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Oregon's Looming Challenge: Vaccinating Essential Workers

A union official tells lawmakers that these workers must not be made to wait in line for hours because they can’t afford to miss a day of pay.
January 27, 2021
 
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Four Portland hospitals are running a mass vaccination clinic at the Oregon Convention Center. | OHSU

Oregon’s so-called essential workers stock grocery store shelves, staff cash registers, clean airports and muscle freight from loading docks in the