Teachable moment Sep 28, 2012 With a weeklong strike, Chicago teachers deliver a blow to a corporate agenda for schools
City staff give green light to Union Cab Sep 28, 2012 Staff are recommending approval of a worker-owned taxi co-op, and sweeping reform of taxi rules.
Laborers 483 backs Jefferson Smith for mayor Sep 20, 2012 The local represents City workers who maintain streets, parks, and water treatment.
Anti light rail measure passes Clackamas County Sep 20, 2012 Labor defends light rail, but it’s not enough.
James Hester, 1957-2012 Sep 18, 2012 Lung cancer took the life of the union rep and former head of AFSCME Local 189.
PIRG fundraising group fires all but one member of union bargaining team Sep 18, 2012 Draconian policies at the Portland call center lead to sky-high turnover
St. Charles Medical Center gets aggressive with nurses; 600 picket Sep 18, 2012 A Bend hospital recruits strikebreakers, and turns sprinklers on picketers.
Union members help vets restore PT boat Sep 18, 2012 PT-658 is the only surviving operational PT boat in the world.
Judge rules Wisconsin’s anti-union law unconstitutional Sep 18, 2012 For now, the law that led to last year’s state capitol occupation is kaput.
Three-year pact raises pay for 5,300 AFSCME members at OHSU Sep 18, 2012 But gains are smaller for members who participate in PERS.
