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Management-Labor Advisory Committee
MLAC is the "gatekeeper" to changes in workers' compensation law. With very few exceptions, if they don't sign on to legislation, it fails. The governor appoints MLAC members. These ten representatives (five labor, five business) advise the WCD director, the Oregon Legislature, and governor on all matters relating to workers' compensation. In addition, the Director of the Department of Consumer & Business Services is an ex-officio member.
Receive Notifications of MLAC Meetings
Meetings
are held regularly and usually weekly when the legislature is in session. Meetings are listed at http://www.oregon.gov/DCBS/MLAC/notice.shtml.
They're usually held at:
Labor
and Industries Building
350
Winter St. NE, Room 260
Salem, Oregon
Map: http://www.injuredworker.org/l&i_Map.htm
If you wish to attend and also
testify, bring 25 copies for the committee and staff.
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PLEASE ATTEND MEETINGS AND TESTIFY
The MLAC meeting
location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter
for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities
should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting by calling the Department
of Consumer and Business Services at (503) 947-7866.
MLAC Members
Labor (all members are AFL-CIO affiliated. No other labor federation has representation on MLAC)
Bob Shiprack, Oregon Building Trades Council
(co-chair)
Tracy Brill, lieutenant firefighter for the Port of Portland
Lon Holston, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
John Kirkpatrick, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT District Council #5)
Mike O'Rourke, Plumbing & Steamfitters UA 290
Management
Sheri Sundstrom, Hoffman
Construction Company of Oregon (co-chair)
Ellen Cutler, Harry and David Operations Corp.
Linda Jefferson, CPDM, City of Portland-Risk Management
Gregory Miller, Gunderson LLC
Lisa Trussell: Associated Oregon Industries 8
8 AOI is a nonprofit business advocacy organization representing over 20,000 companies in Oregon. Its long-time representative on MLAC once had a web page on workers' compensation. View it here.
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