Public Testimony Today on Fired AARP Leader’s Bill

Ruby Haughton-Pitts worked with Oregon legislators to file a bill - HB 2938 - to create a Task Force on Age Discrimination that would be charged with identifying and evaluating the impacts of age discrimination in the workplace and establishing policy recommendations to prevent it. Haughton-Pitts was the first African American director of the state AARP. She has been terminated without explanation from her job.

Read The Skanner's story about Haughton-Pitts' dismissal here: Ruby Haughton-Pitts’ Dismissal as Oregon AARP Director Draws Fire

Ruby's Bill will have a hearing today in the House Committee on Business and Labor at 3:15 p.m. Testimony can be submitted today and until Tuesday at 3 p.m. in support of Ruby's bill by text or by uploading a document to this website: Oregon Legislative Information System (oregonlegislature.gov).

Oregonians can also email or call elected officials in the Oregon House of Representatives. 

Members of the Committee on Business and Labor:

• Chair: Representative Paul Holvey
• Vice-Chair: Representative Daniel Bonham
• Vice-Chair: Representative Dacia Grayber
• Member: Representative Shelly Boshart Davis
• Member: Representative Vikki Breese-Iverson
• Member: Representative Janelle Bynum
• Member: Representative Brian Clem
• Member: Representative Paul Evans
• Member: Representative Julie Fahey
• Member: Representative Bill Post
• Member: Representative Brad Witt