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<b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Commissioner Brad Avakian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Bureau of Labor & Industries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Press Advisory<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For News Planning<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>September 14, 2012<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Bob Estabrook, 503-709-0730<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Avakian to announce new state minimum wage in Springfield</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Labor and Industries Commissioner to hold press conference at worker training center<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>EUGENE—</b>On Monday, September 17, Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian will announce the state’s new minimum wage rate in a press conference at the Sheet Metal Institute campus in Springfield. After brief remarks
from the Commissioner, the formal announcement, and a handful of statements from special guests, Commissioner Avakian will take questions from reporters*.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Details for the event are as follows:<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>WHO: Labor and Industries Comm. Brad Avakian, local legislators and labor leaders, workers and business people.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>WHAT: Press conference announcing the 2013 minimum wage for Oregon.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.0pt"><b>WHEN: 10:00am to 10:30am on Monday, September 17, 2012.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-1.5in"><b>WHERE: Sheet Metal Institute at
<span class="pp-headline-itempp-headline-address"><span style="color:black">1887 Laura Street, Springfield, OR 97477</span></span>; Front entrance to the training center or, if weather is a concern, inside the facility.
</b>Additional parking is available behind the building.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">*Reporters seeking interviews with any of the participants should schedule those opportunities through BOLI Communications Director Bob Estabrook at 503-709-0730.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoFooter" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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