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		<title>Response to Gov. Kitzhaber budget announcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following joint statement, issued in response to today&#8217;s budget announcement by Gov. Kitzhaber, is attributable to SEIU Local 503 Executive Director Heather Conroy and President Rob Sisk: &#8220;We are pleased the Governor wants to invest additional resources in public ...]]></description>
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		<title>DHS/OHA Bargaining Update: Forging Ahead at the Human Services Coalition Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, May 6, we met with management again to move forward on our proposals to improve our working conditions. We have had some success at the table, but we still have some work ahead of us. Management gave us ...]]></description>
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		<title>Support Bethesda Lutheran workers&#8217; fight for quality services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 23:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign the pledge in support of Bethesda Lutheran workers Direct Support Providers (DSP’s) at Bethesda Lutheran Community Services are the front line of care and support for people with developmental disabilities in group homes. We help them get up in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Moving closer to settlement. Join us at May solidarity actions around the state.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We worked late during our latest bargaining session May 7, 2013 and have made some progress. We presented management with a package proposal that covered building security, flexible schedules, leaves of absence without pay and medical hardship transfers.  Management was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance companies roll back rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The health insurance industry had a big wake up call this week in Oregon. Companies are starting to scramble to roll back proposed rate increases once consumers got a chance to comparison shop on the state&#8217;s health insurance exchange (Cover ...]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition Demands Accountability From Big Banks: “The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever.”</title>
		<link>http://thesockeye.org/2013/05/03/coalition-demands-accountability-from-big-banks-the-biggest-price-fixing-scandal-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<title>Your Retirement for a Bottle of Champagne: How Wall Street Fraudsters Ripped You Off, Again The LIBOR price-fixing scam has cost at least $110 million &#8212; in the state of Oregon alone!</title>
		<link>http://www.alternet.org/economy/your-retirement-bottle-champagne-how-wall-street-fraudsters-ripped-you-again?paging=off</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<title>Unions to Banks: Pay Up</title>
		<link>http://prospect.org/article/sticking-it-banks</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<title>SEIU Local 503 Executive Director Heather Conroy issued the following statement in response to the recent DHS audit:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Department of Human Service Self-Sufficiency offices throughout Oregon, two state employees do the work of three: Due to inadequate funding, there has been a hiring freeze for years despite increased caseloads. Yet, despite utterly inadequate staffing levels, public workers manage to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Security Officers of SEIU Local 49 Win First Union Contract</title>
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		<comments>http://www.seiu503.org/2013/05/security-officers-of-seiu-local-49-win-first-union-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SEIU Local 503</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win represents a monumental victory for local officers, working families and a greater security industry Over 450 private sector security officers from around the Portland Metro Area ratified their first union contract. With this ratification, security officers fundamentally changed the ...]]></description>
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