PBGC readies rules to cut retiree pension benefits Jun 30, 2015 Severely distressed union pension plans may soon start cutting benefits for existing retirees.
Fast-tracking trade deals signed into law Jun 30, 2015 A week after unions celebrated a setback for Fast Track, the seeming victory came unzipped.
Building Trades leader Willy Myers tapped for Portland Development Commission Jun 30, 2015 Mayor Charlie Hales appoints Myers to succeed John Mohlis of the State Building Trades Council
Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 re-elects Al Shropshire Jun 30, 2015 Local 290 represents 4,100 workers in construction, industrial, and shipyards.
You take one of us on, you take all of us on Jun 30, 2015 Portland Jobs With Justice carried out a three-hour-long protest June 17, including a rally outside City Hall calling for a $15 minimum wage, a delegation to Skanska in support of striking ironworkers, and the brief
Oregon Shakespeare Festival files legal objection after stagehands vote to join IATSE Jun 30, 2015 The appeal could add months of delay.
Summer Institute for Women comes to Portland Jun 30, 2015 This year’s Institute drew 150 attendees, including about 60 from Canada
Remembering Portland Longshore’s Bloody Wednesday Jun 30, 2015 On July 11, 1934, a train full of Portland police opened fire on a strike picketline; 4 were hit.
UNITE HERE calls first contract a big victory for Portland airport food service workers Jun 30, 2015 Wages will rise $1.40 an hour, and workers will get major scheduling improvements
Union pension fund to invest $26 million at Westmoreland Union Manor Jun 30, 2015 Rehabbing the affordable building for Portland seniors will create 290 union construction jobs.
