Community Meeting on Living Wage Jobs
April 8-9
Bend Community Center
1036 NE Fifth St., Bend
Sponsored by Central Oregon Jobs with Justice
Friday, April 8, 7 p.m.
"The State of Working Oregon"
Keynote address by Michael Leachman, Policy Analyst
Oregon Center for Public Policy
Saturday, April 9, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Coffee
9:30 a.m.
Introductions/opening remarks
Lona Conaway and Michael Funke
10-10:30 a.m.
Juniper Ridge and Living Wage Jobs
Linda Johnson, Bend City Councilor
10:30-11 a.m.
Living Wage Jobs in the Renewable Energy Industry
Cylvia Hayes, Executive Director, 3E Strategies
11-11:30 a.m.
Q&A for morning session
11:30 a.m.-noon
Lunch
Noon-12:30 p.m.
What About a Living Wage Ordinance?
Rich Rohde, Rogue Valley Organizer, Oregon Action
12:30-1 p.m.
There is Power in a Union
Fernando Gapasin, President, Central Oregon Labor Council
1-1:30 p.m.
What's a Workers' Rights Board?
Fernando Gapasin, President, Central Oregon Labor Council
1:30-2 p.m.
Does Central Oregon Need a Wal-Mart Superstore?
Ann Wheeler, Our Community First
2-2:30 p.m.
Wrap-up Q&A, discussion-concrete plans, follow-up meetings
2:30-4 p.m. (or earlier)
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