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Monthly Archives: December, 2021

Collective bargaining

Strike set to begin at Fred Meyer, QFC 

Members of UFCW Local 555 are set to strike 6 a.m. Dec. 17 at Fred Meyer and QFC stores in the Portland area, Bend, and Klamath Falls.
Collective bargaining

City of Portland unions declare impasse

The unit of 1,180 city workers in the District Council of Trade Unions could strike as soon as Jan. 19, after bargaining since July 2020.
Our Jobs

End of the line for Jordan Cove

Pembina pulls the plug on a proposed  natural gas pipeline and export terminal in Coos Bay.
People

Labor Press editor to retire 

Michael Gutwig, 65, is retiring Dec. 31 after 35 years as editor of the Northwest Labor Press.
Collective bargaining

Strike at Springfield hospital

Over 300 workers held a 5-day strike at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital to protest outsourcing of laundry, food service and housekeeping.
Collective bargaining

Pay rises $2 an hour in new contract for home care workers

The deal between SEIU Local 503 and the State of Oregon covers 30,000 Oregon home care workers and also adds holidays and a step pay system.
Collective bargaining

Workers could strike at shipyards in Portland and Seattle

By over 95%, Portland and Seattle shipyard workers voted to authorize a strike if the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department can’t get a contract.
Collective bargaining

Pandemic pay for County workers 

About 2,000 frontline employees at Multnomah County are getting a $1,500 check to recognize those who worked during the pandemic.
Union Organizing

NLRB finds Amazon broke the law, orders new election at warehouse in Alabama

Amazon’s “flagrant disregard” for labor law was so egregious that a new election must be held at its distribution center in Bessemer.
Union Organizing

Buffalo baristas form first Starbucks store union

Thirty down, 235,000 to go. On Dec. 9, mail ballots showed that workers at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York voted 19 to 8 to unionize.
Collective bargaining

ILWU rejects West Coast longshore contract extension

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met Nov. 30 in Los Angeles with ILWU and PMA and said he is available if the two sides reach an impasse. 
Collective bargaining

Kaiser Permanente unions ratify new contract 

Unions across six states ratified new agreements with Kaiser Permanente after the health care giant backed off demands for a two-tier system. 
Union democracy

Local 701 returns to live meetings

Headquartered in Gladstone, Local 701 brings together 3,600 crane and heavy equipment operators and stationary engineers.
Union democracy

Merger brings Idaho and Wyoming into UFCW Local 555

UFCW Local 368A, headquartered in Boise, voted to merge into Local 555 adding 1,100 new members to Local 555, bringing its total to 24,900. 
Our Jobs

Time to remove the Postmaster General

DeJoy’s 10-year plan is slowing the mail, raising prices, cutting and closing postal facilities, and outsourcing postal work.
Comment

Don’t Mourn. Publicize.

We can get our stories told more often and more fairly if we are persistent, creative, and cultivate relationships with journalists.
Collective bargaining

Kellogg’s threatens to permanently replace strikers

Kellogg’s, one of America’s most recognizable brands, is courting a lasting public backlash in its response to a strike now in its third month.
Comment

We’re just getting started

Strikes and collective action are spreading like wildfire, and workers are just getting started.
Union democracy

Shakeup in Teamsters leadership

Teamsters general president Jimmy Hoffa Jr. is retiring at age 80, and his chosen successor just lost a leadership vote in a landslide.
Collective bargaining

UFCW Local 555 to hold strike votes at Fred Meyer, QFC

Strike votes will take place in Portland, Tigard, Bend, and Klamath Falls. The union is next scheduled to meet with Kroger on Dec. 6-7.
Union Organizing

ILWU launches union campaign at NORPAC paper mill in Longview

Since a private equity firm bought the mill from Weyerhaeuser, the company has cut wages and halted retirement contributions.
Union democracy

New leadership at Machinists District Lodge W24

Directing business representative Wayne Thompson has retired, and Brandon Bryant and Will Lukens are the new top officers.
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