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Monthly Archives: November, 2014

Workers Rights

San Francisco passes nation’s first Retail Workers Bill of Rights

Big chain employers will pay a price if they want to change schedules at the last minute
Politics

UFCW Local 555 emerging as a political force in Oregon

Members fund sick leave campaigns and a third party strategy that doesn’t give up on rural areas
Comment

On election night, what separated Oregon from the rest of the country?

Oregon has moved left since the ‘90s, partly because progressives have learned to fight together
Politics

Candidates supported by the NW Oregon Labor Council do well on election night

NOLC won four of five races that it was involved in
Politics

Labor-endorsed charter change passes in Clark County

Otherwise, it was a tough night for labor unions in Southwest Washington
Oregon

What would a REAL pro-worker legislative agenda look like?

Nine ideas to make Oregon more worker-friendly
Our Jobs

Postal workers cheer postmaster general’s resignation

Call for a moratorium on USPS’s plan to close 82 mail sorting centers — three of them in Oregon
Politics

Oregon bucks national trend, elects labor-friendly pols

No statewide or Congressional race was even close
Workers Rights

Buyer beware: You can still be fired for legal marijuana

Oregon may have legalized, but many employers won't change their policies
Collective bargaining

Multnomah County workers ratify new contract with $15 minimum wage

About 160 workers will get raises under the new minimum
Analysis

Nationwide, labor loses on candidates, wins on measures

Voters give Senate to GOP and reelect antiunion governors, but favor minimum wage and sick days
Our Jobs

Vigor christens new drydock at Portland’s Swan Island shipyard

The 960-foot Chinese-built vessel is the largest floating drydock in North America
Collective bargaining

Graduate teachers at UO on the verge of a strike

Grad students, who teach a third of UO classes, could strike right after Thanksgiving.
Our Jobs

Is USDA playing ‘chicken’ with our health?

Federal employees union sues USDA over rule that could result in sales of diseased chicken
Our Jobs

Charges against ‘postal defenders’ dropped

A judge dismissed criminal charges in a two-year-old civil disobedience protest case
Our Jobs

Unions endorse oil distribution center proposal in Vancouver

Construction unions will sign $210 million project labor agreement with Vancouver Energy
Politics

A labor look at Election 2014

Nationwide, labor loses on candidates, wins on measures Voters give Senate to GOP and reelect antiunion governors, but favor minimum wage and sick days  
Collective bargaining

Home Forward becomes first local body to guarantee $15-an-hour minimum wage

The wage floor means raises for the 33 least-paid employee at the public housing agency

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