A message from the president Mar 3, 2021 With Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama voting on a union this month, Joe Biden speaks out: Unions built the middle class, not Wall Street.
Springfield nursing home strike ends with mass resignation Mar 3, 2021 After 23 residents died in nine weeks, workers struck for two weeks to demand union recognition. The nursing home’s investor owners refused.
Bill Belanger, 1942-2021 Mar 3, 2021 A former apprenticeship coordinator, president, and business agent of Bricklayers Local 1, he remained active in the union to the end.
Burton David White, 1930-2021 Mar 3, 2021 After a decade and a half at Oregon and California nurses unions, he spent most of his career mediating and arbitrating labor disagreements.
Bill Miller, Jr., 1948-2021 Mar 3, 2021 Miller was business manager of Portland-based IBEW Local 125 when the Enron scandal robbed PGE lineman of retirement savings.
Right to work bill gets pummeled in Montana Legislature Mar 3, 2021 For Montana’s labor movement, it was a fight for life: Union foes thought they’d pass “right to work” given a 2-1 Republican House majority.
