January 2018 - Page 2 of 3

This union’s got talent

Jan 23, 2018

Portland-area SAG-AFTRA members met up to watch their union’s televised award ceremony for the most outstanding performances in film and television.

New union agreement at Multnomah County

Jan 22, 2018

AFSCME Local 88’s new contract keeps up with inflation and attempts to address racial equity.

Shipyard workers reject Vigor contract offer

Jan 16, 2018

More than 1,000 employees in Portland and Puget Sound have been working under the terms of an extended master collective bargaining agreement that expired Sept. 1, 2017.

Portland’s KATU-TV will face a union picket

Jan 16, 2018

IATSE wants the public to know Sinclair Broadcasting is refusing to commit that KATU will continue to produce local news.

Frank Regalado, 1951-2018

Jan 16, 2018

Regalado was a 41-year member of the International Union of Elevator Constructors, and a longtime officer in Local 23.

With logjam gone, new life for labor bills that died last year

Jan 16, 2018

Infrastructure and equal pay bills are already moving one week into the session.

Audacious bills. Short timeline. And a big ‘if.’

Jan 16, 2018

In the Oregon Legislature’s “short” session starting Feb. 5, state lawmakers could pass affordable housing, paid family leave, and a “cap-and-invest” system to limit greenhouse gases.

Oregon climate response: Cap and invest?

Jan 16, 2018

Big carbon emitters would get market incentives to convert.

Plumbers & Fitters Local 290 members elect Lou Christian as business manager

Jan 16, 2018

It was his third race against Al Shropshire.

President Trump: Year 1

Jan 16, 2018

It’s not what presidents say or fail to say that matters most; it’s what they do or fail to do.