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| Two More Mass Layoffs Show the Depths of COVID-19's Impact on Oregon's Economy |
| 2020-09-04 |
| [WWeek] Two mass layoff notices posted by the state show that COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc with Oregon's economy nearly five months after Gov. Kate Brown's March 23 stay-at-home order. The latest to go, according to an Aug. 7 filing: 355 workers employed by the food services giant Aramark at Nike's headquarters in Beaverton. The cooks, baristas and other workers who staff the company's cafeterias will follow hundreds of Nike workers out the door by Sept. 25. Also on Aug. 7, the state disclosed a filing by Alaska Airlines that the company would lay off 277 employees, most of them flight attendants and customer service workers based at Portland International Airport, as of Oct. 1. The layoffs at Alaska, which, with Southwest Airlines, is one of the two largest carriers at PDX, come less than a month after the airport opened its first new gates in more than 20 years as part of a $2 billion expansion. |
| Posted by:746 |
| #5 I tried parking at a downtown Boston garage yesterday. I was turned down because this particular building was turning away people other than monthly pass holders 'due to the coronavirus'. I told the guy - 'there's barely anyone here - who am I gonna catch it from?' He just shrugged his shoulders. The message is clear - mayor Mahhhty Walsh does not want people coming into the city, period. Seems to be a common notion amongst the blue city mayoral class. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-09-04 10:06 |
| #4 The over-response will do more harm than the virus will. It mirrors the way people die when infected. The virus does little damage but it sets off the immune system which locks-down the bodies organs in an cytokine storm over-reaction. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-09-04 07:01 |
| #3 Contrast this with the Idaho experience covered in a separate post today. |
| Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2020-09-04 03:45 |
| #2 And Gov Brown had nothing to do with it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-09-04 01:30 |
| #1 Yes, it's all that darn Covid. And the Right! Can't believe the "reporter" forgot that part. |
| Posted by: charger 2020-09-04 00:21 |