Overworked and Underpaid » labor http://overworkedandunderpaid.org/owup Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Labor day! http://overworkedandunderpaid.org/owup/?p=39 http://overworkedandunderpaid.org/owup/?p=39#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:12:14 +0000 Greg http://overworkedandunderpaid.org/owup/?p=39 I’d forgotten it was coming up, actually. In the rest of the world it’s on May 1st (and in Germany, the night before is when the entire country gets tanked).

Anyway, from the North-West Labor Press:

On St. Patrick’s Day, the custom is go to an Irish pub. On Cinco de Mayo, Mexican restaurants are full. So where do you go to celebrate Labor Day weekend? To a union restaurant, of course! Here’s a list of restaurants in Oregon that have union workers represented by Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 9:

Brite Spot/Space Room: 4800 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland

The Semaphore: 1639 SE Holgate, Portland

Nite Hawk Cafe & Lounge: 6423 N. Interstate, Portland

Dan & Louis Oyster Bar: 208 SW Ankeny, Portland

Alexander’s/Bistro 921 at the Portland Hilton: 921 SW Sixth Ave., Portland

London Grill/Lobby Court at the Benson Hotel: 309 SW Broadway, Portland

Phyllis & Bob’s Labor Temple Cafe: 939 Duane St., Astoria

Porta Terra at the Hilton Towers: 545 SW Taylor, Portland

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