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Deal Or No Deal?

If local money goes into the Moda Center renovation, labor advocates want a smooth employee unionization in return.
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The state of Oregon and the city of Portland may be gearing up to give hundreds of millions of dollars of public money to help finance renovations to the 31-year-old Moda Center—and organized labor wants something in return.  “About a year ago, we had outreach from workers at the Moda Center in a number of […]

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With a New Media Conglomerate on the Scene, Oregon’s News Landscape is Shrinking

Carpenter Media’s purchase of Pamplin and EO Media Groups has been marked by labor fights, layoffs, and the discontinuation of a Portland print edition in a series of cost-cutting efforts.
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When Carpenter Media Group purchased Pamplin Media Group, Austin White, then the Portland Tribune’s managing sports editor, said many newsroom employees had never heard of the company.  “We still didn’t really know what to expect,” White said. “We thought we had maybe sold to a better company, one that might not be like a Gannett […]

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National “Tesla Takedown” Day Draws Hundreds to Portland Dealership

Protesters turn up the pressure for drivers to dump their Teslas and boycott the company as its billionaire CEO wields unchecked power over the US government. 
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Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Portland Tesla dealership on Saturday, March 29, joining over 200 protests across the nation in a movement dubbed “Tesla Takedown.” The peaceful protest called on Americans to sell their Teslas, drop their Tesla stock, and to boycott the company altogether.  At the root of the widespread outrage is Elon […]

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A New Study Reports That Nearly 40 Million Workers in the U.S. Will Be Displaced By Technology

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In the future, everyone will be employed for 15 minutes. Getty Images/Dan Kitwood The future of employment on this planet is bleak, according to the analysis by McKinsey Global Institute, which predicts that hundreds of millions of workers across the globe will find themselves out of work due to automation, robotics, artificial intelligence, and other […]

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