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With just more than a week to go until Christmas, workers at Fred Meyer and QFC locations across the Portland metro area hit the picket line this morning to begin a week-long unfair labor practice strike. “We’re on strike!" shouted workers at cars pulling into the NE Glisan Fred Meyer parking lot Friday morning, while other vehicles honked in support as they passed. At the SE 82nd and Johnson Creek Fred Meyer, workers waved signs...

Supporters of a proposal to hand Oregon’s redistricting process to an independent commission hoped lawmakers would consider and take input on the plan during the five-month session. With less than three weeks left, it appears lawmakers will go home without holding a single public hearing on the commission proposal, House Joint Resolution 7. Dismayed supporters including good government groups, ...