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Monthly Archives: May, 2018

Union Organizing

Yes, welders can unionize at Precision Castparts, NLRB rules

The case went all the way to Washington, DC, and back, along the way overturning a major Obama-era NLRB ruling.
Oregon

A guide to Oregon’s May 2018 primary

A union-focused look at the primary ballot, plus interviews with Val Hoyle and with five union-endorsed candidates for Portland City Council.
Oregon

Questions for Labor Commissioner Candidate Val Hoyle

Hoyle talked about why she's running, and what the labor bureau needs: More enforcers.
Politics

Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Andrea Valderrama

Smith talked about her background and her ideas for City Council.
Politics

Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Jo Ann Hardesty

Hardesty talked about her history of support for unions, her past differences with labor, and her ideas for City Council.
Politics

Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Loretta Smith

Smith talked about her background and her ideas for City Council.
Politics

Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Julia DeGraw

DeGraw talked about her ideas for City Council.
Portland

Questions for Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish

Fish talked about battling Uber, his history as a New York labor lawyer, his relationships with labor, and much much more.
Building our communities

Labor bowls for MDA

This year's event raised $9,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
People

Sam Gillispie signs out

Gillispie, 69, is retiring after a 43-year career in the union movement working for AFSCME and UFCW Local 555.
Building our communities

Union members volunteer at fishing derby

About 2,500 kids ages 5 to 14 got to keep two fish, and every child got a Zebco rod and reel.
Collective bargaining

Special ed bus drivers at Portland Public Schools declare impasse

Next stop could be a strike – when students return from summer break.
Worker safety

Remembering workers who died on the job

Attending the NW Oregon Labor Council's Workers Memorial Day service were nearly 50 family members of a road construction flagger who was struck and killed by a drunk driver May 23, 2017.
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