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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 Adversaries in antiunion measure ¿ ght A* on Eallot title By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau SALEM — Two adver- saries in a ballot initiative to strip public sector unions of the power to collect fees from employees who opt out of union membership are united on one front: They’re unhappy with the attorney general’s ballot title for the measure. The initiative’s chief peti- tioner, Jill Gibson, a Port- land-area attorney, and initiative opponents Oregon Education Association and SEUI Local 503 have peti- tioned the Oregon Supreme Court to review the title. Gibson said the descrip- tion that would appear on the ballot fails to disclose the two bene¿ ts of the measure. Employees who opt out of the union would no longer have to pay fees. The union, in turn, would no longer be required to represent non-members in collective bargaining. Instead, non-members would earn merit pay from their employer instead of receiving the pay and bene¿ ts outlined in the union’s employment agreement. The description says a “yes” vote would prevent a public employer from “basing non-union employee compen- sation on union contract,” allow “compensation differ- ences and require union fees only if they bene¿ t from representation.” A “no” vote would retain laws “allowing contracts that specify all bargaining unit public employees’ compensation, require non-member payments” and continue prohibition against compensation encour- aging or discouraging union membership. Union leaders argue that the description fails to communicate the fundamental change the measure would make to collective bargaining in the state. The title “fails to tell voters that the proposal requires different compen- sation and other employ- ment terms for union and non-union members,” union leaders wrote in their petition. The union leaders say that change would effec- tively allow discrimination by “setting employment terms for the purpose of encour- aging or discouraging union membership.” It’s unclear when the Supreme Court will decide the dispute. Gibson said she still has plenty of time to collect the some 88,000 signatures she needs to get the initiative on the ballot before the July 8 deadline. High court expected to rule on similar issue The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in June on a case argued earlier this PUBLIC MEETINGS THURSDAY Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce Council, 12 p.m., 818 Commercial St., Suite 203. Clatsop County Recreational Lands Planning and Advisory Committee, 1 to 3 p.m., fourth fl oor, 800 Exchange St. Cannon Beach Planning Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. MONDAY Youngs River Lewis & Clark Water Dis- trict Board, 6 p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway 101 Business. Astoria City Council, 6 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Increasing clouds with rain toward dawn 43° Friday The Dalles 36/47 Astoria 43/51 Portland 41/48 Corvallis 45/49 Eugene 44/48 Pendleton 36/46 Salem 44/51 Albany 42/48 Ontario 29/41 Bend 33/43 Saturday Burns 27/42 Medford 46/51 Breezy with rain at times 51° Mostly cloudy with a brief shower or two 41° 48° Sunday 48° Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 39° Monday Cloudy with a shower Cloudy with a few showers 38° 48° 38° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 57° Low ............................................ 49° Normal high ............................... 51° Normal low ................................. 38° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.84" Month to date ........................ 10.89" Normal month to date ............. 9.01" Year to date ........................... 10.89" Normal year to date ................ 9.01" Sunset tonight .................. 5:13 p.m. Sunrise Friday .................. 7:42 a.m. Moonrise today ............... 10:22 p.m. Moonset today ................. 9:52 a.m. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Klamath Falls 36/43 Last New First Full Jan 31 Feb 8 Feb 14 Feb 22 Under the Sky Today Hi Lo W 37 24 r 47 33 r 54 48 r 54 44 r 52 45 r 43 36 r 54 46 r 54 45 r 57 48 r Hi 38 43 52 48 51 43 51 51 53 Fri. Lo W 23 sn 26 r 41 r 40 r 44 r 26 sn 35 r 41 r 42 r Hi 55 41 34 55 43 31 66 19 82 36 58 67 74 57 68 45 67 39 69 41 51 44 60 49 40 Fri. Lo 34 30 30 36 31 25 38 3 69 29 31 47 53 44 51 34 47 26 37 22 36 38 51 40 23 National Cities City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 54 38 r 50 36 r 55 41 r 57 46 r 56 44 r 53 45 r 44 32 r 52 41 r 50 31 r Hi 48 46 48 50 51 51 38 47 42 Fri. Lo W 37 r 36 r 40 r 38 r 41 r 44 r 30 r 38 r 29 r Tonight's Sky: Mercury will be emerging low in the southeast before sunrise. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 4:41 a.m. 8.4 ft. 4:39 p.m. 7.3 ft. Time 10:51 a.m. 10:44 p.m. Low 2.3 ft. 1.6 ft. month that also challenges mandatory fees, as well as the way they’re collected. The court heard oral arguments in January in a case brought by a group of 10 California teachers who say the mandatory fees trample on free-speech rights of workers who oppose union causes. Labor union of¿ cials refer to mandatory fees as “fair share” fees because the money pays for the cost of collective bargaining and pursuing grievances. While dues might cover the cost of some of the union’s political activities, “fair share” fees are restricted to paying for collective bargaining, griev- ances and other non-political services. “The court could declare that employees can’t be forced to pay money to a union in which case part of my measure would be moot,” Gibson said. Some states already have passed laws that prohibit mandatory union fees. Oregon initiative more sweeping Gibson’s measure goes further than those state laws and the scope of U.S. Supreme Court case by elim- inating the requirement for