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October 18, 2024 issue

Union Guide to the November 2024 general election

Union members have the power to decide elections … when they vote.

How unions decide which campaigns to endorse

Union political staff and volunteer member committees spend hundreds of hours preparing questionnaires and interviewing candidates.

RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Terri Niles

It may take a nurse to heal the partisan divide.

RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Chris Flanary

The AFSCME member organizer is running for City Council and wants to make the living wage for Portlanders a priority. 

RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Tiffany Koyama Lane

‘Teacher Tiffany,’ a member of Portland Association of Teachers, is running the strongest City Council campaign in Portland.

RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Jonathan Tasini

A labor strategist wants Portland to be a policy trailblazer again.

Boeing strike enters sixth week

Boeing cut off strikers’ access to health benefits. Many have taken temporary jobs. But if anything, Boeing seems to be hurting even more.

Metal Trades kicks off bargaining at Vigor shipyards

For the second time in a row, union leaders will be bargaining with a new CEO and new ownership at shipyards in Portland and Seattle.

Longshore strike ends with 61.5% raises

Roughly 45,000 longshore workers shut down East and Gulf Coast ports in the first International Longshoremen's Association strike since 1977.

At Reed College still no union contract after a year

The workers currently make $17,260 per year, which after taxes is less than the cost of the room and board in the dorms where they work.

Letter carrier bargaining in deep freeze

Letter carriers have been working under an expired contract for more than 500 days, as negotiations between NALC and USPS drag on.

One year in, still no contract at Elysian Brewing 

Some anti-union employees called for a decertification vote, but the result of that Oct. 1 tally was 21 in favor of the union and 9 against.

Glaziers 740 opens new training center

The new Estacada facility has been in the works for more than 15 years, as members have gradually raised enough to fund the project.

AFL-CIO ad campaign pushes Harris-Walz to union members

The national AFL-CIO will spend over $1 million on digital and streaming ads in seven “battleground” states to help elect Kamala Harris.

Vancouver Walgreens workers join new machinists pharmacy union

The Pharmacy Guild is a new union affiliated with the healthcare arm of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

Women on the Rise

Oregon Tradeswomen — a nonprofit that recruits and prepares women for careers in the trades — held its annual Build With Us gala Sept. 13.

Operating Engineers Local 701 hosts a heavy equipment rodeo

The rodeo included trials of skill, like using cranes and back hoes to carefully maneuver heavy loads through obstacle courses.

Dan Rayfield: A labor champion we can count on

Dan Rayfield has stood with workers in countless ways. The Oregon labor movement is all in for him to be our next Attorney General.

NLRB and FTC work together to bar non-compete agreements

Non-competes are agreements saying workers won’t go to work for a competing employer in the same industry after they leave an employer.

How Oregon election workers ensure accurate ballot counts 

Every election season, union members in Oregon ensure the security of ballots, and the accuracy of counts.

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