PageAI9 September 24, 2008 Minimum Wage Increase Coming continued from A !3 ing W ashington, V erm ont, Ne­ v a d a , M o n ta n a , M is s o u ri, Florida, Colorado, and Arizona, annually adjust their m inim um w age based on inflation and the C PI. T he C PI, w hich is published by the U nited States B ureau o f L ab o r S tatistics, is a m e a s u re o f th e a v e ra g e change in prices o v e r tim e in a fixed “m arket basket” o f gixxJs an d services, such as food, sh elter, m edical care, trans­ portation fares and oth er goods and services people purchase for d ay-to-day living. W ashington, w hich already has a h ig h er rate, will continue to have the highest state m ini­ m um w age in the nation. S ta te R ep. D ia n e R osenbaum (D -Portland), who w as the C h ie f P etitio n er for Ballot M easure 25, said “Thou- Thousands o f Oregon families are struggling to escape poverty while working full-time at minimum wage jobs. This increase helps low- wage workers put food on the table and a roof over their heads. — State Rep. Diane Rosenbaum (D-Portland) sands o f O regon fam ilies are struggling to escape poverty while working full-time at m ini­ m um w age jo b s. T his increase helps low -w age w orkers put food on the table and a ro o f o v er their h eads." T he B ureau o f L abor and Industries w orks to protect the rights o f w orkers and citizens to eq u al, n o n discrim inatory treatm ent and en courages and en forcescom pliance with state law s relating to w ages, hours, term s and con d itio n s o f e m ­ ploym ent. In a d d itio n , th e B u re a u w orks to prom ote the d e v e l­ opm ent o f a highly skilled, com - petitive w orkforce in O regon through the apprenticeship pro­ gram . T h e B u re a u ’s T e c h n ic a l A ssistance for Em ployers U nit ex ists to train em ployers to understand and com ply with the law both w age and hour and civil rights law. Local Electrician Builds Own Business continued fro m A 1 3 tion. He o b tain ed the project schedule and becam e a regis­ tered training agent in an tici­ pation o f hiring apprentices. A s the bid d in g p ro cess for ele c tric ian s o p en ed , M alary w as ready. M e a n w h ile , S ta c y a n d W itb e c k N o r th w e s t A re a M anager Bill B ruce had been w atching M alary w ork on the field o ffice electrical system . “ 1 w as im p re sse d , w a tc h ­ ing him day to d a y . O n e thin g “ H e ’s d o n e an e x c e lle n t 1 n o tic e d w as the q u a lity o f th e w ork. T h e o th e r fa c to r jo b — th e re ' s not another w ord w as J e a n ’s a b ility to b rin g a for it,” Bruce said. “ W h a t’s d iv e r s e w o r k f o r c e to th e m ore, Jean brought to g eth er a p ro ject in the electrical field .” crew that is entirely A frican M a la ry w a s a w a r d e d a A m erican. T h a t’s a co u p in $2.3 m illion contract for w ork th e P o r tla n d c o n s tr u c tio n v ital to th e o p e ra tio n o f M all w orld.” T he contract has changed l i g h t r a i l . “ W e d o th e d u c tb a n k s ,” he e x p la in e d , M a la ry ’s b u siness and life. “th e u n d e rg ro u n d c o n d u its “ I’ve grow n my com pany by th a t w ill su p p ly w irin g for 900 o r 1,000 p ercent,” M alary sig n a l c o m m u n ic a tio n and sm iled. "N ow I have a total o f a lso p o w e r fo r the tra in s, 12 em ployees, a m ajority o f sh e lte rs an d tic k e t v e n d in g w h ich are on the P o rtla n d M all.” m a c h in e s ." i Caution: Business opportunities ahead Let’s build together. Help us m eet our goal to award 25% of our business opportunities to small businesses, Including minority owned businesses. Visit our Web site to register for business opportunities. w w w .p o rto fp o rtlan d .co m 0 PORT OF PORTLAND Possibility. 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