Rain did not deter hundreds of Portland Community College faculty, staff and students who rallied across four Portland-area campuses Wednesday morning to show support for a historic strike at the state’s largest higher education institution.
At the Cascade campus in North Portland, more than 300 hundred people, clad in raincoats and rain boots, came out to support PCC’s faculty and classified unions. They carried signs that read “living wage now” and “COLAs not cuts,” chanted messages of solidarity and marched across the campus grounds.
PCC and its two unions have been negotiating over compensation and other benefits for nearly a year. But all sides have been stuck for months on salary increases and how much the college has to spare for such increases.
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