May 2019 - Page 2 of 3 - nwLaborPress

Four migrant day care centers join Laborers 737

May 21, 2019

Workers at four non-profit child care centers in Marion and Clackamas counties voted 61 to 56 to unionize with Laborers Local 737.

Donations pouring in for the families of ironworkers killed in Seattle crane collapse

May 21, 2019

More than $128,000 has been donated to the families of two ironworkers killed in an April 27 tower crane collapse in downtown Seattle.

New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars

May 6, 2019

The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don’t require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.

Statewide teacher strike set for May 8

May 1, 2019

Teachers around Oregon will take part in a one-day walkout May 8 to demand better school funding.

For working Washingtonians, a breakthrough session in Olympia

May 1, 2019

Lawmakers voted to tax the rich and invest in infrastructure.

LERC faces drastic budget cut

May 1, 2019

The union training and research center is slated for a 45 percent cut.

Refugee nonprofit won’t be union-neutral

May 1, 2019

IRCO rejects AFSCME’s play-nice request and fires a union supporter.

A union guide to Oregon’s May 21 election

May 1, 2019

Oregon’s nonpartisan school board and special district elections tend to have very low turnout — as low as 34 percent. That means even more than usual, union voters can make a difference.

UFCW Local 555 sets strike votes at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons

May 1, 2019

Meat department workers will vote first on strike authorization.

Major labor history conference in Portland

May 1, 2019

As many as 150 labor historians, students, and union members will gather in Portland May 3-5 for the annual conference of the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, which rotates through Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.