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Portland mayor gives every city employee 40 hours of paid time off to mourn 400 years of black oppression
Washington Examiner ^ | 6/10/20 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 06/11/2020 5:43:25 PM PDT by Revel

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, announced that all city employees will receive 40 hours of bereavement leave to “grieve and reflect” over 400 years of black people being oppressed.

Mayor Ted Wheeler sent an email to all city employees on Monday informing them that they will receive the uncontested paid time off to mourn racial disparity in response to the death of George Floyd, according to the Portland Tribune.

“As a nation and as a City we continue to grieve the recent loss of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, and others in the country and in our community,” Wheeler’s email said. “We acknowledge that Black employees are experiencing a collective grief and trauma coming from a culmination of oppression that is over 400 years old.”

The email continued: “We hear and understand that many of our employees, especially our BiPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) employees, are deeply impacted by these recent events and are hurting. I want to give our employees space to grieve and reflect: 40 hours of bereavement leave as allowed under HRAR (Human Resources Administrative Rules) 6.03.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: insanity; oregon; pc; portland; tedwheeler
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1 posted on 06/11/2020 5:43:25 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

It’s not his money. Why stop at 40 hours?


2 posted on 06/11/2020 5:44:22 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Revel

Oh good God.


3 posted on 06/11/2020 5:44:38 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Revel

Shit like this is why I am contemplating moving to Poland.


4 posted on 06/11/2020 5:45:02 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Revel

I’m sure the taxpayers are in favor of this.


5 posted on 06/11/2020 5:45:03 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Revel

Isn’t the word “all” racist? As in “all” lives matter.


6 posted on 06/11/2020 5:45:07 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (We are NOT all in this together.)
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To: Revel

Someone tell teddy that if black americans were a country they’d be the 15th wealthiest


7 posted on 06/11/2020 5:45:20 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
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To: Revel

And they were worried about the COVID shutdown straining city budgets. LOL


8 posted on 06/11/2020 5:45:31 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: Salvation

Oregon ping


9 posted on 06/11/2020 5:45:56 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
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To: Revel

and the Taxpayers get Screwed Again


10 posted on 06/11/2020 5:47:00 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Revel

Probably they need to mourn the African tribal chiefs that kept them as slaves, and thought it was better to sell them. Slavvery is as old as the hills, and of every tribe, and tongue and color. Aztec in Mexico had SLAVES.. and offered them on their pyramids as offerings, then took the bodies home, boiled them and ate them.


11 posted on 06/11/2020 5:47:21 PM PDT by rovenstinez (. SO,)
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To: rightwingcrazy

These people..ugh.And yet Biden still got votes in the primaries. There was a time and I’m that old but before I could vote I was still in the politics there was a time when any party thst representated or defended this kind of lunacy would be obliterated at the voting booth. How though it’s gonna still be damn close election night and with voter fraud machine? I just pray.


12 posted on 06/11/2020 5:47:57 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: Revel

So much for the 14th Amendment!

In my more socialist state to the north, this would be considered gifting of public funds and be illegal.

Silly laws. Who needs them?


13 posted on 06/11/2020 5:48:00 PM PDT by Vercingetorixbc (Veni, Vedi, Butti - I came, I saw, I kicked butt)
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To: Revel

The Muslims occupied Spain and enslaved its people for 500+ years... how many paid days off do we get to contemplate that?


14 posted on 06/11/2020 5:48:56 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Revel

Mayor to taxpayers: F. U. Portland!


15 posted on 06/11/2020 5:50:46 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Revel

10 years of black oppression is worth 1 hour.


16 posted on 06/11/2020 5:52:13 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: rightwingcrazy

You get the government you deserve. Good going taxpayers. If I was a homeowner who just lost my job, and scrapped together money to pay taxes, I’d be LIVID. WHERE ARE ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY?


17 posted on 06/11/2020 5:52:24 PM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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To: Revel

This must be a joke? Right?

Portlandia?


18 posted on 06/11/2020 5:52:28 PM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: Revel

Can white employees who identify as black get a paid week off to grieve at the beach, too? Huh Dad?


19 posted on 06/11/2020 5:52:39 PM PDT by Orosius
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To: Revel

I guarantee this is paid for by US taxpayers.
What slime the Dems are.


20 posted on 06/11/2020 5:52:42 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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