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Yearly Archives: 2013

Our Jobs

OFNHP protests elimination of perio-hygienist classification

The 17 workers in that classification do the same work, for less pay
Building our communities

Union family raises funds to pay for cutting edge treatment for son with cerebral palsy

One-year-old Oscar Triplett would be flown to Panama for a treatment not covered by insurance.
Washington

Washington state senator proposes ‘right to work’ session

"Not going to happen" says governor Jay Inslee
Politics

Clark County community rallies around Ed Barnes

Retired union official threatened with lawsuit for speaking his mind at public meetings
Collective bargaining

In a stand for the middle class, Machinists reject Boeing offer

Highly profitable Boeing wanted a long-term deal with anemic raise and an end to pension
Building our communities

Laborers 296 gun raffle nets big cash for union charities

A Remington semi-automatic netted $1,315 each for conservation and hardship aid.
Collective bargaining

UO graduate fellows begin contract talks

Union wants parental leave, wireless internet, and kitchen appliances, among other things
Union democracy

New leadership at AFSCME Local 88

The union of Multnomah County workers faces a political election and contract bargaining in 2014
Oregon

Union-backed Oregon group files anti-antiunion initiatives

If it gets more votes than an antiunion initiative, it would prevail
Collective bargaining

Going for broke: TriMet wants a major rewrite of the union contract

Three months into bargaining, the transit agency is still explaining its dozens of proposed changes
Collective bargaining

Portland Public Schools declares impasse, triggering timetable for strike

Teachers could strike as early as Jan. 6, when students return from Winter Break
Collective bargaining

Oregon’s most proletarian professors protest bottom 10 percent pay

Talks head into mediation with PSU proposing less-than-inflation raises
Retirement

Congress to weigh letting union pension plans cut benefits to remain solvent

Wall Street losses are putting pension plans — and union construction firms — at risk
Workers Rights

Judge rules PIRG call center fired worker for union activism

The Fund for the Public Interest is ordered to reinstate David Neal with back pay
Building our communities

Bricklayers win national award for work on historic Oswego Iron Furnace

Members of Local 1 repaired and restored the 44-foot-tall historic landmark.
Clark County

All labor-backed candidates for Vancouver City Council win

Genetic food labeling initiative I-522 fails
Collective bargaining

Still no deal for teachers at Portland Public Schools

Class size is a key sticking point
Workers Rights

City of Portland to union rep: Get off the property

A union rep distributes buttons and talks to members, without management's permission
Comment

This is no time for safety net cuts

For the working poor, the recovery never came
Union democracy

Portland-based Boilermakers Local 500 consolidates with Local 242 in Spokane

The new local represents 550 construction boilermakers in Washington and Oregon
Union democracy

SEIU locals 503 and 49 discuss merger

Merged union would be 65,000-strong in government, health care and building services
Workers Rights

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

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