2013 - Page 18 of 25 - nwLaborPress

Portland fluoridation fails to get 2/3 at NOLC, but labor endorses Metro levy, school board races

About 100 union members will lose jobs if the Salem plant closes in June.

Workers want into CWA Local 7901 after the board moves to make them “at-will” employees.

The launch culminates a years-long campaign by immigrant drivers against exploitation.

Silica sickens 3,600 a year, but the White House has halted an OSHA rule 38 years in the making

Immigration, same sex marriage … today’s unions have moved beyond a 1980s agenda.

Michael Carpenter, age 33, was killed on the job March 15.

The one-time secretary-treasurer of UFCW Local 555 started as a meatcutter at age 15.

The retired UFCW official was an expert on workers’ compensation.

The two sides await a judge’s ruling on whether negotiations will be open to the public.