Hire Oregon First
Rousing chants of "Hire Oregon First" reverberated throughout downtown today as members of the building trades and supporters rallied at SW 11th and Clay to protest the use of Canadian construction workers on a new downtown Portland project. Over 150 showed up on this rainy morning including a large contingent of Carpenters who rallied and later marched to the office of Octagon Development which is the project developer. The marchers urged to company to hire local and maintain community standards in pay and benefits.




