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Month: May 2013

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Union Organizing

2,300 workers at Precision Castparts vote June 7 on unionization

May 15, 2013

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

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Politics

Oregon University System prevailing wage bill passes Senate, 27-2

May 15, 2013

No more end-runs around prevailing wage at state universities

Collective Bargaining

University of Oregon at $320,000 (and counting) in talks with union

May 15, 2013

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

Politics

IBEW Local 48’s Joe Esmonde nominated to TriMet board

May 15, 2013

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

Collective Bargaining

SEIU 49 secures first contract for 450 private security officers

May 15, 2013

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

People

Lansing tapped to international Bakers Union executive board

May 15, 2013

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

Building Community

Guide Dogs the big winner at Machinists salmon derby

May 15, 2013

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

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Building Community

Union letter carriers, electricians will march in Starlight Parade

May 15, 2013

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

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Jobs

Kinder Morgan scraps plans for coal export plant at Port Westward

May 15, 2013

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

Comment

AFL-CIO will look at changes to labor councils

May 15, 2013

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

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