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'OPB Politics Now:' The Power Of Public Employee Unions In Oregon

By Jeff Mapes (OPB), Dirk VanderHart (OPB) and Anna Griffin (OPB)
Portland, Ore. Oct. 11, 2019 5:31 p.m.
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Public employee unions have historically been one of the reasons Democrats enjoy a stranglehold on Oregon politics. But that might be changing.

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On this week’s "OPB Politics Now," OPB news director Anna Griffin and political reporters Jeff Mapes and Dirk VanderHart look at how a vote on state employee pensions is coming back to bite Democratic legislators.

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