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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><img width="185" height="60" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D2195C.C196B210" alt="cid:image001.gif@01D2195C.C196B210"></span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>September 28, 2016<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Charlie Burr, BOLI, (971) 673-0788 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Major wage enforcement settlement directs $144K to workers, includes lifetime debarment for contractor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">Agency previously collected nearly $200,000 in unpaid wages for Cornerstone Janitorial workers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">PORTLAND, OR—A major wage enforcement settlement will direct $144,000 in liquidated damages to 46 underpaid workers while making Cornerstone Janitorial Services permanently ineligible to receive public works contracts
in the state, the Bureau of Labor and Industries announced today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The settlement <b>represents only the second time in the agency’s history</b> that BOLI has secured such a
<b>lifetime ban</b>. BOLI launched the investigation after receiving a complaint from Hoffman Construction.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Previously, the agency directed nearly $200,000 to Cornerstone workers not paid wages to which they were entitled on a series of 16 taxpayer-funded education and health care projects in
<b>Portland</b>, <b>Eugene, Stayton, Junction City, Salem, Keizer, Philomath, Vernonia, Corvallis, Monmouth
</b>and<b> Wilsonville</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:white">Cornerstone Janitorial Investigation Project List</span><span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">NEW VERNONIA K-12 SCHOOL PROJECT<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">PRINGLE AND SALEM HEIGHTS ES REPAIR AND RENOVATION 2014 (Salem Keizer Public Schools)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">CASCADE CAMPUS BOND PROJECT UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE (Portland Community College)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">OREGON STATE HOSPITAL REPLACEMENT PROJECT-JUNCTION CITY SITE
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">LOWRIE PRIMARY SCHOOL (West Linn Wilsonville School District)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">WEST POWELLHURST ES – ADDITION/RENOVATION 2014 (David Douglas Public Schools)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">JAMES JOHN and HOSFORD SCHOOL – IP2014 PROJECTS (Portland Public Schools)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">CALLAHAN HALL RESTROOM AND LOUNGE RENOVATION (Oregon State University)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">CALLAHAN HALL WINDOW REPLACEMENT (Oregon State University)<span style="color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="color:black">NOTE</span></b><span style="color:black">: Some employees performed work on multiple projects.)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“Our agency is committed to holding businesses accountable so that workers receive every dollar they’ve earned,” said Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian. “It’s especially important that taxpayer-funded projects fulfill
the basic promise of fair wages for a fair day’s work. This settlement is a win for vulnerable workers and other businesses that deserve a level playing field.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Copies of the settlement agreement and Final Order can be found online
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/SiteAssets/pages/press/Cornerstone%20FOID%20with%20Settlement%20Agrmt.pdf">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian praised Hoffman Construction for contacting the Prevailing Wage Rate Unit and urged other workers and contractors to contact BOLI if they believe that workers are
being denied wages to which they are entitled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Currently, the agency has 56 businesses, contractors and individuals on the
</span><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/boli/whd/pwr/docs/debar_list.pdf">debarment list</a><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Employees</span> with prevailing wage issues may contact the Prevailing Wage Rate Unit by calling (971) 673-0839 or emailing
<a href="mailto:pwremail@boli.state.or.us">pwremail@boli.state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Charlie Burr<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Communications Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 1045<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Portland, Oregon 97232<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 971-673-0788<o:p></o:p></p>
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