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Oregon Union Tracker (OUT): Volume 2
Salem-Keizer officials take negotiations private. Healthcare workers continue fight.
September 2023
Introducing the Oregon Union Tracker
A regular digest of organized labor news & events across the state
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Verda Crossing Apartments in Keizer aren’t exactly affordable
In a community with few affordable housing options, new development seems geared towards high earners
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With no working radio hub, Keizer risks isolation & confusion
Emergency planning a “hot potato” leaving Keizerites underprepared
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Paid Subscriber Exclusive: Fall Update from Keizer City Councilor Robert Husseman (Part 2)
It’s tough being a progressive in an area like Keizer, but there’s daylight to challenge the status quo
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Paid Subscriber Exclusive: Fall Update from Keizer City Councilor Robert Husseman (Part 1)
Nihilism-flavored leadership, but still opportunities to outgrow status quo
Keizer only American city of its kind without public library
A nationally unique failure to provide basic services
August 2023
From baseball bleachers to material breaches
Keizer’s sweetheart lease with stadium contains several foundational terms that aren’t being enforced
Salem asked to spend more public funds on airport gamble
Project scope creeps in Salem while Avelo discontinues service in Dayton, OH.
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After calls for violence, progressive Salem businesses harassed by armed man
The day after KSLM radio airs story, local business & families harassed, threatened with death
Salem’s new airline partner has anti-union past (and present)
Avelo’s management has been battling its own flight attendants for years
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