In order to prevent two possible labor strikes and significant interruptions to municipal services, the city of Portland reports that it has reached tentative deals with two public employee unions whose members had threatened to quit their jobs.
To secure an agreement, some expensive compromises had to be made, which will almost certainly make the city’s already severe budget deficit worse.
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