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Oregon Convention Center
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Metro privatizes AV at Oregon Convention Center
On Dec. 18, a week before Christmas, all seven part-time AV technicians at the publicly-owned event space were laid off.
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Metro pushes to privatize Convention Center AV department
The Metro regional government wants to contract out audio/visual jobs at the Oregon Convention Center - jobs that are currently held by union workers.
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Now open to the public, the Portland Hyatt Regency Convention Center was largely union-built
The hotel opened Dec. 19– on budget, and ahead of schedule.
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New Convention Center hotel will be union built
And likely union operated, as Hyatt signs a neutrality agreement with UNITE HERE Local 8
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Labor Day: It’s about solidarity
When unions stand together to move an agenda, great things happen for workers.
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All signs point to a union-built convention center hotel
Metro's "statement of principles" asks the developer to use union workers
