November 2021 - Page 3 of 3

Priority issues are inadequate pay and a short staffing crisis. They’ve been working without a contract since Aug. 31.

Bargaining has rarely been so contentious at Kaiser, which for decades touted itself as a union partner and model employer.

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh visited Kellogg’s strikers, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack came out to a John Deere picket line.

Labor’s Community Services Agency’s (LCSA) Presents from Partners holiday event takes place in mid-December.

The council’s top officer Evelyn Shapiro has resigned amid allegations of vote rigging in a Seattle contract ratification vote.

Portland JwJ has a new leader, as does Unite Oregon, and Governor Brown appoints a new batch of labor officials to state advisory boards.

Eighteen months after the Oregon Symphony went silent, Alicia Waite and her fellow members of AFM Local 99 are back making music.