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    Biden in Portland: ‘Union workers are the best’

    May 6, 2022 // After the hangar event, Biden attended a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Portland Yacht Club, where he spoke for about 30 minutes before returning to the airport to depart for Seattle.

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    Red Cross workers threaten to strike, seeking fair contracts

    March 29, 2022 //

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    Portland’s District Council of Trade Unions announces plans to strike

    January 27, 2022 // The president of the District Council of Trade Unions announced Thursday the labor coalition, which represents roughly 16% of the Portland city workforce, will soon go on strike over wages.

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    Portland union workers hold ‘practice picket’ at City Hall

    January 22, 2022 // Days after the 1100 members of the District Council of Trade Unions overwhelming voted to authorize a strike against the City of Portland, a practice picket was held outside City Hall.

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    News Article ● Strike

    Buffett rejects Sanders’ call to intervene

    December 31, 2021 // Several hundred striking workers at a manufacturing facility owned by Berkshire Hathaway have picked up some high-profile support from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, but the company's CEO, Warren Buffett, has declined to get involved in the contract dispute.

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    Union grocery workers reach tentative agreement, ending strike at Fred Meyer, QFC stores

    December 18, 2021 // The union representing thousands of Oregon grocery workers reached a tentative labor agreement with management Friday night, ending a strike that was scheduled to run through Christmas Eve. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, representing many employees at Fred Meyer and Quality Food Centers stores, says the new agreement provides significant wage increases and workplace protections, new retirement and healthcare benefits.

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    Strike threat looms as grocery union, Kroger bargaining resumes

    December 13, 2021 // The average hourly wage for a Fred Meyer associate in Oregon is $17.29 per hour, the company said. The average total compensation, it said, is almost $23 per hour. https://www.opb.org/article/2021/12/13/kroger-strike-ufcw555-oregon-fred-meyer-workers-qfc-union-united-food-and-commericial-workers/

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