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Month: October 2015

Health Care

Premiums continue to outpace inflation and workers’ wages

Oct 13, 2015

Deductibles triple in 10 years, and family premiums now average $17,545 a year.

People

’Fighting Machinist’ completes Hood to Coast route … in a wheelchair

Oct 13, 2015

ALS doesn’t stop Sam Beekman’s quest for adventure.

Trade

Obama signs TPP

Oct 13, 2015

The 12-nation pact would favor the rights of investors over workers

Trade

Free trade fracas: The presidential politics of TPP

Oct 13, 2015

Even Hillary Clinton, who once called TPP “the gold standard” deal, now says she opposes it.

Trade

Plumbers to politicians: Which side are you on?

Oct 13, 2015

Local 290 won’t endorse any politician who votes for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Labor History

Beyond ‘Wages, Benefits and Working Conditions’

Oct 13, 2015

In post-war St. Louis, two visionary Teamsters put their union in service of the community.

In Memoriam

William James “Billy” McNicholas, 1926- 2015

Oct 13, 2015

The longtime Plumbers union officer was an Irish tenor and a WWII-era vet.

Union Democracy

Biennial Oregon AFL-CIO convention will draw hundreds of unionists to Seaside

Oct 13, 2015

Members of Congress who voted in favor of Fast Track aren’t invited this year.

Comment

Why I’m skeptical of the new TPP deal

Oct 13, 2015

President Obama: Put your cards on the table and let the people see what you’ve gotten us into.

No Picture
Union Organizing

Gresham-Barlow bus drivers vote out union

Oct 13, 2015

OSEA says First Student management interference may have tainted the election.

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