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Month: September 2012

Collective Bargaining

Teachable moment

Sep 28, 2012

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

Portland

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.

Politics

Laborers 483 backs Jefferson Smith for mayor

Sep 20, 2012

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

Clackamas County

Anti light rail measure passes Clackamas County

Sep 20, 2012

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

In Memoriam

James Hester, 1957-2012

Sep 18, 2012

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

Collective Bargaining

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

Collective Bargaining

St. Charles Medical Center gets aggressive with nurses; 600 picket

Sep 18, 2012

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

Building Community

Union members help vets restore PT boat

Sep 18, 2012

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

No Picture
Workers Rights

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.

Collective Bargaining

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.

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