Jobs Planned occupation of NW Portland’s main post office thwarted Jul 30, 2013 Department of Homeland Security police stood in a post office entrance.
Collective Bargaining City of Portland contract talks enter mediation Jul 30, 2013 Preventing a deal is a City proposal that paves the way to contracting out
Clackamas County UFCW’s Gillispie tapped to chair school board Jul 30, 2013 The longtime labor leader was elected chair of North Clackamas School District
Collective Bargaining Bradken foundry: No contract, a year after union vote Jul 30, 2013 Workers are seeking a fair and transparent pay scale
People David Cecil named chief of staff at AFT-Oregon Jul 30, 2013 The former graduate teaching fellow has 13 years in the labor movement
Collective Bargaining Oregon unions sign tentative pacts for 22,000 state workers Jul 30, 2013 SEIU and AFSCME members will get modest cost-of-living raises
Politics 2013: Not a good year for labor in Olympia Jul 30, 2013 After two Democrats defected, Washingtonians got a bitterly partisan Legislature
Union Democracy Washington AFL-CIO convention: ‘Labor can’t do it alone’ Jul 30, 2013 Resolution calls for continued fight for new I-5 bridge with light rail
Collective Bargaining ERB: Arbitrator’s ruling stands, but TriMet broke law Jul 30, 2013 The transit agency is ordered to pay $136,000 and stop trying to collect back-premiums