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NOVEMBER 1,2008
Transportation to Grand Ronde Unions targeting casinos
The Portland Satellite office has a transportation day to Grand Ronde
once a month for medical or dental appointments or enrollment cards.
We need a minimum of three people to sign up. Please call Lisa at
503-235-4230.
We will leave at the Portland Office at 8 a.m.
Please call in advance for the scheduled monthly date.
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Help collect biological samples from deer and elk and your name will
be entered into a drawing for six gift cards.
3 prizes for deer: $125 gift card to Sportsman's Warehouse
3 prizes for elk: $125 gift card to Sportsman's Warehouse
Why: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Natural Resources
Division, in cooperation with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
and USDA Veterinary Services, is collecting biological samples from
deer and elk to learn more about diseases that may be affecting our
deer and elk herds.
Chronic Wasting Disease, if it shows up in Oregon, can have devas
tating effects on deer and elk populations.
Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease is not known to be present in the Grand
Ronde area but has been detected in southwest and central Oregon.
Bring hunter-harvested animals to the Tribes' Natural Resources office
at 47010 S.W. Hebo Road, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Entries in drawing will be awarded as follows:
Deer or elk brain stem and lymph nodes (1 entry for usable
sample).
Deer blood sample (1 entry for usable sample).
Usable samples collected from fresh deerelk road kills also will earn
entries for the person who reports them to the Tribe's biologists.
The Fish and Wildlife Committee and Natural Resources Division
thank you for your help in gathering information to help us maintain
our deer and elk populations. Happy hunting!
(Drawing will be held at the April 2009 Fish & Wildlife Committee
meeting. Winners will be notified.)
For more information, contact the Natural Resources Division, 47010
S.W. Hebo Road, Grand Ronde, Lisa Riley at 503-879-2395, Rebecca
McCoun at 503-879-2396 or Kelly Dirksen at 503-879-2382.
After hours or on the weekend, call 503-434-3604.
LABOR LAW continued
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dues. For example, the United
Auto Workers lost 73,500 members
in 2007. To find new employees to
organize and enroll, unions are
targeting casino workers.
Foxwoods in Connecticut, run by
the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal
Nation, has seen its dealers orga
nized into a bargaining unit by the
United Auto Workers.
And a recent federal Court of
Appeals ruling let stand a decision
that national labor laws apply to
workers in Tribal casinos despite
sovereignty claims.
The National Labor Relations
Board ruled in a case involving the
San Manuel Band of Serrano Mis
sion Indians in San Bernardino,
Calif., that the National Labor
Relations Act applies to Tribes and
jobs on Indian reservations.
The San Manuel Band contested
the decision, but it was upheld Feb.
9, 2007, in the U.S. Court of Ap
peals for the District of Columbia,
which is one step shy of reaching
the Supreme Court.
The Court of Appeals said that
the National Indian Gaming Regu
latory Act did not mean that fed
eral agencies would have "no role
in regulating employment issues
that arise in the context of Tribal
gaming."
Therefore, applying the National
Labor Relations Act to the San
Manuel's casino "would not signifi
cantly impair Tribal sovereignty,
and therefore Indian law does not
preclude the Board from applying
the NLRA."
"In Indian County, since the San
Manuel case, you're starting to see
a lot more activity," D'Aquila says.
"Tribal casinos employ thousands
of people, and in some situations a
large percentage of those are non
Tribal members. You are seeing
a big push by unions to organize
those work forces."
"Federal case law provides that
the National Labor Relations
Board may apply the NLRA to In
dian casinos," D'Aquila says.
Among other things, the fed
eral act forbids employers from
interfering with or restraining em
ployees from joining or assisting a
labor organization, she says.
D'Aquila says the new law is part
of a broader effort by the Tribe to
develop Tribal law so that labor
and employment matters on the
reservation can be addressed.
"It's part of a larger goal of the
Tribe to create substantive em
ployment and labor laws among
the laws of the Tribe," she says.
"So it's one of probably several
the Tribe will be adopting to just
develop its own code and how it
wants to deal with its own work
force."
D'Aquila says she researched
other Tribal and state right-to-work
laws while drafting the
Tribal version to get ideas what
Grand Ronde might want included
in its law.
The law applies to all Tribal en
terprises, as well as any employer
on the reservation. D
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Community Parenting Classes
The Making Parenting a Pleasure is a 6-week class that will
begin November 5. This class focuses on self-care for parenting,
stress & anger managementchild development and alternative disciplines.
This class is ideal for parents of Tribal children ages 0-10.
Date
Time
Nov. 5 through Dec. 17
5:30 - 8 P.M.
Location Education 126 A
Dinner, child care for children under age 1 0, and
gas vouchers provided on a weekly basis.
$100 gift cards, one per family upon successful completion of czlz
Class is limited to 15 parents ofTribal children. 1
If you are interested, please contact
Carmen Mercier (503) 879-1646 or 1-800-242-8196
Elaine Lane (503) 879-2281 or 1-800-422-0232
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