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OR: Union's Stolen Laptop May Have Critical Info


From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:18:09 +0000 (UTC)


http://www.kptv.com/news/19449380/detail.html

A laptop stolen on the East Coast may have put members Oregon's largest 
private-sector union at risk of identity theft.

John and Melissa Browning, who work at a local grocery store, have been 
members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union 555 for more than 
15 years. The UFCW represents about 19,000 workers in Oregon and southwest 
Washington.

Dan Clay, the union's president, said the UFCW's international 
headquarters sent a letter to members of Local 555 about a union 
employee's laptop being stolen on the East Coast.

The letter said the laptop may contain personal information of Local 555 
members, including birth dates and Social Security numbers.

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