January 2011 - nwLaborPress

Norman Malbin is in-house counsel for the IBEW Local 48.

Duke Shepard has been Oregon AFL-CIO political director since January 2006.

A freshly retired union official seeks to fill an open seat on the Metro Council.

Kevin Jensen was sworn in Jan. 6 to a third term.

At 43, she’s one of America’s youngest national union leaders.

Supporters will strategize Jan. 29 how to support a single payer bill in Oregon.

Employers — both private and public sector — propose takebacks in a bad economy.

Before leaving office, Gov. Kulongoski asked a state conciliator to help resolve the dispute.

Oregon’s citizen legislature convenes Feb. 1.

Workers voted 255 to 251.