June 2022 - Page 4 of 6

In ballots counted June 2, a group of 46 employees who operate tiny house villages for the homeless in Portland voted 15-3 to unionize.

Washington Labor & Industries is investigating, but similar cases have been ongoing for years without a resolution.

Painters Local 10 has asked for an election to represent workers employed by Specialty Finishes, located at Portland’s Vigor Marine shipyard.

Providence St. Vincent nurses would get up to 14% raises and a stronger commitment from management to follow staffing levels.

Ralph Groener, a lobbyist for AFSCME for 28 years, had a knack for being in the right place at the right time.

The consumer boycott should rejoin the use of strikes and walkouts as a form of “organized aggressive mass action” to pressure employers.

Liz Shuler’s re-election to her first full term as AFL-CIO president marks a historic and proud moment for the Oregon labor movement.

After 32 years as a union organizer, rep and officer, Teamsters Local 223 president Dave Tully, 61, retired on May 31.

Starbucks employees in Portland are part of a burgeoning nationwide store-by-store union campaign led by young frontline workers.

Well before the latest fiasco, AFSCME member Catherine McMullen had concerns about Clackamas County elections.