December 2019 - nwLaborPress

Grand Central Bakery workers join union

Dec 18, 2019

Despite appeals from the CEO, workers at the Portland wholesale bakery voted 29-9 to be union-represented.

AFL-CIO endorses Trump’s revised re-write of NAFTA trade treaty

Dec 18, 2019

For the first time in a generation, NAFTA is getting a re-write, and even America’s premier trade union federation has endorsed the final draft.

Union fever spreading at Cascadia Behavioral Health

Dec 18, 2019

Last year, 270 Cascadia workers joined AFSCME; now 220 more are on route to joining them.

2019 Scrooge of the Year: BURGERVILLE

Dec 18, 2019

Burgerville has twice been nominated for Scrooge of the Year by the group Portland Jobs With Justice, but this year, the fast food chain won the most votes for its record of firing union supporters and stonewalling union negotiations.

Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle to TriMet: Don’t eliminate apprenticeships!

Dec 18, 2019

TriMet has been proposing in union contract bargaining to scrap its bus and light rail maintenance mechanic training programs.

UFCW Local 555 returns to original Kaiser union coalition

Dec 18, 2019

The union is leaving the recently-formed Alliance of Health Care Unions as of Jan. 1

Corvallis nurses reject contract offer

Dec 18, 2019

Over 500 nurses have been working at Good Samaritan without a contract since June 30.

Unions come together to put on massive holiday party for families experiencing hard times

Dec 18, 2019

The annual labor of love has become a highlight of the union calendar at holiday season.

Painters Local 10 members preparing to strike if necessary

Dec 18, 2019

The union’s three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization of Oregon and Southwest Washington expires March 31, 2020.

A year of impactful change

Dec 18, 2019

The organized labor movement has always been the greatest check and balance to ruthless, relentless greed.