Annual survey records further union membership declines Jan 26, 2017 Union membership fell to 10.7 percent of the U.S. workforce, and 6.4 percent in the private sector.
Instafab hires union-buster Bob Tiernan Jan 18, 2017 Tiernan, former chair of the Oregon Republican Party, is a labor relations consultant who helped rid a Berkeley grocery of its union.
LOOKING BACK ON THE OBAMA YEARS Jan 18, 2017 Obama ignored labor on trade and healthcare, and pro-worker reforms came mostly too late.
Staples boycott ends with union win Jan 17, 2017 The National Labor Relations Board ordered the US Postal Service to stop privatizing union members’ work.
Anti-union ‘right-to-work’ laws spreading quickly Jan 17, 2017 Kentucky on Jan. 7 became the 27th “right to work” state. Missouri will be next, and maybe even New Hampshire.
Building Trades Council joins group challenging Portland’s ban on new fossil fuel terminals Jan 17, 2017 The yet-to-be-named coalition is preparing to file a petition for review with the Land Use Board of Appeals.
Tragedy strikes Cement Masons Local 555 … again Jan 17, 2017 Journeyman mason Maurice “Mo” Starks, a member of Local 555, was killed in a roll-over car crash on I-405 in Portland.
Portland Bakery Union member Shad Clark made international VP for Western Region Jan 17, 2017 The former Local 114 business agent has a long history as a union worker and activist.
GOP ramping up to dismantle the labor movement Jan 17, 2017 Every one of us has an obligation to fight as hard as we can, to get off the couch and activate and agitate.
Vickie Burns retires from Labor’s Community Service Agency Jan 16, 2017 LCSA is a labor-affiliated non-profit charity sponsored by United Way.
