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Month: November 2018

Collective Bargaining

Hawthorne Burgerville becomes the third to formally unionize

Nov 21, 2018

Meanwhile, Burgerville has agreed to no tangible improvements since contract bargaining began in May.

Union Organizing

OHSU fights effort by grad student researchers to unionize

Nov 16, 2018

They work over 50 hours a week doing lab research, but OHSU says they’re students, not workers.

Building Community

Retired union welder gives $500,000 to Shriners Hospital

Nov 13, 2018

Duke Mitchell worked, saved, and invested, and now, at 96, has set an extraordinary example of giving.

Jobs

Topping-out ceremony at new Multnomah County courthouse

Nov 13, 2018

The steel framework on the new courthouse is near completion.

Politics

A night of wins for working people

Nov 13, 2018

Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.

Union Democracy

ILWU elects new leadership

Nov 13, 2018

Members of the West Coast longshore and warehouse union elected their first-ever black president, Willie Adams.

Union Organizing

Workers vote to unionize at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare

Nov 13, 2018

About 270 mental health and addiction recovery workers unionized with Oregon AFSCME in a series of elections held in October and November.

Union Organizing

Multnomah County is opposing a union effort by on-call and temp workers

Nov 8, 2018

Just because managers might categorize workers as “temp” or “on-call” doesn’t make that accurate.

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