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High Turnover, Low Pay: Staff at Prominent Legal Aid and Advocacy Group Call For Ouster of CEO

Disability Rights Oregon workers fight for livable wages despite sizable annual raises for the organization’s top executive.
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Workers at Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) are urging the nonprofit law firm’s board to fire executive director Jake Cornett. Low pay is the main frustration for employees—a resentment aggravated by their boss receiving big raises in recent years. The nonprofit advocacy organization “cannot move forward in its current state, and [Cornett] seems to be uniquely […]

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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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