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Monthly Archives: March, 2020

Workers Rights

KOIN-TV moves forward with union-busting

A federal judge is set to hear charges May 19 that Nexstar Media illegally walked away from negotiations with NABET-CWA.
Portland

AFL-CIO forum brings Portland City hall contenders to union hall

Three months before the election, 12 candidates pitched themselves to 180 unionists.
Our Jobs

Swan Lake Energy Storage signs project labor agreement

The $800 million project near Klamath Falls would enable storage of solar and wind energy and would be union-built.
Union democracy

Meet Jeff Gritz, new Laborers district council director

The Oregon and Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers has a new leader and a new crew.
Culture

End of an era: Labor cartoonists say farewell

Labor cartoonists Mike Konopacki and Gary Huck are closing down their cartoon syndicate.
Oregon

Telling labor’s story to lawmakers

For a day, there were more union construction workers than legislators in the State Capitol building.
Culture

Oregon’s logger union fighters come alive in a novelistic rejoinder to Ken Kesey’s scab heroes

The novel's heroes are a Finnish immigrant family in Astoria in the early 20th century, exploited as fishers and loggers, who become involved with the IWW.
Portland

Labor Council endorses Wheeler for mayor on second attempt

Wheeler faces 14 challengers in the May 19 primary.
Workers Rights

OHSU admits to trolling AFSCME, agrees to full investigation

An outside attorney will interview dozens of OHSU employees to determine if other members of the management bargaining team took part in deceptive trolling.
In Memoriam

Steven Deutsch, 1937-2020

Deutsch was one of the founders of the University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center.
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