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Month: May 2021

Collective Bargaining

Providence Milwaukie signs first union contract

May 19, 2021

Providence Health System fought against the union of housekeepers and CNAs at every stage in their three-year campaign to win improvements.

National

Biden’s new trade enforcers

May 19, 2021

The Biden Administration continues to name union figures to top government positions. The latest two appointments will oversee trade policy.

Workers Rights

Union-busting bakery pays $580k to settle overtime case

May 19, 2021

Workers sometimes win when they raise the union banner, even when they lose the union.

Worker safety

Death on the Job: The toll of neglect

May 19, 2021

For 30 years the national AFL-CIO has been reporting on workplace safety and fatalities on the job. Progress has stalled.

Union Organizing

Longview news reporters go union

May 19, 2021

Newsroom staff at The Daily News in Longview, Washington voted 6-0 to unionize with the NewsGuild in mail ballots counted May 14.

Job Training

Journeyman card counts toward college credit

May 18, 2021

Mount Hood Community College has agreements with over a dozen union apprenticeship programs to award equivalent college credits.

Union Organizing

Medical interpreters unite

May 18, 2021

Oregon AFSCME will work to win better pay and standards for about 500 medical interpreters—those who translate for Medicaid patients.

People

Oregon honors first Education Support Professional of the Year, Paula Steinweg

May 18, 2021

The new award, for school support workers, is the result of an OSEA-backed bill passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2019.

Building Community

SW Washington Labor Council hands out 650 boxes of food in 45 minutes

May 18, 2021

The council has been operating a food bank since just before Christmas for 152 union members who were laid off because of COVID-19.

Collective Bargaining

IBEW 89 warns labor strife may be coming with purchaser of Frontier

May 18, 2021

It took 10 weeks to get bargaining dates with Ziply Fiber, and then the company was a no-show at the first scheduled bargaining session.

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