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Month: August 2021

Collective Bargaining

Nabisco workers strike around the nation

Aug 18, 2021

It’s been a long time coming. Provoked by round after round of demands by Nabisco for concessions, the union BCTGM reached a breaking point.

In Memoriam

Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO, dies at 72

Aug 18, 2021

Trumka was the fifth person to serve as president since the AFL-CIO was formed in 1955, and was the first AFL-CIO president to die in office.

Clark County

Labor-endorsed candidates advance in Southwest Washington primary

Aug 18, 2021

All six candidates endorsed by the SW Washington CLC will go on to the November general election, and five were the top vote-getters. 

Job Training

UA Local 290’s training facility welcomes Labor Secretary Walsh

Aug 18, 2021

Walsh, together with Congressman Peter DeFazio and Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle, toured the union’s training facility in Springfield.

Health Care

Unions call for Medicare to lower drug prices

Aug 18, 2021

Senator Jeff Merkley is sponsoring a bill to require drug companies to sell products in the U.S. at the same price as other rich countries.

Comment

OPINION: Millions of Americans are employed because of natural gas

Aug 18, 2021

Renewable gas projects are predicted to create 7.3 million jobs by 2050. These are family-wage jobs that come with healthcare and pensions.

Comment

Rich would want us to not miss a beat

Aug 18, 2021

Rich Trumka believed in the potential of strong local and state labor movements, and invested and supported state federations like ours.

Collective Bargaining

Kaiser Permanente unions shocked by two-tier wage proposal

Aug 18, 2021

Is Kaiser’s reputation as a model union employer about to end? In bargaining, it’s now proposing to pay new hires dramatically lower wages. 

Collective Bargaining

Strike ends at Topeka, Kansas Frito-Lay plant 

Aug 18, 2021

Workers struck for wage increases and an end to forced overtime, but got only very modest improvements in the modified employer offer.

Building Community

Fill the Boot is back

Aug 18, 2021

In Vancouver, Fire Fighters Local 452 will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Sept. 9 and 10.

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