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Monthly Archives: June, 2014

Portland

Labor gets seat on Portland’s utility reform task force

Blue-ribbon commission will come up with reforms to City water and sewer bureaus
Washington

Washington State Labor Council issues political endorsements

State labor federation backs challenger to SW Washington Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler
Union democracy

New leadership at Painters Local 10

Mike Keebaugh succeeds Roben White, who opted not to run for re-election
Our Jobs

Reinvigorating Portland’s shipyard: Vigor’s massive new dry dock could mean hundreds of jobs

13 years after selling America’s largest floating dry dock, Vigor bringing one back to Portland
Workers Rights

Painting contractor tells NLRB he would rather close up shop than go union

Company owner represents himself in five-day trial
Collective bargaining

OPEIU Local 11 ‘joint accord’ at Northwest Natural guarantees no layoffs for 5.5 years

Over 600 union members will get immediate raises of at least 7.8 percent
Clark County

IBEW leader takes office as Clark County Commissioner

GOP commissioners Madore and Mielke appointed Ed Barnes to spite Democrat Craig Pridemore
Union democracy

Dave Tischer re-elected at Laborers Local 320

It's Tischer's fourth term as top officer of the 900-member heavy highway local
Worker safety

Painters, Floor Coverers distribute $500 bonuses for safety training

The bonus checks are a way to honor the best-trained workforce in the industry
Our Jobs

Layoffs at Portland Public Schools?

AFT sounds the alarm about possible pink slips for classroom assistants
Comment

Building power beyond the traditional boundaries of unionism

State and local labor federations are undergoing top-to-bottom review
Union democracy

Laborers Local 483 elects Askin business manager

Askin will continue the local's campaign against outsourcing and prison labor
In Memoriam

Jerry Greer, 1943-2014

Greer was a Machinists union rep and active in the Oregon AFL-CIO.
Building our communities

Unions for Kids: Motorcycle ride raises $75,000 for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital

The 12th annual poker run might be the last.
Collective bargaining

TriMet calls an end to bargaining with ATU Local 757

Union files unfair labor practice complaint alleging the transit agency bargained in bad faith
People

Labor attorney publishes fourth in series of novels about Portland’s trade union past

The historical mystery series follows a fictional trade union spy in early 1900s Portland.
Union democracy

Corvallis native elected president of Flight Attendants union

Sara Nelson is an 18-year flight attendant at United
Our Jobs

Oregon Iron Works to merge with Vigor Industrial

Union leaders are optimistic about prospects for job growth
Building our communities

Plumbers & Fitters Local 290 host Tigard-Tualatin Industrial Arts Class

Tigard students weld, braze, solder, do mechanical drawings, and see how math applies to a trade
Building our communities

Union love at the Starlight Parade

It’s not every day people cheer when they see you coming.
People

Oregon Historical Society exhibit features first black-owned bakery

Hurtis Hadley is a retired member of Bakers Local 114
Workers Rights

Good luck with that: One wage and hour investigator for every 123,000 workers

David Weil is the first Obama appointee to Wage and Hour to get through the Senate
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