From bob.estabrook at state.or.us Tue Feb 21 14:55:55 2012 From: bob.estabrook at state.or.us (Bob Estabrook) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:55:55 -0800 Subject: NEWS RELEASE: Avakian Names Sunny Petit to Council on Civil Rights Message-ID: <4F43B07B.919A.00CA.0@boli.state.or.us> Press Release For Immediate Distribution February 21, 2012 CONTACT: Bob Estabrook, 503-709-0730 Avakian Names Sunny Petit to Council on Civil Rights Chair of Commission for Women joins OCCR effort on Equal Pay issues PORTLAND?Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian today named a new member of the Oregon Council on Civil Rights (OCCR): Sunny Petit, current chair of the Oregon Commission for Women. Petit will join her new OCCR colleagues at a Council meeting this Thursday, February 23, at 2:30pm in Portland. ?I?m pleased that Sunny has accepted this appointment,? Avakian said. ?Sunny?s work to empower women to advance in politics and other fields is personally inspiring, as well as being invaluable to OCCR?s crucial effort to lay out an action plan to ensure equal pay for equal work in the state of Oregon.? Avakian established OCCR to advise him, as head of Oregon?s Bureau of Labor and Industries and the state Civil Rights Division, and other interested agencies on civil rights issues affecting Oregonians. Made up of diverse civil rights champions from around Oregon, OCCR is currently focused on developing a practical, community-driven plan to promote pay equity and reward businesses for doing the right thing. ?Equal pay for equal work is a challenging and necessary problem to address and I?m eager for that challenge,? Petit said. ?OCCR brings together great minds and great perspectives and I look forward to adding to an already strong group. Our Equal Pay Action Plan will be a great collaborative product.? Petit is the Associate Director of Portland State University?s Center for Women, Politics and Policy and has studied and worked on issues such as human trafficking and women?s political development in the United States and abroad. A native of Eugene, Petit has two degrees from Portland State and helps to run the National Education for Women?s Leadership Oregon program which educates and empowers Oregon college women for active participation in the public policy arena. Information about OCCR?s meetings can be found here; read more about Petit here. ##### The mission of the Bureau of Labor and Industries is to protect employment rights, advance employment opportunities, and protect access to housing and public accommodations free from discrimination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The new appointees are Ken Stroup of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters, Darrin Lane of Linn County and Steve Malany of P&C Construction Company. The new members fill vacancies created by the term limits that Avakian established in 2009. ?PWAC is an effective, collaborative committee, continually benefitting from new energy and perspectives,? Avakian said. ?Being able to bring in people with the experience and talents of Ken, Steve and Darrin is an advantage that will benefit PWAC and the State of Oregon for years to come.? PWAC was created by legislative action in 2003, directing the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries to appoint an equal number of representatives from management and labor in the building and construction industry who perform work on public works contracts. The committee is charged with advising the Commissioner on matters regarding the prevailing wage rate laws that apply to public construction projects. ?PWAC is an important forum for the discussion of complex policy issues,? Avakian added. ?The committee members provide dedicated service and decision makers can rely on the well-considered recommendations of PWAC to advance the best policies for the State of Oregon.? PWAC?s current co-chairs are Norman Malbin of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 48, and Shawn Miller of the Associated Builders and Contractors and Independent Electrical Contractors of Oregon. The committee is next scheduled to meet on Thursday, April 19th, at 3pm at the International Union of Operating Engineers Hall in Gladstone (555 East 1st Street). For more information about PWAC and Oregon?s prevailing wage rate laws, visit BOLI?s website at http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/WHD/PWR/index.shtml. ##### The mission of the Bureau of Labor and Industries is to protect employment rights, advance employment opportunities, and protect access to housing and public accommodations free from discrimination. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 7303 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 02.27.12 BOLI Release - PWAC Memberrs.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 69458 bytes Desc: not available URL: