Photo Credit: KGW

At the very moment #Hoodstock was planning to die, move or disintegrate, the unions have stepped in to prop up what’s left of Occupy Portland.

The AFL-CIO has scheduled a march during rush hour in downtown Portland today.

From the Mercury

The AFL-CIO has been part of this rodeo from the git-go, with the state organization’s Secretary-Treasurer on site for part of the time. Barbara Byrd has been a presence at the site and has been interviewed from Occupy Portland.

Now it looks as if the movement is collapsing under the weight of the drugs and crime it invited into the park.

But what ho! A flyer is now circulating suggesting a move to The Pearl, a planned chi chi loft haven in the newly gentrified warehouse district.

Please. The mess they created has killed it. They’re acting like a kid who messed up his room while Mom and Dad were out and then hides in the closet when they get home.

Occupy Portland’s PIO Jordan LaDoux told KGW not so fast:

Union Specialty: Busing in Protesters

“Someone making a fancy flier for their proposal should not be taken to mean it’s more or less likely to happen,” press liason Jordan Ledoux said. “Given the amount of effort put into the space, it’s unlikely to happen that quickly. This is what’s great about the process we’ve established. Completely different ideas get taken seriously, and even when they don’t happen, they start conversation that make other things happen.”

A Hoodstock spokesman I spoke to on Friday told me the AFL CIO has given at least $2,000.00 in cash but there’s no doubt been a bigger cash infusion than that. Check out this KGW report at about :30 in.