Monthly Archives: December, 2015

Portland bans the box

Businesses will have to wait ’til after a conditional job offer to do criminal background checks.

Challenges ahead at AFSCME Local 88

Local 88 will have to contend with the Friedrichs case, the Cadillac tax, and a new Commission.

Laborers’ Ben Nelson new Oregon AFL-CIO organizer

Nelson, a dedicated union organizer, was most recently Laborers Local 737 business manager.

New public-sector ‘right-to-work’ measure filed in Oregon

Four other versions of the measure were submitted in March, but have since been withdrawn.

Teamsters strike Oregon City-based beer distributor

A new bargaining session with a federal mediator is scheduled for Dec. 2.

Oregon Democratic Congressman Kurt Schrader turning hostile to union rights

The Oregon Democrat backs bills to diminish workers’ right to unionize or tack collective action.