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Month: July 2012

Union Organizing

BrucePac’s immigrant workforce says no to union

Jul 27, 2012

Three years after a union campaign began at BrucePac, vote is more than 3-to-1 against unionizing

Workers Rights

Portland’s answer to Union Cab – taxi reform

Jul 27, 2012

Portland plans to overhaul taxi rules after a study found shocking labor conditions for drivers.

Trade

At Obama fundraiser, union millworkers protest trade policy

Jul 24, 2012

As NAFTA-style treaties proliferate, AWPPW has lost thousands of members to mill closures.

Collective Bargaining

Strikers ratify four-year contract with Schnitzer’s Cascade Steel

Jul 19, 2012

They get annual raises of up to 2.5 percent, but also will pay more for health coverage.

In Memoriam

Carla Floyd, 1949-2012

Jul 17, 2012

Floyd led CWA Local 7901 from 1987 to 1996.

Comment

Bring Jobs Home

Jul 17, 2012

We can’t afford tax incentives that undermine efforts to rebuild America’s economy.

Collective Bargaining

Arbitrator sides with TriMet over union

Jul 16, 2012

Health care cost was biggest factor; now, future hires will have no pension

Union Democracy

Roseburg techie will lead OSEA

Jul 12, 2012

Past president Bonnie Luisi retired and did not seek a second two-year term.

No Picture
Union Democracy

Lennie Ellis succeeds Ron Jones at IBEW 659

Jul 12, 2012

Jones retires after 14 years as head of the 2,060-member local.

No Picture
Politics

Seven initiative campaigns vie for Oregon’s November ballot

Jul 6, 2012

Unions back corporate kicker, marijuana, and casino measures, and oppose estate tax ban.

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