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Portland averts city worker strikes after making big concessions to public unions

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The city of Portland says it has reached tentative agreements with two public employee unions whose members had threatened to walk off their jobs.

AFSCME Local 189 , which represents more than 1,000 clerical staff and other employees, agreed to a new three-year contract with the city last week .

Combined, Local 189 and the District Council of Trade Unions represent about 1,200 workers, or 16% , of the city's 7,500 -member workforce.

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