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Month: August 2013

No Picture
Oregon

In Oregon’s new higher ed boards, labor gets a seat or two

Aug 29, 2013

Business will be amply represented on the new governing boards.

Collective Bargaining

SEIU 503 prepares to strike at 7 Oregon universities

Aug 29, 2013

Wages are a key sticking point for 4,200 university support workers.

Worker safety

White House releases OSHA rule on silica, after two-year delay

Aug 29, 2013

If implemented, the proposed OSHA rule would protect 2 million exposed workers.

Union Democracy

OSEA picks new executive director

Aug 20, 2013

Rick Shidaker will replace Steven Araujo, who retires Dec. 31

No Picture
Politics

Back for August recess, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden hears from labor

Aug 20, 2013

Oregon’s senior senator has a pro-labor voting record, but favors NAFTA-style trade deals

Workers Rights

PIRG fundraising group on trial for labor violations

Aug 13, 2013

Fund for the Public Interest managers tell a judge that firing David Neal was business as usual.

No Picture
Collective Bargaining

Labor Day picnic blood drive called off due to labor dispute

Aug 13, 2013

American Red Cross is pushing to lower wages for members of Oregon Nurses Association

Labor History

1963 March on Washington — time to march again

Aug 13, 2013

Conventional narratives of the March downplay its economic demands — and labor’s central role

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Jobs

Coalition calls for scaled-down phased-in I-5 bridge over the Columbia

Aug 13, 2013

Three pages worth of names sign a letter calling for “phased option”

Comment

The union movement’s survival requires it to change

Aug 13, 2013

The history of the labor movement is full of the corpses of failed organizations.

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