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In a major renovation of the Oregon Supreme Court, union plasterers are retaining the building’s historic character.

A retired AFT-Washington leader, he was active for decades promoting labor history and led the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association.

14-year Nabisco employee Mike Burlingham, a longtime union steward at Nabisco, outpolled longtime incumbent Victor Weekes.

Delegates to the Metal Trades Council of Portland and Vicinity held a Jan. 10 election to name its top officers.

All told SWWACLC represents 17,000 members of 51 affiliated local unions in Clark, Skamania, and west Klickitat counties.

Under Jennifer Abruzzo, the “new sheriff in town,” Amazon, Starbucks and others have learned that powerful companies are not above the law.

As much as we all want to move on, to put the pandemic behind us, now is not the time to relent. We must push on.

Building trades leaders were steamed when Metro commissioner Mary Nolan voted “no” on funding for a bridge over the Columbia River.

UFCW Local 555 calls the new contract at Fred Meyer and QFC its best contract ever. Over 3 years, wages will rise $3 an hour.

It’s one of the most far-reaching settlements to date after Amazon was found guilty of trampling workers’ rights to unionize.