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Monthly Archives: July, 2014

People

Dan Sass ends long career at Machinists Lodge W24

Starting at Lodge 1432 in 1971, Sass rose to become secretary-treasurer of the Oregon Machinists
People

Longtime AFSCME rep Rick Henson retires

Henson started as a Carpenter, became head of SEIU Local 49, and returned to serve AFSCME
People

SEIU 503 political director Arthur Towers departs after decades of service to labor

Towers helped empower home care workers, raise corporate taxes, and save public services from cuts.
People

IBEW attorney Norm Malbin rests his case

Malbin policed an industry, trained hundreds in labor law, and helped members with legal problems
People

Lee Duncan retirement sidelines motorcycle poker run for kids

Co-founder Lee Duncan retires from Unions4Kids, and his job at IBEW Local 48
People

Machinists, Metal Trades, DCU have void to fill with Scott Lucy retirement

Lucy has been with the Machinists for 35 years.
Our Jobs

Building trades lobby in support of ConnectOregon V

Building trades union members turn out to counter environmental opponents of coal and oil projects
Our Jobs

Union pension funds finance new Portland office building

The nine-story Pearl West project will be LEED Silver rated.
Buying Union

A quest to find Union Beer

It’s not easy to ID union-made beer. There’s no union label, and little accurate, up-to-date info.
Green Jobs

Musicians Union hall goes solar

The union hall benefits from a new Oregon pilot program of feed-in tariffs
Workers Rights

Unions join renewed push for immigration reform

AFL-CIO calls on Obama to take executive action to allow millions to work legally
Our Jobs

Ben Franklin would be rolling in his grave

The union boycott of Staples is growing, in protest of postal privatization.
Union Organizing

Basic Rights Oregon unionizes with AFSCME

The gay civil rights group voluntarily recognizes a union for its 15 employees
Collective bargaining

New contract for AFSCME members at Metro

If ratified, 300+ workers will get 2.82% raises, and pay an extra 2% of health insurance premiums
Collective bargaining

West Coast ports remain open as ILWU continues negotiations for new deal

Key concerns include saving jobs in the era of robotics, and the Obamacare "Cadillac" tax
Workers Rights

Supreme Court decision in Harris v Quinn creates “right-to-work” situation for home care workers

Noel Canning, a separate decision, will create bureaucratic headache for the NLRB.
Collective bargaining

Contract expires for 570 support workers at Legacy Emanuel Hospital

SEIU Local 49 says raises of 1.5 percent are not enough
Comment

Supreme Court decision is the latest to shift toward corporate power

Harris v Quinn won’t stop union movement from evolving to meet the needs of 21st Century workers
In Memoriam

Ralph Rigdon, 1928-2014

The longtime UAW member was active in union and Democratic politics
Building our communities

Oregon Letter Carriers collect more than 1.3 million pounds of food

Hundreds volunteer at the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Buying Union

Raise a cup to Solidarity: New beer will take its name from a local union

A Bend, Oregon, brewer wants to show appreciation for Insulators Local 36
Our Jobs

Staples boycott grows

Unions boycott Staples after it contracts with USPS to staff mini-post offices in stores.
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