May 2013 - nwLaborPress

PCC is waging a by-the-book anti-union campaign against the Machinists

No more end-runs around prevailing wage at state universities

An outside law firm employing the former UO president heads up the administration’s bargaining team

The TriMet board has been without a labor voice since mid-2012

Contract delivers raises and better benefits at Securitas, ABM, G4S, and AlliedBarton

Lansing, 62, is the first from Local 114 to serve the union’s national Executive Board

Warm weather scared away the fish, but fisherfolk donated $10,000 to the cause.

The event draws more than 250,000 spectators to downtown Portland

The turning point was PGE’s rejection, citing potential coal dust impact on its natural gas plants

With a structure set in 1955, many state and local labor councils face problems