People Dick Schwarz retires from AFT-Oregon Mar 12, 2013 The longtime AFT leader helped bring down perennial union foe Bill Sizemore.
Collective Bargaining United Grain locks out ILWU Local 4 Mar 12, 2013 United Grain says it took the action after equipment sabotage by a union leader.
Workers Rights PIRG fundraiser broke federal labor law, NLRB says Mar 6, 2013 Union supporter was fired illegally.
Building Community New union storefront on Barbur Feb 28, 2013 OHSU Local 328, AFSCME’s largest, buys nearby storefront
Jobs City of Portland settles with Local 483: No more contracting out at Parks & Rec Feb 27, 2013 Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.
Building Community Bricklayers Local 1 volunteers to build barbecue at Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery Feb 27, 2013 Union members answered a call for help from the nonprofit Tillamook Anglers.
Collective Bargaining Laborers Local 320 settles contract at CertainTeed after one-day strike Feb 27, 2013 The French-owned shinglemaker improves its bargaining offer after a walkout
Workers Rights Save the turtles, but never mind the TOPsters Feb 27, 2013 Why PIRG call center workers wanted to unionize
Worker safety PIRG call center pulls the chairs out from under workers Feb 27, 2013 A PIRG call center tosses ergonomic chairs and gives union workers stackable metal chairs to sit on
Collective Bargaining UFCW grocery workers ratify more contracts Feb 26, 2013 Some 14,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington have wrapped up voting on new three-year contracts.