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tiate community benefits agree-
ments and project labor agree-
ments at the City of Portland and
Multnomah County that ensure
both that the work is done union
and that women and minority
apprentices and journeymen
have opportunities on the job.
Myers chairs a steering commit-
tee that is advising Prosper Port-
land on what course to chart for
the Broadway Corridor.
On April 11, the Prosper Port-
land board chose Continuum
Partners of Denver as the pro-
ject’s “master plan advisers.”
Prosper Portland and Continuum
have committed to sign a “com-
munity benefits agreement”
CBA that would work with
unions to meet goals for women
and minority participation in the
workforce. The details are ex-
pected to be worked out by next
spring. The Healthy Communi-
ties Coalition is calling for the
agreement to be at least as strong
as the model CBA the City of
Portland worked out with the
Metropolitan Alliance for Work-
force Equity.
“Only a fool would try to deprive working
men and working women of the right to
join the union of their choice.”