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Monthly Archives: February, 2014

Collective bargaining

PSU professors set timetable for strike

Top issues are low pay, job insecurity, and lack of respect
Our Jobs

Parkrose School Board nixes plan to contract out school buses

An energetic five-month campaign by OSEA saves school bus driver jobs
Politics

Multnomah County workers union backs Francesconi over Kafoury for chair

Members find Francesconi's concern for the poor compelling.
Comment

Wanted: Elected leaders willing to serve working people over corporate interests

We need more strong candidates to apply.
Analysis

No coincidence: Campaign to weaken labor standards at the state level is coordinated nationally

Near-identical efforts in multiple states target basic labor protections.
Collective bargaining

Teachers strike averted at Portland Public Schools

Details won't be released until teachers vote on the tentative agreement.
Union democracy

IAM reform slate clears second hurdle

Machinists challengers will be on national ballots in April.
Collective bargaining

Teachers strike in Medford

Schools open with substitute teachers, but less than half the students attend
Collective bargaining

City of Portland workers reject contract

Tallied Feb. 10, the vote is 462 for and 635 against.
Politics

AFSCME 88 backs Bailey for Multnomah County Commission

The three-term legislator defied Kitzhaber over PERS cuts
Union democracy

SEIU Local 503 votes not to merge with SEIU Local 49

Local 503 board recommends unification but delegates balk at changes
Collective bargaining

City of Portland workers voting on tentative contract agreement

Some members object to changes on contracting out and comp time
In Memoriam

Jim Zuffrea, 1931-2014

The UFCW Local 555 union rep started as a union meatcutter in New York.
In Memoriam

Jerry Krahn, 1936-2014

Krahn was a longtime business agent at United Brotherhood of Carpenters
In Memoriam

Garner Pool, 1923-2014

Pool was a union barber in Albany, Oregon for more than five decades.
In Memoriam

Tom Worley, 1935-2014

The Navy veteran was business manager of Portland Iron Workers Local 29.
In Memoriam

Lloyd Knudsen, 1926-2014

The former Oregon AFL-CIO political director was a longtime member of IBEW Local 48
Clackamas County

After change of heart, Bernard lets union-represented AMR keep Clackamas County ambulance contract

Teamsters think it was Bernard who put the existing contract out for competition.
Union democracy

Machinists Union challenge slate moves forward

A Portland Boeing worker is in the running for national IAM office
Oregon

Oregon AFL-CIO prioritizes bills for 35-day legislative session

Labor backs crackdown on large employers cutting hours to evade Obamacare requirement.
Union democracy

Northwest Oregon Labor Retirees Council disbands

Low turnout and duplication of effort end the group after 15 years.
Our Jobs

OSEA battles Parkrose plan to outsource school bus service

The school board will vote Feb. 24 on whether to contract out.
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