Ken Allen of Beaverton is executive director of Oregon Council 75 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME),
Statesman Journal, 9:00 PM, Feb. 16, 2012
AFSCME Council 75 represents the workers in the vast majority of the state corrections facilities in Oregon. Our members work hard to protect the public, while working with inmates incarcerated in 13 prisons throughout the state. …. The leadership of this union is opposed to the closure of the Santiam facility. Department leadership has asked legislators to let them find the $1.6 million of cuts in the budget of the whole department. Legislators should do their jobs to monitor budget needs, but none of them has ever even run a prison.
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