“Strikes on the Horizon?” gathers local unions and student organizations to discuss potential strike
Nearly 150 attendees
PSU Vanguard | Written by Sara Swetzoff | January 20, 2014
On Thursday, Jan. 16, representatives of eight local unions and student organizations came together for a community discussion on the state of public services and public-sector employment across Portland. Called “Strikes on the Horizon?”, the event filled one of the larger rooms in Smith Memorial Student Union with nearly 150 attendees.
Portland State sociology professor Jose Padin, a faculty senator for the social sciences and a spokesperson for the PSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, kicked off the panel with an ominous description of the situation at hand.
“There are dark clouds over our region as far as the eye can see—for working people, for educators and for others. We have two of the largest public education institutions [in Portland] on the verge of striking, PSU and Portland Public Schools,” he warned.
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