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Monthly Archives: August, 2022

Washington

Primary propels SW Washington labor candidates on to November

Every labor-backed candidate in SW Washington’s Aug. 2 primary will advance to the general election, and two ballot measures were approved.
Workers Rights

Nurses sue Providence for back wages

Oregon Nurses Association says a new payroll system at Providence hospitals has an unfortunate feature: It routinely underpays thousands of nurses.
Collective bargaining

Strike gets first contract for Portland preschool workers

Daycare workers at the Crystal Springs location of Growing Seeds went on strike in August. It quickly brought an agreement with management.
Oregon

State audit: Oregon Employment Department was already struggling—before the pandemic

The agency says it has hired hundreds of new workers and is making a handful of changes to improve claim response times.
Comment

Living in Solidarity

On Labor Day 2022, let’s renew our vows and pledge to “live in solidarity.” Then as now, “an injury to one” must remain “the concern of all.”
Comment

A Senate win for Oregon workers

The Inflation Reduction Act has strong support from the American labor movement due to the benefits it includes for working people.
Workers Rights

Wage thieves will soon face criminal prosecution in Multnomah County

District Attorney Mike Schmidt is teaming up with Val Hoyle’s labor bureau to go after employers who steal from workers.
Union Organizing

Starbucks Portland closure: Timing smacks of union busting

Workers have been raising safety concerns at a Portland Starbucks for years, but the company only took action days before a union election.
Collective bargaining

Paper giant improves its offer after nine-day strike

Graphic Packaging workers had gone without general raises since their previous contract ended Feb. 28, 2020.
Culture

Labor Day Picnics return for 2022

After a COVID hiatus, Labor Day picnics organized by central labor councils (CLCs) are mostly back this year and are set for Monday, Sept. 5.
National

NLRB says union elections are up by 58%

The spike in new organizing activity is straining a labor board that’s already short-staffed and underfunded.
Training the Next Generation

Utility line workers compete at Lineman Rodeo

The contest tests utility line workers for speed, safety and trade skills, and raises money for the Oregon Burn Center.
Union Organizing

Workers at Portland pet and garden store go union

Workers at Fang! Pet & Garden Supply and Salty’s Pet Supply in Portland voted 13-0 to unionize with ILWU Local 5, in ballots counted July 19.
Union Organizing

UPS hires union buster . . . at unit of five employees

The parcel delivery giant flew in a Florida-based union buster to try to talk workers out of unionizing with Teamsters Local 670.
Collective bargaining

OPB workers enter second month without contract

Management at OPB had an interesting wage proposal for 26 workers represented by SEIU Local 503: No raises for the next three years.
Union Organizing

Union votes scheduled at three New Seasons stores

Workers at New Seasons Market stores in Portland and Hillsboro will be mailed ballots this month for three separate union organizing efforts.
Union Organizing

Bistro workers: We’ve been plucked for too long

At the French bistro Alouette PDX, under-staffing and a lack of management support proved to be the perfect recipe for workers to launch a union drive.
Collective bargaining

TriMet workers extend contract through 2024

Portland-area transit workers will get raises at the end of this year and next, but otherwise their union contract will remain unchanged.
Collective bargaining

Nurses ratify two more Providence contracts

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at Providence hospitals in Portland and Milwaukie approved two-year contracts with their employer.
Union democracy

New officers at IBEW Local 48

Dave Jacobsen has been elected president of IBEW Local 48 and Garth Bachman was reelected as business manager.
Collective bargaining

OHSU bargaining continues, and so does picketing

AFSCME and Oregon Health and Science University management have reached several tentative agreements, but have not settled on wage increases.
Worker safety

Driver targets paramedics in intentional crash

The crash is the latest evidence for what union-represented paramedics have described as growing public hostility toward ambulance workers.
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