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Monthly Archives: May, 2017

Oregon

At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda inches forward

Will the Oregon Legislature ban anti-union ‘right-to-work’ ordinances?
Buying Union

Is that what they call the Portland Spirit?

A riverboat owner’s rant against recent pro-worker laws turns away a union convention host.
Union Organizing

Cafeteria workers unionize at Lewis & Clark College

Bon Appétit Management Company voluntarily recognized UNITE HERE under a neutrality agreement.
Union Organizing

Burgerville union campaign marks one year

Several union supporters have been fired by the company since the campaign launched.
Union Organizing

UFCW Local 555: Safeway/Albertsons organizing drive brings in 4,400 new members

Safeway and Albertsons agreed to remain neutral, giving union organizers access to employees in the break room.
Workers Rights

Operating Engineers Local 701 picket at Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant

A new complaint says a contractor, Veolia North America, broke federal labor law.
Union democracy

To get ready for anti-union court decision, AFT-Oregon gets busy organizing

As another anti-union case heads to the U.S. Supreme Court, priority will be shoring up support from represented workers.
Union democracy

State Letter Carriers gear up to defend door-to-door delivery

State convention-goers hear of a bill in Congress to end door-to-door delivery of residential mail.
Multnomah County

Building trades, labor council back Mt. Hood Community College bond effort

If approved, the $75 million bond would be the first new bond passed for the college since 1974.
Analysis

Public education is under attack, but the public is coming to its defense

AFT president Randi Weingarten says Trump and DeVos have galvanized public support for public education as never before.
People

PERSONNEL

SEIU organizing director Will Layng will lead Portland Jobs With Justice. Martin Taylor returns to lead Oregon Nurses Association.
Worker safety

Union ceremony remembers workers who died on the job

Sixty-six Oregon workers lost their lives to preventable accidents in 2016.
National

TRUMP 100 DAYS: What’s his labor record so far?

Have Trump’s acts in office lived up to his pledge to put the American worker first?
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