March 2012 - nwLaborPress

Union health and welfare trusts press to take part in exchanges

Polls show the public doesn’t know much about the health care reform law two years after passage.

A union vote at St. Charles Medical Center is on hold while the NLRB investigates violations.

Congressman Kurt Schrader was a guest at the annual pin awards dinner.

Grants Pass is ordered to include vacation and sick leave when computing firefighters’ overtime.

Last month, a few legislators tried to use the short session to advance their fringe agendas.

Daniel Bonham of Carpenters Local 156 died March 3 after falling in Silver Falls State Park.

A DOL publication lists types of green jobs that are available, and the skills needed to get them.

The union movement has failed, says the former labor leader.

Eileen Brady has five labor endorsements, Charlie Hales has one, and Jefferson Smith has two.