Workers unionize at So Delicious Dairy Free Dec 30, 2020 A subsidiary of French multinational Danone voluntarily recognized the Teamsters after a campaign without employer interference.
New COVID relief bill passes Congress, signed by president Dec 30, 2020 A new round of aid is headed to jobless workers, struggling businesses and to people who are doing just fine.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown proposes more money for labor law enforcement Dec 30, 2020 Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle is asking for an additional 25 full-time staff. The governor’s recommended budget proposes to add 11.
Blazers workers left out in the cold Dec 30, 2020 Union crews that typically work Portland Trailblazer home games at the Moda Center have been replaced with non-union workers.
Labor prepares 2021 state legislative agendas Dec 30, 2020 The union movement will be pushing fairly modest proposals when state legislatures meet in Salem and Olympia in 2021.
Teachers union blasts Governor Brown for reversal on school reopening Dec 30, 2020 Oregon took months to develop guidelines for safe reopening. Now they won’t be enforced, Governor Kate Brown announced.
2020 in review Dec 30, 2020 As chronicled in the Northwest Labor Press, here are some of the year’s most important developments for organized labor and working people.
A Coronavirus Kind of Christmas Dec 30, 2020 Overcoming coronavirus restrictions, 50 unions participated in LCSA’s Presents for Partners, delivering $20,000 in food and gift cards.
Iron Workers Local 29 goes contactless with ‘Night on Santa Lane’ Dec 30, 2020 The union parking lot became a winter wonderland, replacing a party the union has held for members and their kids and grandkids for 34 years.
Wally Feist, 1949-2020 Dec 30, 2020 A former financial secretary-treasurer and briefly president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, he worked at TriMet from 1977 to 2011.
