Sheet Metal Local 16 members elect first-ever female business agent Aug 3, 2018 The 2,045 member local has been working to increase union market share and attract more women and minority workers.
Turning the tables on union-busting canvassers Aug 3, 2018 Union-funded Northwest Accountability Project is publishing the names, pictures — and in some cases addresses — of Freedom Foundation canvassers.
Union bakers picket outside Portland home of Nabisco board member Jul 25, 2018 The profitable company is halting pension contributions at the same time it pays its executives so much that even shareholders are gagging.
A union guide to Washington’s August primary Jul 17, 2018 State AFL-CIO delegates voted on endorsements May 19 in Seattle and July 17-19 in Wenatchee.
Lessons of the West Virginia teachers strike Jul 17, 2018 One of the strike’s leaders will be visiting Portland July 23.
Trump Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh has a long history of anti-worker rulings Jul 17, 2018 The DC Appeals court judge is known in Washington as a highly partisan judicial figure with a history of one-sided rulings in favor of corporations.
Multnomah County drops workload language in new ambulance contract Jul 17, 2018 Commissioner Loretta Smith was the lone vote against a contract with AMR, opposed by Teamsters, that eliminates a method of limiting workload.
Ballot measure fight coming this November Jul 17, 2018 Four initiatives heading for the Oregon ballot reflect a far-right, corporatist agenda, but the union movement stands ready to repeal them.
AFSCME Local 189 backs Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council Jul 16, 2018 In the May primary, Local 189 backed Andrea Valderrama for that seat, but she placed fourth in a six-candidate field.
AFSCME members ratify first contract at Volunteers of America Jul 16, 2018 The employer’s hard-line stance crumbled a week before VOA’s annual fundraising gala, which the union planned to picket.
