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Short Read of the Week for July 22, 2021

Again this week, we had a unanimous first-choice for the article you should read if you don’t read anything else. It highlights the victories of Oregon unions in the 2021 legislative session, some of which they had been working to pass for 12 years, never giving up. And if you doubt that unions really help everyone, note that all of these benefits apply to every Oregon worker, not just union laborers:

How working people and unions fared in the 2021 session of the Oregon legislature
https://nwlaborpress.org/2021/06/how-working-people-and-unions-fared-in-the-2021-session-of-the-oregon-legislature/
[our copy here]

Our second choice was an article about an issue that affects us directly, and that divides Oregon Democrats:

Redistricting fight begins with Dems battling Dems
https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/515833-412307-redistricting-fight-begins-with-dems-battling-dems
[our copy here]

We want your feedback on this. Would you be interested in hearing Speaker Kotek’s point of view on it if we can get her (or some reasonable person on her side of this issue) to come talk to us? Let us know.


Direct link to item: https://tillcodems.org/whats-on-your-mind/2021/7/22/short-read-of-the-week-for-july-22-2021.