August 2017 - nwLaborPress

TriMet Lift driver fired for answering the call of nature

Aug 30, 2017

Portlander Teressa Stevens was fired Aug. 21 from her job as a driver for TriMet LIFT — for urinating in a parking lot.

Trump does NAFTA

Aug 30, 2017

Despite what Trump says, NAFTA is not a failed trade agreement. Written by and for the benefit of corporate elites, it’s a resounding success — for them.

TriMet declares impasse in contract negotiations

Aug 30, 2017

This is the third time in a row that bargaining between TriMet and Local 757 has reached deadlock.

Building Trades back Governor Kate Brown for re-election

Aug 30, 2017

Building Trades union delegates also heard from Republicans Dennis Richardson and Greg Walden.

At City of Portland, Laborers and COPPEA ratify new contracts, but DCTU still waiting

Aug 30, 2017

Though several other City of Portland bargaining units have ratified new contracts, District Council of Trade Unions is headed to mediation with the City.

Washington AFL-CIO rates state lawmakers for key 2017 votes

Aug 30, 2017

Paid family leave was a landmark win, but legislators tested anti-union bills in the GOP-held Senate.

Operating Engineers Local 701 returns to Oregon Building Trades

Aug 29, 2017

At the building trades’ convention, Operating Engineers were welcomed back to a round of applause.

Having a Blast! Hot August clay shoot raises funds for charity

Aug 29, 2017

The fundraiser brought in over $10,000 for Labor’s Community Service Agency and Sunrise for Children.

Laborers Local 737 elects its first business manager

Aug 29, 2017

Zack Culver won the vote for business manager Aug. 17 in the first completed union officer election of the statewide merged local.

Six questions for organized labor’s top NAFTA expert

Aug 29, 2017

Twenty-three years after NAFTA became law, Trump wants to renegotiate it. Round 1 of talks ended Aug. 20. To find out more, we spoke with the AFL-CIO’s top trade policy expert.