September 2010 - nwLaborPress

Fired BrucePac workers reinstated

Sep 20, 2010

BrucePac, a Willamette Valley cooked meat processor, has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.

SEIU locals back Collymore for county position

Sep 17, 2010

Services Employees International Union Locals 49 and 503 have endorsed Karol Collymore for Multnomah County commissioner.

Oregon AFL-CIO youth group gets official start

Sep 17, 2010

Close to 40 active members from at least 13 union locals met Aug. 28 in Portland, and not one of them was over 40 years of age.

DeFazio tells Building Trades: More infrastructure investment needed

Sep 17, 2010

At the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council convention in Roseburg, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio asked for labor’s help making the case that more public investment is needed to pull the country out of the Great Recession.

What Obama could do for workers without Congress

Sep 17, 2010

With support from labor organizations, the think tank Demos has teamed up with The American Prospect magazine to figure out what Obama can do — without waiting for Congress — to create good living-wage jobs.

Portland French School broke law to fight union

Sep 17, 2010

The National Labor Relations Board says Portland French School committed multiple violations of U.S. labor law in its fight against a unionizing campaign. Earlier this year, teachers and other employees at the private French language school announced their intention to join American Federation of Teachers.

Month: September 2010

Fired BrucePac workers reinstated

SEIU locals back Collymore for county position

Oregon AFL-CIO youth group gets official start

DeFazio tells Building Trades: More infrastructure investment needed

What Obama could do for workers without Congress

Portland French School broke law to fight union

Obama hasn’t lived up to campaign promises on trade

Free trade deal with Korea will cost U.S. jobs

Paul Riggs to take the helm at Columbia Pacific Building Trades

Union ‘Jobs Tour’ comes to Portland and Vancouver