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Monthly Archives: November, 2019

Union Organizing

Alarmed about safety decline, nurses at McMinnville hospital file for a union

Safety has dropped dramatically since for-profit Willamette Valley Medical was acquired by Tennessee-based LifePoint Health last year.
Union Organizing

Union campaign goes public at Grand Central Bakery

Workers at the company's Northwest Portland wholesale bakery want to join Bakers Local 114.
Labor History

Looking back on the Battle in Seattle

It’s been 20 years since the Seattle WTO protests. The corporate trade agenda has never recovered.
Workers Rights

Jury says ILWU owes $93 million for dock slowdown

The decision threatens the survival of the West Coast longshore union.
Union Organizing

Business owners call the union: We want in

Hamer Electric determined there were undeniable advantages to signing up with IBEW Local 48.
Building our communities

Vancouver Letter Carriers host bowling fundraiser for MDA

The Halloween-themed event raised money from pledges and a silent auction.
Comment

Graduate employees are workers too

Oregon university officials are pulling out all the stops to devalue and disrespect graduate student workers. 

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