More white workers and fewer jobs at Portland’s day laborer hire site.
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Work Ethic
Protests Heat up at Day-Labor Site
Anti-immigration protesters up the ante at Portland’s day-labor site.
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Men at Work
Day Labor Site Organizers Defend Charges of Failure
Portland’s day labor site clarifies its role after some workers refuse to use the center.
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An Unexpected Stop
City-Funded Day Laborer Site Delayed
The launch date for the controversial day laborer site on NE MLK and Everett has been pushed back nearly six weeks to June 16. Romeo Sosa, director of VOZ, the organization in charge of running the center, had said as recently as last week that the original May 6 opening day, which VOZ has been […]
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Not in Our Backyard!
Businesses Bemoan Lack of Outreach
ON MONDAY MORNING, Resolutions Northwest, a mediation group contracted by the city, hosted a meeting with local business owners to draft a Good Neighbor Agreement (GNA) over the proposed day laborer site on NE Martin Luther King Jr. and Everett Street. Many of the business owners directly adjacent to the site, however, expressed anger and […]