Jobs Postal workers, customers testify before Workers’ Rights Board Mar 4, 2011 A Workers’ Rights Board panel recommended the U.S. Postal Service hire more letter carriers and clerks.
Politics Building trades miffed at Metro for bypassing Shiprack Mar 4, 2011 Building trades unions are miffed that the Metro Council didn’t appoint Bob Shiprack to a vacant seat in District 6.
Politics Labor leaders attend Obama Intel visit Mar 4, 2011 A dozen plus Oregon labor leaders attended President Barack Obama’s Feb. 18 “winning the future” speech at Intel Corp. in Hillsboro.
Trade Mr. President: Americans can’t afford job-killing trade deals Mar 4, 2011 Outside President Obama’s Feb. 18 visit to Intel, activists picketed to remind him of his pledge to halt NAFTA-style trade treaties.
National Spirit of Madison at Oregon rallies Mar 4, 2011 At a pair of rallies Feb. 25 and 26 in Portland and Salem, Oregonians showed solidarity with Midwest public workers.
Collective Bargaining We are all Wisconsin: Nationwide fightback on the rise Mar 4, 2011 A new crop of Republican governors has declared war on unions, provoking the biggest showdown since Reagan fired air traffic controllers in 1981.
