July 2014 - nwLaborPress

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

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

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

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

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

Lucy has been with the Machinists for 35 years.

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

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

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

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