October 2021 - nwLaborPress

Sheet Metal Local 16’s relationship with the newly unionized Vancouver firm has gone from bad to worse, with legal charges multiplying.

Units totaling over 34,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and California have signaled they’re ready to strike after 10 days notice.

The strike by 60,000 members of IATSE will begin on Oct. 18 if no deal with producers has been reached by then.

In one survey by Oregon Nurses Association, 60% of nurses said they’re considering leaving the profession.

The Postmaster’s new 10-year plan will slow First Class and parcel deliveries, raise prices, close post offices, and outsource postal work.

Members of Service Employees Local 49 are fighting for wage increases, improved job safety, and to stop the hospital from outsourcing jobs.

Workers at the nonprofit SE Portland daycare and preschool are now represented by ILWU Local 5, which also represents Growing Seeds.

Washington’s 2021 general election determines who leads city councils and school districts. Ballots are mailed Oct. 15 and are due Nov. 2.

The Labor Roundtable of Southwest Washington held a scaled-down annual awards banquet after a hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The NLRB is about to get tough on unionbusting. Its general counsel announced a policy that could stop employers from crushing union drives.