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Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Oregon

The union choice for Oregon Secretary of State is …

All three Democrats have close relationships with organized labor, but there ARE differences.
Union democracy

Re-run election confirms Shirley Block and Jon Hunt as leaders of ATU Local 757

Block got 55 percent of the vote, and Hunt got 52 percent.
Collective bargaining

Oregon Shakespeare Festival drags out union bargaining

Eleven months after unionizing, workers still don’t have a first contract.
Building our communities

Union members help raise money for MDA

105 bowlers on 26 union-sponsored teams raised $10,582 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Worker safety

Oregon labor honors fallen workers

41 workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon last year.
Union democracy

UFCW’s Jeff Anderson elected president of Northwest Oregon Labor Council

In a roll-call vote, Anderson outpolled Jeff Klatke, president of Oregon AFSCME.
People

Merkley labor liaison retires

Former firefighter union leader Ed Hall has been Merkley’s point person with labor for seven years.
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