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Boeing Machinists in Oregon and Washington returned to work Nov. 6 with historic contract gains, including raises totaling 43.65%.

Roughly 180 members of Bakers Local 114 at the Franz Bakery in Springfield have been on strike since Oct. 31.

In Washington County, AMR’s starting wage for EMTs is $18.39 per hour. In Multnomah County, under the union contract, it's $22.57 per hour.

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, new mothers who are members of LiUNA will be eligible for up to $800 per week for 12 weeks.

Many IBEW locals produce coins, pins, sweatshirts and other swag, and many members collect and trade them.

Thieves broke into the Oregon Tradeswomen training facility on Oct. 27, stealing roughly $20,000 worth of equipment.

IATSE Local 28 says concert production company Monqui Presents chilled union support when it fired two union supporters.

It’s the fifth win in the IWW’s Peet’s Labor Union effort, after four coffee shops unionized in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In not one but two overspray incidents, paint blown by the wind stuck to the vehicles of hundreds of shipyard workers.

Founded in Portland in 1920, Dennis Uniform eventually grew to become the largest school uniform supplier in the United States.

Presidential administrations change, but the values of the labor movement do not.

The national results were bleak for labor, but the union movement notched mostly wins in Oregon and Washington.

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