May 2011 - nwLaborPress

Supporters filled a Portland Hilton ballroom May 14 to celebrate and remember.

Enrollment drops after Portland French School spends $170,000 opposing efforts to join AFT.

Faith traditions have something to say about labor.

He joins ILWU’s Bruce Holte and AFSCME’s Ken Allen on the nine-member body.

The state association coordinates politics and education for about 3,300 urban letter carriers in locals around the state.

A late-breaking contract settlement averted a planned strike at Mt. Hood Community College.

Seattle theaters joined in the “We Are One” national day of action April 4 by putting up signs.

Building trades unions reacted favorably to the April 25 announcement by governors John Kitzhaber of Oregon and Chris Gregoire of Washington.

A union contract at TriMet which covers 2,000 bus and rail operators, mechanics, and support staff expired Nov. 30, 2009.

Georgia-Pacific has changed since it was bought in 2005 by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch.