Portland Police - A History of the PPA

The p p a grew in influence, not just in portland, but nation wide. They helped found a national police union which provided some unity to all the different unions that had been spawned by the success of the p p a. In 19 69 they voted along with 30 other delegates that police strikes would remain banned under the national union charter. When joilette, illinois officers had gone on strike in 19 67, asme had revoked their charter and the pp a had condemned them. The city wanted to establish a set of ground rules that all seven of the unions recognized by the city would have to d by. This was considered odd, since traditionally, portland's fire fighters