July 2020 - nwLaborPress

Introducing IUPAT Local 101

Jul 20, 2020

Drywall finishers in Oregon and Southwest Washington now have their own union local.

McMinnville rubber plant workers vote to go nonunion

Jul 17, 2020

Despite gains in their one-and-only union contract, workers at RB Rubber voted July 17 to decertify the United Steelworkers.

Congress to debate further COVID relief

Jul 14, 2020

A months-long impasse over a next round of COVID relief is threatening workers, businesses, state and local governments, and the U.S. Postal Service.

Green jobs, but not for you

Jul 14, 2020

Oregon construction unions say state-subsidized clean energy work is going to nonunion out-of-state firms and out-of-state crews.

Climate justice group goes antiunion

Jul 14, 2020

When workers at the Center for Sustainable Economy announced their union, the last thing they expected was to be confronted by a union-busting law firm.

Furloughed workers tighten belts waiting for WorkShare benefits

Jul 14, 2020

It seemed like a win-win when unions approved the furloughs, but Workshare benefits promised by the Oregon Employment Department have been slow to arrive.

No childcare means parents can’t work. What can be done?

Jul 14, 2020

As over a third of family child care providers have closed the last seven years, there’s demand for a childcare system that serves working class families.

A Tale of Two Worlds

Jul 14, 2020

The world where President Trump and his allies live couldn’t be further from the world we live in.

AFSCME Local 88 ratifies 1-year contract extension with Multnomah County

Jul 14, 2020

The contract covers 3,200 County workers and the extension provides for a 2.9% cost of living adjustment effective July 1.

Union-community coalition asks City Council to break impasse over labor standards for Broadway Corridor

Jul 14, 2020

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty will meet July 20 with the developer and the coalition to see if the impasse can be broken.