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March 05 2021
Graham Trainor is president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, the federation of labor unions representing more than 300,000 working Oregonians. Reyna Lopez is executive director of PCUN, representing farmworkers and Latinx working families.
In times of crisis, real leaders are forged.
During the year since Oregon s first confirmed case of COVID-19, countless examples of empathetic, worker-centered leadership have been showcased. When elected officials listen to workers, the policies they pass are stronger and more responsive to the needs of working families. For example, Oregon created and funded the Oregon Worker Relief Fund to ensure farmworkers who help put food on our tables and are least likely to have access to enough paid sick time could quarantine when needed.
March 05 2021
Graham Trainor is president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, the federation of labor unions representing more than 300,000 working Oregonians. Reyna Lopez is executive director of PCUN, representing farmworkers and Latinx working families.
In times of crisis, real leaders are forged.
During the year since Oregon s first confirmed case of COVID-19, countless examples of empathetic, worker-centered leadership have been showcased. When elected officials listen to workers, the policies they pass are stronger and more responsive to the needs of working families. For example, Oregon created and funded the Oregon Worker Relief Fund to ensure farmworkers who help put food on our tables and are least likely to have access to enough paid sick time could quarantine when needed.
PCUN receives $100k grant February 27 2021
Oregon Consumer Justice donates more than $1.7 million in trust-based community grants to 26 Oregon nonprofits
Woodburn-based Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), received a $100,000 grant as part of a $1.7 million distribution from Oregon Consumer Justice.
OCJ announced the awards on Thursday, Feb. 25, as part of a mission to advance consumer protection with emergency response grants. In total, 26 entities received funds. We were honored, and relieved honestly, to get the financial support of OCJ, especially after the effects of Oregon s Labor Day wildfires. Those two weeks, and post air quality finally coming back to normal, PCUN Executive Director Reyna Lopez said. PCUN came in contact with about 1,000 people who needed help. This funding allowed us to increase capacity in our healthy workplaces program, which is the main program at PCUN that focuses on farmworkers outreach, services, and education.
After abrupt resignation, state fire marshal gets new gig February 27 2021
Jim Walker will serve Canby, Woodburn and Aurora fire districts as fire inspector, a newly created position.
Canby, Woodburn and Aurora fire districts have jointly hired former state fire marshal Jim Walker as the fire inspector for all three districts.
The fire inspector is a newly created position funded under an interagency agreement between the three districts, which, in addition to the larger cities, include the cities of Gervais, Barlow and the Aurora Airport, according to a news release. The new inspector position will have a positive impact on the life safety for those who live, work, and do business in our communities, said Woodburn and Hubbard Fire Chief Joe Budge.