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Yearly Archives: 2013

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Without filibuster reform, worker rights will wither

Employers are increasingly lawless as the NLRB sits vacant
Jobs

Protesters disrupt airport mail facility in Portland

Morning mail runs were blocked in a protest against privatization
Building our communities

Motorcycle ride raises cash for kids

Unions for Kids motorcycle poker run nets a record $64,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Building our communities

NALC’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive sees sharp increase

This year, union letter carriers collected 37,000 tons of food nationwide, and 526 tons in Oregon
Union Organizing

KBOO radio station goes union

The campaign arose after management reduced sick and maternity leave
Union Organizing

Machinists in national organizing drive at Oregon’s Jeld-Wen

The Justice for Jeld-Wen Workers campaign is active in 15 states
Jobs

Union-rebuilt Edith Green federal building: A model green remodel

The 18-story 1974 structure was stripped to its girders and rebuilt as a model of sustainability.
Collective bargaining

Are TriMet managers too busy to bargain with ATU?

No word from TriMet board as labor battle drags on
Union Organizing

Bakers Union organizing video lottery delis one at a time

"Lottery delis" rake it in with video poker, but pay minimum wage with no benefits
Collective bargaining

Oregon University System getting tough with unions

OUS wants union rights concessions, a shift in health costs and raises less than inflation
Politics

Union-backed candidates, measures do well in May primary

Six graduates of the Oregon Labor Candidates School won election in May
In Memoriam

Larry Kenney, 1930-2013

The former president of the Washington State Labor Council started as a printers union activist
Workers Rights

‘Like’ this: Workers’ rights get an update in the age of social media

NLRB is trying to defend workers protected speech online
Union democracy

SAG-AFTRA closes Oregon office amid protest

Business and governor to union: ‘Don’t go!’
Union Organizing

2,300 workers at Precision Castparts vote June 7 on unionization

PCC is waging a by-the-book anti-union campaign against the Machinists
Politics

Oregon University System prevailing wage bill passes Senate, 27-2

No more end-runs around prevailing wage at state universities
Collective bargaining

University of Oregon at $320,000 (and counting) in talks with union

An outside law firm employing the former UO president heads up the administration’s bargaining team
Politics

IBEW Local 48’s Joe Esmonde nominated to TriMet board

The TriMet board has been without a labor voice since mid-2012
Collective bargaining

SEIU 49 secures first contract for 450 private security officers

Contract delivers raises and better benefits at Securitas, ABM, G4S, and AlliedBarton
People

Lansing tapped to international Bakers Union executive board

Lansing, 62, is the first from Local 114 to serve the union’s national Executive Board
Building our communities

Guide Dogs the big winner at Machinists salmon derby

Warm weather scared away the fish, but fisherfolk donated $10,000 to the cause.
Building our communities

Union letter carriers, electricians will march in Starlight Parade

The event draws more than 250,000 spectators to downtown Portland
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