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Pamplin Media Group May 03 2021
Readers sound off on congressional action supporting labor unions, Sen. Ginny Burdick s retirement and drug prices.
Our faith traditions compel us to advocate for the dignity of all workers, for their right to have a voice in the workplace about conditions affecting their well-being.
In Portland and across the United States, we have seen American heroes in grocery stores, post offices and hospitals. During COVID-19, more became essential workers and many had to risk their lives going to work in unsafe conditions.
We stood with workers at a local hospital as they spent the year trying to negotiate fair and safe working conditions. We were with fledgling fast-food unions, with hospital support workers seeking fair pay and safe working conditions, with Amazon employees demanding the right to take bathroom breaks, and letter carriers resisting the efforts of the Postal Service to slow the delivery of vote-by-mail ballots.