Progressive Portland city councilors make final attempt to save union jobs

A group of five progressive Portland city councilors is making a final attempt to save dozens of union jobs slated to be cut in August. An ordinance proposed by Councilors Mitch Green, Candace Avalos, Angelita Morillo, Sameer Kanal, and Tiffany Koyama-Lane attempts to do what amendments that failed during budget deliberations could not do by using some dollars of interest earned on the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF) to avoid cuts to those jobs. MORE: https://katu.com/news/local/progressi... _______________ Stay up to date with our social media: KATU on Facebook:   / katunews   KATU on Twitter:   / katunews   Subscribe to KATU on YouTube:    / @katunews   Daily News Playlist:    • KATU Daily News Playlist   For more information, visit https://katu.com/ Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 503.231.4222 KATU is a OR based station and a ABC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. #KATU #Katu2abc #Portland #Oregon #localnews #oregonnews