September 2012 - nwLaborPress

With a weeklong strike, Chicago teachers deliver a blow to a corporate agenda for schools

Staff are recommending approval of a worker-owned taxi co-op, and sweeping reform of taxi rules.

The local represents City workers who maintain streets, parks, and water treatment.

Labor defends light rail, but it’s not enough.

Lung cancer took the life of the union rep and former head of AFSCME Local 189.

Draconian policies at the Portland call center lead to sky-high turnover

A Bend hospital recruits strikebreakers, and turns sprinklers on picketers.

PT-658 is the only surviving operational PT boat in the world.

For now, the law that led to last year’s state capitol occupation is kaput.

But gains are smaller for members who participate in PERS.