2013 - Page 5 of 25 - nwLaborPress

For the working poor, the recovery never came

The new local represents 550 construction boilermakers in Washington and Oregon

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

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

The local represents workers at Multnomah County.

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

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

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

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

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