February 2019 - nwLaborPress

Labor professor Gordon Lafer runs for school board

Feb 26, 2019

Lafer, a professor at UO’s Labor Education and Research Center, will campaign for Eugene School Board.

On the job with IATSE Local 28

Feb 26, 2019

Almost no one knows what they do, but entertainment riggers are the workers that make the spectacle of show business possible.

Hospital support workers unionize – by one vote – at Providence Portland

Feb 25, 2019

In a real-life demonstration that every vote counts, support staff at Providence Portland hospital have won a union by a single vote — after an on-again, off-again campaign that goes back 20 years.

Chuck Moffitt, 1952-2019

Feb 15, 2019

Moffitt was an accountant at the City of Portland and a union officer in AFSCME Local 189 and Oregon AFSCME.

Clark College faculty press for pay parity with K-12 teachers

Feb 15, 2019

Union leaders say faculty haven’t had more than cost-of-living raises in decades.

Heart to heart with U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley

Feb 13, 2019

Oregon millworkers son Jeff Merkley is one of labor’s most reliable champions in the Senate. I visited his office to talk labor policy — and whether he’s running for president. We also talked about immigration, climate change, trade, Medicare for All, and taxing the rich and much more.