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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 Release<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">For Immediate Distribution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">September 20, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">CONTACT: Bob Estabrook, 971-673-0788<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Record number of
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">women</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"> to serve on state prevailing wage panel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>One-quarter of all members will be women starting November 1st<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="layout-grid-mode:char;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">PORTLAND-</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"> State Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian, who leads Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries
(BOLI) and appoints the members of the Prevailing Wage Advisory Committee (PWAC), is announcing a slate of new appointments and re-appointments to take effect soon. The biggest news: PWAC is transitioning from zero female members to three when the last of
the new appointments becomes effective on November 1<sup>st</sup>. </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">“I am always impressed by the caliber of individuals willing and able to serve on the Prevailing Wage Advisory Committee,” Avakian said. “The addition of three highly qualified women brings a wider diversity
of experience and reflects my desire to see more women taking on policy-setting roles at the state level.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">PWAC was created by legislative action in 2003, directing the BOLI Commissioner to appoint representatives of management and labor to provide advice to the Commissioner and agency on issues relating to Oregon’s
prevailing wage rate law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">“I’m ready to get to work,” said new appointee Jodi Guetzloe Parker, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbia-Pacific Building Trades Council. “Being part of a group that brings together so much experience
and expertise in one place, to recommend good solutions to tricky problems, is an exciting opportunity.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">The newly appointed members of PWAC are:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Jodi Guetzloe Parker</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"> – In 19-plus years with Laborers International of North America, Guetzloe Parker has worked on many of the region's major projects, such as
the Zoo Overpass, Portland Streetcar and Interstate MAX. From the staff of Laborers Local 320, she won election to head the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council earlier this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Val Solorzano</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"> – Solorzano founded Chick of All Trades in 2005 as a small construction business with a distinctly “green” attitude toward its work. That company
is prospering while she also operates C.O.A.T. Flagging, which offers traffic control services on a range of public works projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Nelda Wilson</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"> – Business Manager and 30-plus-year member of Local 701 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Wilson brings years of experience with the
prevailing wage survey process to the committee. She also serves on the Oregon State Apprenticeship and Training Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Visit <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI">
www.oregon.gov/BOLI</a> for more information about all of BOLI’s work to support employers, the workforce and a stronger economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoHeader" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">######<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoFooter" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<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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