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Port of Portland Board of Commissioners
Workers Rights
Portland Airport implements new $15 wage floor
The new policy would raise wages above $16.55 for 900 service workers in January 2022. SEIU Local 49 calls that too little too late.
Portland
Labor loses spot on the Port of Portland Commission
For now, Governor Kate Brown has ended the tradition of having two labor reps on the board.
Portland
Union-bashing Willamette Week tramples the facts in airport story
That story about the union that wants to raise prices and rid the airport of small businesses? Fake news.
Oregon
Oregon Senate confirms Kitzhaber appointees
Dozens of Kitzhaber appointees were confirmed, including including a handful important to labor.
