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I he P ortland O bserver • A pril 26, 1995 P age B5 Gov. Kitzhaber Hosts New NAACP Chair Myrlie Evers-Willaims The Anti-Worker, No Job, Low Pay Legislature House & Senate Leaders Show Bias Against Workers, Families Oregonians concerned about jobs and families have noticed a dis turbing bias against Oregon families and workers demonstrated by the 1995 legislature. The anit-worker, anti-family legislative agenda o f the Republican leadership iscomprehen- sive: Attack W orkers’ Rights (S B 369) - Overhauls Oregon’s workers’ compensation system to improve profits for insurance companies by: reducing employees” rights to file claims, limiting employees’ rights to fair hearings, further limiting em ployees’ rights to choose their doc tor. Lim it Legal System (S B 385, S B 482) - Lim its access to courts for low income and middle income Ore gonians by requiring the loser in civ il Evonne Martinez and NAACP Chair Myrlie Evers-Williams. suits to pay the winner's court costs and by eliminating punitive damag es. The legislation would make it extremely difficult for most Orego nians to have their day in court. Undermine Collective Bargain ing (S B 750) - Takes away the safety net that now protects the rights and benefits o f public workers: excludes large numbers ofpublic workers from unions. Items like health benefits, discipline and discharge, and sick leave would not be included in bar gaining. If an impasse lasts more than a month, employers would be allowed to impose their final offer. N ego tiated co n tracts co u ld be changed by the legislature or by ini tiative. G ive Back Corporate K icke r - Returns the corporate kicker ($152 mi 11 ion) to corporate tax payers, most o f w horn are mu It i-state corpora, ions and based ou, state. The lion’s share o f Oregon businesses are small or family-owned companies that do not pay significant corporate taxes and would not benefit from the refund. G ive New Corporate Tax Break (S B 323) - This bill gives a tax cut to many Oregon businesses. A llo w s them to defer income taxes on money made from the sale o f certain busi ness assets. People making more than $100,000 per year w ill see the big gest benefit from this bill. W orking fami I ies who are not business owners w ill not see a drop in their taxes. • A full-time minimum wage worker earns $9,360 a year - the poverty level for a family o f four is $15,141. |Megatronics MOBILE ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS • SALES INSTALLATION AND SERVICE TOO! Michael Grice and his mother, Arlene. Motorola® and Uniden® Pagers!!! NOW IN STOCK! Paging by “PageMart”!!! Local Airtime Package Photos by Chuck Washington As Low As 400 PAGES PER MONTH N.W. AREA COVERAGE CUSTOM GREETING INCLUDED! Faye Burch (from left), Joyce Washington and Harold Williams. PER MONTH BILLED ANNUALLY "YOUR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DISTRIBUTOR" 1134 SE 82ND AVENUE 261-1111 ut M Portland Police Chief Charles Moose and Jaki Walker. The Portland Observer recognizes Secretaries Day, April 27th. >> s W W ' A > ( n I ¡C O U P O N ! I Inflation Buster Dry Cleaning Special I I M.00 OFF I O n A n y D ry C lean in g O rd e r I Of $12.00 or More I I Good On Incoming Dry Cleaning Orders Only Not Valid With Any Other Special Prices or Coupon I I J E A N IE 'S C L E A N E R S I j n I ■COUPON! I Inflation Buster Dry Cleaning Special i i s8.00 OFF i O n A n y D ry C lea n in g O rd e r i Of $20.00 or More i I Good On In Coming Dry Cleaning Orders Only Not Valid With Any Other Special Prices or Coupons I I’ I •C O U P O N ; i i Inflation Buster Dry Cleaning Special | i Drapery Cleaning Lined & Unlined Anv Size 99' A PLEAT Cleaned - Pressed with Sizing Added Professional Pleated • Pick-up & Rehung Extra Incoming Dry Cleaning Orders Only I I I I J J E A N IE 'S C L E A N E R S r1 li I •C O U P O N i I I i Inflation Buster Laundry Special I i I Laundered Shirts i I 95' NO LIMIT i I i W ith $ 1 0 .0 0 In co m in g D ry C le a n in g O rd e r I I Good On Incoming Dry Cleaning Orders Only I I Not Valid With Any Other Special Prices or Coupons I I ____1_________ I J E A N IE 'S C L E A N E R S J E A N IE S C L E A N E R S I i k. > J r1 ■i I li ■CO UPO N! I ■COUPON! I I' I Inflation Buster Dn Cleaning Special I I Inflation Buster Dry Cleaning Special | I ID r y C lean in g o r Laun dered Pantsl *12.00 OFF I Mens or Womens O n A n y D ry C lea n in g O rd e r I Of $30.00 or More $2.99 I I Good On In Coming Dry Cleaning Orders Only Good On In Coining Dry Cleaning Orders Only Sot Valid With Any Other Special Prices or Coupons I Not Valid With Any Other Special Prices or Coupons I I i J E A N IE 'S C L E A N E R S J E A N IE 'S C L E A N E R S I i □ Oregon Looks To Railroads Future growth o f O re g o n 's freight railroad system is outlined in a new Oregon Rail Freight Plan by the Oregon Transportation Depart ment. The plan explains the current use ofthe system and outlines chang es that have occurred during the past five years, said F.d Immel. rail plan ner for the department. “ It also looks at what can be expected in rail traffic growth for the next five years," Immel said. Major changes have taken place in the ownership ofthe rail network in Oregon. The big three railroads. Southern Pacific. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern - still control the majority ofthe mainline rail sys tem and carry most traffic. The plan outlines $5 m illion in immediate track rehabilitation needs and addition $17 m illion in needed long-term improvements. < r << V? JEANIE’S CLEANERS 5 4 0 3 N E 4 2 N D A V E N U E • 287-0008 State Rep. Margaret Carter, D- Portland, and State Treasurer Jim Hill. Over the past five years, howev er, the major rail companies have sold o ff their less profitable branch line routes, or about 40 percent ofthe total rail miles in Oregon These routes have become a network o f independently owned shortline rail road companies that directly serve 50 percent o f Oregon's fail freight shippers, Immel said û «a id i i ¡C O U P O N ! Inflation Buster Dry Cleaning Special i i i i i Sleeping Bag Cleaning Special *5.99 Cobblestones, brick and light rail track are appearing along Southwest Yamhill as part of the Westside Max project. The downtown stretch from 11th to 17th with rebuilt street, sidewalk and trackbed is expected to be complete in May. Then work will then move to Southwest Morrison. (Photo by Tim Jewett) Good On In Coming Dry Cleaning Orders Only Not Valid With Any Other Special Prices or Coupons I I J E A N IE 'S C L E A N E R S I I i d