unions to represent employees who don’t pay the fees. “There would be no free riders,” Gibson said. “It’s not like that in any other state. Every other right-to-work state doesn’t relieve unions of the responsibility of repre- senting free riders.” Even if the Supreme Court eliminates mandatory fees, she said she would continue to pursue her initiative so that unions would no longer be required to represent employees who decline to pay fees. Gibson, who has backing for the initiative from the timber industry, has long been Energy, education top priorities as Boone seeks reelection Eid K-12 budget in state history, Columbia Memorial Hospital funded full-day kindergarten medical staff, is the owner of for the ¿ rst time, and made Angel Medical, a health clinic big investments in higher in Astoria. “My family and I have education. We also approved bonding for seismic upgrades called Clatsop County our home for more for schools and than two-and-half public safety decades,” Bobek buildings that will said in a statement. make them safer in “I’ve built a medical the event of earth- practice here, raised quakes and will a family, and served provide hundreds of our community jobs in the process.” in both the public Bruce Bobek, an and private sectors. Astoria doctor and I’m running for the former Warrenton Legislature because city commissioner, State Rep. has announced Deborah Boone I believe we need new leadership in a Republican campaign in House District Salem that can restore con¿ - 32, which includes parts dence in government.” In 2014, Boone took 61 of Clatsop, Tillamook, and percent of the vote over Warrenton Washington counties. Dr. Bobek, the president of Republican Rick Rose . By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian State Rep. Deborah Boone is seeking re-election for a seventh term repre- senting the North Coast in the House. Boone, who lives in Hamlet and whose of¿ ce is in Cannon Beach, is vice - chair- woman of the House Veterans and Emergency Prepared- ness Committee and serves on the House Energy and Envi- ronment Committee and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Services . “We’ve made big strides on Oregonians’ biggest prior- ities, but we still have a lot of work to do,” the Democrat said in a statement. “Last year, we passed the largest BIRTH Jan. 22, 2016 PRINGLE, Sherry and Caleb, of Hammond, a boy, Noah Thomas Pringle, born at Columbia W s sn pc pc pc pc s pc s pc pc s pc s pc s s sf s sf pc c r r pc OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 4-2-4-5 4 p.m.: 7-9-9-9 7 p.m.: 3-1-6-4 10 p.m.: 0-6-4-6 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 01-08-16-19-37-44 Estimated jackpot: $6.3 million. Wednesday’s Powerball: 03-12-40-52-67, Powerball: 21, Power Play: 2 Estimated jackpot: $75 million. WASHINGTON Wednesday’s Daily Game: 4-1-3 Wednesday’s Hit 5: 15-23- Marilyn Pheasant Cold Warm Stationary Showers Rain Flurries Snow Ice -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT, INC. SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS Kirkland, Washington Sept. 16, 1932 — Jan. 20, 2016 Marilyn West Pheasant, 83, died on Jan. 20, her early 50s. She was a superintendent of schools 2016, from complications from vascular dementia. at Cascade Locks, Oregon, and Olney, Oregon She leaves her daughter, Elizabeth Pheasant, school districts, from which she retired in 1997. along with her sister-in-law, Martha Ullman She loved teaching and children, and in her career she made a positive impact on many West, her niece Alice Emily West, peoples’ lives. grand-nephews Michael Johnson, Jeff Following her retirement, she Johnson and Feodor West and grand- traveled extensively in the U.S. and niece Flora West. abroad, taking cruises through the Marilyn was born in 1932 in Panama Canal, and across the Baltic Portland, Oregon, to Bess Dixon West Sea to see Stockholm, Tallinn and St. and Emil Edward West. The family Petersburg. was in the logging industry, and Throughout her life she worked for they lived in various logging camps the Democratic Party, and was involved throughout Oregon until they settled in in Vasa, the Swedish American Roseburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Molly Marie Marilyn Pheasant Fraternal Organization. She loved all animals, especially crows, and enjoyed Johnson, and her beloved brother, bird watching, and reading about many Franklin C. West. An accomplished horseback rider and trainer, subjects, including American history and politics she was Rodeo Queen in Roseburg in her teens, and Native American culture. The family would like to thank Gena’s and was often called the Dale Evans of Roseburg Best Care of Kirkland and to offer special by her brother. In 1954, she married Charles E. Pheasant. They thanks to Gena, Mimi, Dana and Ana for their lived in various cities in Wyoming and Colorado. compassion, friendship and skilled assis- tance during the ¿ nal two-and-a-half years of Marilyn and Charles divorced in 1968. Marilyn highly valued education and while Marilyn’s life. In lieu of À owers, please raise a glass to her working full time, she got her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in political science from the memory, toss a french fry to a crow or send a University of Colorado, and a Ph.D in education donation to EMILY ’s List at http://emilyslist.org administration from the University of Oregon in or to a charity of your choice. The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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What’s different about this year is no one is trying to broker a deal between Gibson and the unions, Gibson said. “I don’t think the unions are interested in withdrawing, and I’m not interested in with- drawing,” Gibson said. “There is no one putting pressure to do so.” The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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