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Month: May 2021

Comment

Legislature must prioritize essential worker pay

May 18, 2021

Oregon will receive billions in federal dollars. This is an opportunity to invest in the heroic workers who kept our communities functioning.

Building Community

Labor’s Community Service Agency hires new staffer, launches spring fundraiser

May 12, 2021

Labor’s Community Service Agency, serving union families statewide, has launched a COVID Safety-Net Spring Fundraiser through May 31.

Collective Bargaining

OIT faculty win first contract after eight days on strike

May 5, 2021

Faculty at the Oregon Institute of Technology were the last at any Oregon public university to unionize … and the first to strike.

Union Organizing

Union vote set for Oregon legislative aides

May 4, 2021

Ballots will be counted May 28 to determine if a group of 180 legislative assistants who work for individual Oregon lawmakers want a union.

Jobs

Powell’s workers press for recall

May 4, 2021

The Powell’s Books union contract offers laid off workers recall rights when jobs reappear, but the CEO says those recall rights have expired.

Collective Bargaining

Just weeks after IPS listed as ‘unfair,’ workers have a deal

May 4, 2021

IPS repairs electric motors and generators. Pay under the Metal Trades Council contracts runs from $22 to $33 an hour.  

Collective Bargaining

Union accuses Kaiser of understaffing

May 4, 2021

OFNHP says understaffing is leading to high turnover at in Sunnyside’s Emergency Department—40 nurses (57%) have left in the last year.

National

White House task force will promote union organizing

May 4, 2021

Officially federal labor law is supposed to encourage collective bargaining, but Biden says the government “has not used its full authority.”

Culture

The Stand: boosting labor and labor’s story

May 4, 2021

Washington state’s best (and only) news outlet dedicated to unions and working people, The Stand just turned 10.

Collective Bargaining

Under new union contract, Avamere nursing homes will pay the highest wages in the industry

May 4, 2021

The agreement also commits Avamere to union neutrality, which would speed unionization at more nursing homes and assisted living centers.

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