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Monthly Archives: November, 2016

Buying Union

How to buy union this holiday season

Buying union means voting with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.
People

Janet Irwin of AFSCME Local 88 turns the page on 46-year library career

Irwin was there when the library unionized in 1974, and when it joined Multnomah County in 1990.
Oregon

Measure 97 backers take their campaign to the Oregon Legislature

The union-backed coalition wants corporate tax transparency — and for big corporations to pay their fair share.
Politics

Ballot Measure Breakthroughs

Voters passed sick leave, raised minimum wage, taxed the rich, and said no to right-to-work.
Politics

Election night yields mixed scorecard for Oregon labor

Labor held the line in most races, but several losses stung.
Politics

Big wins in Washington for labor

All 12 statewide candidates backed by the Washington State Labor Council won office, and every one of its endorsed measures passed.
National

Swing state union voters back billionaire

Trump’s win – supported by a third of union members, could lead to tax cuts for the rich and a national Right-to-Work law.
Comment

To our union volunteers: Thank You!

Volunteers from more than 30 Oregon unions knocked on 100,000 doors, made 260,000 phone calls, and handed out 2,800 worksite fliers.
People

Merkley hires new labor liaison

Dan Mahr, a former Working America field rep, succeeds Ed Hall as labor liaison for Oregon’s junior U.S. senator.
Buying Union

Washington farmworkers union ends boycott of Driscolls, Sakuma

Sakuma Brothers agreed to recognize and bargain with a farmworkers union.
Politics

Washington election results

Here are the union-endorsed races in Washington we’re following on Election Night.
Politics

Oregon election results

Here are the union-endorsed races in Oregon we're following on Election Night
Politics

2016 Election: Ballot measures around the country

Here are the ballot measures we'll be watching tonight. Minimum wage increases and paid sick leave Minimum wage increases are on the ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Maine,...
Politics

Portland City Council looks at public campaign finance system to magnify the voice of small donors

Backed by unions and community groups, Commissioner Amanda Fritz hopes to pass it by the end of the year.
Analysis

Big night: A preview of what’s at stake November 8

In the Northwest and around the country, working people have a lot at stake on Election Night.

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