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Minimum
Wage Opponents Raise Maximum Money for a Late Blitz to Defeat Measure
25...
The
committee to defeat Measure 25 (the minimum wage increase) reported today
that it raised $254,750 during the past two weeks and spent most of it on
late-hitting mail, TV and radio.
But
the committee missed a deadline for reporting the bulk of that money on
Monday and faces a fine of $10,000 from the Secretary of State for late
reporting.
The
biggest donors attempting to defeat the raise for Oregon's lowest-paid
workers and their most recent contributions include:
Oregon
Grocery Industry Association PAC (Wilsonville): $85,000*;
Oregon
Restaurant Association (Wilsonville): $76,000;
Oregon
Association of Nurserymen (Wilsonville): $27,500;
Wendy’s International (Dublin, Ohio): $15,000;
Baja Oregon (Beaverton): $10,000;
Jubitz Corporation (Portland): $5,000;
Oregon Food PAC (Portland): $5,000;
Oregon Lodging Association (Portland): $5,000;
Outback Steakhouse (Tampa, Florida): $5,000;
Davidson’s Casual Dining (Tigard): $2,500;
Elmer’s Restaurants (Portland): $2,500; and,
Keith Morrow (Sun River): $2,500.
*This PAC’s most recent contributions came from Roth’s, Safeway and
WinCo stores.
"Many of these contributors are large, highly-profitable national
corporations," notes State Rep. Diane Rosenbaum, who is a chief
petitioner for Measure 25. "They ought to be sharing some of
their profits with their workers by keeping their pay up with the cost of
living rather than fighting this modest increase in the minimum
wage."
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