
Lifetime voting record in favor of working families: 96%
Lifetime voting record in favor of working families: 71%
For more information on these and other candidates for Oregon governor, go to our website at www.seiu503.org.