Oregon’s largest private sector union wants to recall top Democratic lawmaker
Posted on AllSides May 22nd, 2023
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United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 has long had a close relationship with Democratic politicians, spending tens of thousands on recent legislative campaigns and endorsing liberals up and down the ballot. But relationships with leaders chilled during the pandemic as the union lobbied unsuccessfully to use federal relief money for bonuses to grocery workers and to prioritize them for vaccines. Rep. Paul Holvey, a Eugene Democrat and House speaker pro tempore, who can temporarily replace the speaker, most recently frustrated the union by killing a bill that would have...