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Year: 2013

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.

Union Organizing

Painters District Council 5 turns up pressure on nonunion Edwards Painting

Oct 16, 2013

Nonunion Edwards Painting faces charges at NLRB.

Politics

Kitzhaber’s Grand Bargain: Pension cuts for retired Oregon schoolteachers, tax cuts for wealthy business owners

Oct 16, 2013

In special session, Oregon lawmakers cut $4.9 billion in pension benefits, $500M in business taxes

Clark County

As Clark County looks at charter change, union members run for ‘freeholder’

Oct 16, 2013

Four unionists are among 110 vying for 15 spots as charter “freeholders” in the Nov. 5 election

No Picture
Politics

Northwest Oregon Labor Council backs Lake Oswego school and Columbia County jail

Oct 16, 2013

The Nov. 5 general election is a quiet one for NOLC.

Politics

Labor backs Washington measure to label GMOs

Oct 15, 2013

Monsanto opposes the requirement to label genetically engineered foods.

Collective Bargaining

KBOO employees ratify first-ever contract

Oct 9, 2013

The one-year agreement locks in existing policies and gives workers “just cause” protections

No Picture
Building Community

Carpenters Food Bank will close

Oct 2, 2013

Begun in 1983 to help unemployed and striking union members, it ran 30 years

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