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Monthly Archives: April, 2013

Union Organizing

Conflict at KBOO sparks effort to unionize

Workers want into CWA Local 7901 after the board moves to make them "at-will" employees.
Workers Rights

Union Cab hits the streets

The launch culminates a years-long campaign by immigrant drivers against exploitation.
Worker safety

Obama Administration quietly smothers rule to protect workers

Silica sickens 3,600 a year, but the White House has halted an OSHA rule 38 years in the making
Comment

‘Wages, hours and working conditions’ not enough: Unions must speak for all workers

Immigration, same sex marriage … today's unions have moved beyond a 1980s agenda.
Worker safety

Accident at Thompson Metal Fab takes life of Sheet Metal worker

Michael Carpenter, age 33, was killed on the job March 15.
In Memoriam

Lin Mayes, 1946-2013

The one-time secretary-treasurer of UFCW Local 555 started as a meatcutter at age 15.
In Memoriam

Kathy Morris, 1942-2013

The retired UFCW official was an expert on workers' compensation.
Collective bargaining

Transit Union ready to meet with TriMet

The two sides await a judge’s ruling on whether negotiations will be open to the public.
Building our communities

Washington CLUB golf event on course to reach $1 million in donations

The charity golf event has been held for the last 13 years in Bremerton.
Building our communities

Teach a kid to fish: Unionists help at Klineline Fish-in

Over two dozen union members volunteered to help more than 3,000 kids ages 5 to 14 learn to fish.
Our Jobs

Building trades sign project labor agreement on proposed coal export plant in Longview

Pact encourages local source hiring of construction workers.
Building our communities

Texas Hold’em card tournament raises $4,818 for Doernbecher

The second annual event draws 72 players to the Local 16 hall.
Our Jobs

Postal Service backs off plan to end Saturday mail

Postal Service Board of Governors overruled the postmaster’s plan to go to five-day delivery.
Union democracy

IBEW Local 48 Clif Davis resigns to take job with international

VP Gary Young, appointed business manager, will run for re-election
Our Jobs

Proposed LNG export facility in Coos Bay would be union-built

Construction would span 42 months.
Politics

Sequester Out!

At a ‘sit-in’ with U.S. lawmakers Bonamici and Schrader, unionists talk about sequestration cuts
Worker safety

Unions to remember fallen workers

Oregon workers who died on the job last year will be remembered at ceremonies in Portland and Salem
Workers Rights

Unanimous City Council: Portland workers will have sick leave

How a labor and community alliance improved life for over 250,000 workers
Politics

Sick leave mandate causes concern among building trades unions

Union leaders say it could get tricky in a high-wage, short-term industry like construction
Union democracy

Fracture and reunion as nurses unions shift alignments

Nurse associations have merged, split, and morphed as nurses turn toward collective bargaining.
Our Jobs

Rally to save U.S. Postal Service delivers big crowd in Portland

Mail centers in Pendleton, Bend will close this year.
Collective bargaining

SPEEA technical unit accepts Boeing’s offer on second vote

New hires will get a 401(k), not the pension existing members get at highly profitable Boeing.
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