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Monthly Archives: October, 2012

Workers Rights

Portland City Council aims to mandate paid sick days by year’s end

If passed, Portland would join Seattle and San Francisco in a major advance for workers rights.
Our Jobs

Construction workers building ‘the cloud’ in Central Oregon

Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.
Union Organizing

OSU grad students crash donor party

Oregon State University is refusing to recognize a union of graduate research assistants.
Buying Union

Fly the union-friendly skies, if you can find them

For airline industry workers, it’s been a wild ride.
Politics

Clackamas County becomes an electoral battleground

Labor mounts ground game after foes pour money into county races
In Memoriam

Roy Coles, 1916-2012

The WWII vet was state leader of the Carpenters Union in the 1960s and 1970s.
Politics

Employers increasingly telling workers how to vote

Romney encourages workplace electioneering by owners
Politics

Why labor is sticking with Obama

It's been a rough four years for union members, and workers in general.
Analysis

Untangling the economy: A lively Q&A with pro-labor economist Robert Kuttner

The longtime writer-editor has honed his skills in verbal combat against the likes of Sean Hannity.
Buying Union

This Halloween, give out union-made candy

It's possible to treat trick-or-treaters to products made by workers who have a voice on the job.
Politics

A union guide to the Washington ballot

Top priority is governor's race, but labor backs same-sex marriage and marijuana legalization too.
Politics

A union guide to the Oregon ballot

Priorities including re-electing Brown and Avakian and ending the corporate kicker.
Politics

Starr tells a Republican audience he’d lower prevailing wages as labor commissioner

A BOLI survey sets wage rates on public construction projects, but Starr says it's out of whack.
Politics

Party platform shows GOP turning sharply against unions

Meanwhile, 2012 Democratic platform affirms worker rights, but sends a mixed message on trade.
Comment

The fight for Oregon is in down-ballot races

This year's Oregon races won't attract national attention, which makes our fights harder.
Building our communities

Carpenters Food Bank donations near all-time low

Meanwhile, distribution is reaching record levels at 700 food boxes a month.
Politics

Laborers Council, Fire, Police unions withdraw endorsements of Jefferson Smith for Portland mayor

The three labor organizations aren't recommending any candidate in the mayoral race.
Politics

Worker representation: Labor looks to its own ranks for candidates to support

This year in Oregon, as many as two dozen union members are candidates for public office.
Union Organizing

At TriMet Lift, contracted bus drivers say they want a union

A unit of 166 workers will vote on whether to join ATU Local 757.
Politics

Candidate for Labor Commissioner wants to make Oregon a ‘right-to-work’ state

It would make the state more attractive to business, Bruce Starr tells radio host Lars Larson.
In Memoriam

Ken Spray, 1947-2012

The Heppner native worked for many union locals throughout his career.
Building our communities

IBEW’s Ed Barnes wins dance competition

The fundraiser for Fort Vancouver National Trust raises $115,000.
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