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Month: June 2017

In Memoriam

Gary Will, 1938 – 2017

Jun 30, 2017

Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.

Workers Rights

Fair Work Week: Oregon will be the first state to curb schedule abuses

Jun 29, 2017

A new law will give retail, hospitality and food service workers predictable schedules — and extra pay when schedules change at the last minute.

Health Care

Kaiser nurses issue warning: Short staffing could diminish patient care

Jun 22, 2017

Nurse union members, frustrated with slow progress on staffing committees, rally outside Kaiser’s Northwest headquarters.

Worker safety

OSHA fines Ross Island Bridge paint contractor $189,000 for safety violations that led to near-fatal accident

Jun 20, 2017

After an accident that seriously injured two workers in a 37′ fall, OSHA levies its biggest fine in more than five years, saying contractor Abhe & Svoboda knowingly put workers at risk.

Collective Bargaining

Farmworkers at Sakuma ratify historic first union contract

Jun 16, 2017

Thanks to a four-year strike and boycott campaign, 200 farmworkers will get $15 an hour and job protections.

Oregon

Labor may go to the Oregon ballot on tax reform and workers rights

Jun 13, 2017

Oregon’s biggest unions are laying the groundwork for initiatives on the 2018 ballot — in case this year’s Democratic-led Oregon Legislature doesn’t deliver.

Oregon

At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda in the final stretch

Jun 13, 2017

So much to do. And just three weeks to go.

Comment

Protecting Oregon’s rural workers

Jun 13, 2017

Oregon’s Legislature just passed a law that will prevent cities and counties from trying to pass anti-union “right-to-work” legislation.

Culture

The future of Glaziers Local 740

Jun 12, 2017

Work right now is plentiful, and journeymen earn $38.35 an hour, plus $16.82 an hour for fringe benefits.

Culture

West Coast roofers compete

Jun 12, 2017

Female apprentice Suzanne Young of Local 49 took first place in 7th annual West Coast Roofers Apprenticeship Competition.

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