Employees at the city of Portland just formed Oregon’s second-largest independent labor union in the state. Professional employees of the city voted Tuesday, June 6, to unionize as the City of Portland Professional Workers (CPPW). A recent election saw 306 of 385 eligible employees vote in favor of the effort, representing 54% of all eligible employees. Organizers say efforts have been in the making for the past four or five years, spurred in part by.
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