The Stories Project: Oregon Livelihoods Traded Away

Frank Rouse Residence: Portland, OR Occupation: worked at Freightliner for twenty years

Snapshots "So, you're basically going over there, you're exploiting those people, you're taking advantage of the cheap wages, and then in return, the product comes back to this country, it's not any cheaper, the people buying the product still have to pay what they were paying back then, it's now maybe even more. [...] So, where's the deal for everybody, especially the workers and maybe the consumer? Where's the deal?"

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