April 2017 - nwLaborPress

Trump Labor nominee confirmed

Apr 29, 2017

Alex Acosta was sworn in April 28, the day after a 60-38 confirmation vote in the Senate.

Sewer pipe scuttles Oregon AFL-CIO plan to turn HQ into worker housing

Apr 26, 2017

The plan, conceived last spring, was for union pension funds to finance a multi-story union-built project.

UNSAFE AT WORK

Apr 19, 2017

At the ODOT bridge contractor where a 40-foot fall sent two workers to the hospital, at least four former employees say they were let go after complaining of dangerous work conditions.

REVOLT OF THE MANAGERS

Apr 19, 2017

At the City of Portland, a group of managers rewrote a project labor agreement template — by taking out the ‘labor’.

Six questions for labor’s top workplace safety expert

Apr 19, 2017

Peg Seminario, the AFL-CIO’s director of occupational safety and health, is a nationally recognized expert on worker safety.

On-the-job Fatalities in Oregon in 2016

Apr 19, 2017

The list of workers killed on the job in Oregon in 2016 — from Oregon-OSHA reports, workers’ comp data, and newspaper accounts.

Plumbers & Fitters #290 ratifies six-year contract

Apr 19, 2017

Bargaining took less than 3 hours, and the result is an increase of $16.03 over six years.

Long after the flames, firefighters at risk from cancer chemicals

Apr 19, 2017

The Fire Fighters union is sounding the alarm about the cancer-causing after-effects of fire.

On-the-job fatalities in Oregon increase

Apr 19, 2017

One of last year’s on-the-job deaths was a union organizer killed in a car crash.

GOP Congressman Greg Walden moves further to the right

Apr 19, 2017

Twenty years ago, when Greg Walden was in the Oregon Legislature, he was viewed as a moderate Republican.