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Month: October 2013

No Picture
National

After years of delay, Obama DOL says home care workers will get minimum wage, overtime

Oct 31, 2013

A decades-old exclusion ends for nearly 2 million workers.

Local

AFSCME Local 88 backs Loretta Smith re-election to Multnomah County Commission

Oct 31, 2013

The local represents workers at Multnomah County.

Health Care

SEIU files five prospective Oregon ballot initiatives on hospital reform

Oct 31, 2013

Hospitals would have to do charity care, disclose prices and quality, charge fair rates, cap CEO pay

No Picture
Trade

NAFTA-style TPP delayed, but fast track may come up

Oct 30, 2013

The deal covering 12 Pacific Rim nations was supposed to be signed, sealed and delivered last month

Politics

SeaTac voters to decide on $15 minimum wage

Oct 30, 2013

The Nov. 5 ballot measure would lift estimated 6,500 workers in transportation and hospitality

Building Community

Carpenters Food Bank closes its doors

Oct 30, 2013

For 30 years, union volunteers handed out food boxes, up to 850 a month

Collective Bargaining

Teacher strike looms at Portland Public Schools

Oct 29, 2013

The district wants concessions, and won’t meet directly with the union.

Comment

“Grand bargain” in Congress?

Oct 16, 2013

The shutdown was a case of failed political brinksmanship.

Collective Bargaining

Strike on horizon at City of Portland

Oct 16, 2013

City denies vacation requests, and union gets “ready to walk”

Collective Bargaining

Strike at PIRG call center marks two-year union drive

Oct 16, 2013

Two years after voting to unionize, no contract, but no surrender either.

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