2013 - Page 7 of 25 - nwLaborPress

Delegates admit labor can’t go it alone and, like national AFL, resolve to make a big tent bigger

Delegates voted more policy resolutions than in previous years, and nearly all passed unanimously

Hyatt would be neutral toward hotel workers unionizing.

At a public hearing, 2,000 attend: unionists for the jobs, and environmentalists against the coal

Profs get wage floor, raises averaging 11.75%, and multi-year appointments for term-to-termers

The top labor leader is a native Oregonian.

Vancouver group names Temple Lentz of OFNHP “union member of the year”

TriMet wants further health benefit cuts, and no more laundering workers overalls.

Officials are still looking into the financially viability of an “Oregon only” project.

Tentative deal includes modest raises for 4,300 support workers.