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Month: September 2017

Union Organizing

Bus drivers in Hood River win union

Sep 29, 2017

Columbia Area Transit drivers will be part of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.

Union Organizing

Oregon Ballet Theatre dancers unionize

Sep 28, 2017

OBT voluntarily recognizes a union after dancers and stage managers sign union cards.

Union Organizing

Welders at Precision Castparts vote to join Machinists union

Sep 26, 2017

A “micro-unit” wins at a company where four previous union campaigns failed.

Collective Bargaining

OPEIU Local 8 strike at Welfare & Pension Inc. continues

Sep 13, 2017

After seven months without a contract, 95 workers who administer health and pension benefits for Pacific Northwest union members walked off the job Aug. 23.

Union Democracy

2017 Oregon AFL-CIO convention report

Sep 13, 2017

Delegates endorsed Oregon governor Kate Brown for another term, heard about attacks on union rights in other states, and passed resolutions on race, immigration, and women’s issues.

Health Care

Merkley co-sponsors Medicare for All legislation

Sep 13, 2017

Polls suggest that Medicare for All has majority public support.

Buy Union

Morel Ink: Owners change, union remains

Sep 13, 2017

Longtime owners Bill Dickey and Matt Witham sold the business to longtime employees.

Culture

New documentary film looks at the life of farmworker union leader Dolores Huerta

Sep 13, 2017

Dolores will screen in Portland and Eugene, and will air on OPB in February.

National

Trumka says hope of working with Trump has faded

Sep 13, 2017

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at first hoped labor leaders could find common ground with Trump. 

Union Democracy

Clay, Anderson, re-elected to lead United Food and Commercial Workers

Sep 13, 2017

Members of the state’s largest private sector union favored the incumbents by a 3-to-1 margin.

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