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Month: October 2022

Oregon

Union Guide to the 2022 General Election

Oct 20, 2022

This ballot guide lists candidates who have at least one labor organization endorsing them and who have opponents on the ballot.

Oregon

Labor makes all-out push for Kotek

Oct 19, 2022

As House speaker for nine years, Democratic candidate for governor Tina Kotek delivered landmark union-backed legislation year after year.

Collective Bargaining

Weyerhaeuser strike: Six weeks in, still no deal

Oct 19, 2022

Machinists union members voted down another Weyerhaeuser proposal that failed to fix the core issues behind the walkout.

Analysis

Amazon Labor Union: ‘a marathon, not a sprint’

Oct 19, 2022

Leaders of the new union were the guests of honor at the annual Portland Jobs with Justice dinner this month.

Multnomah County

AFSCME says Meieran threatened retaliation after non-endorsement

Oct 19, 2022

A Multnomah County Commissioner took it very badly when county workers union AFSCME Local 88 backed her opponent.

National

Union to feds: Don’t allow Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger

Oct 19, 2022

Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, QFC and 40 other chains could become one company under the proposed deal.

Culture

To stop harassment, make it inconvenient

Oct 19, 2022

Portland-area construction leaders take stock of progress toward more welcoming workplaces over the past two years.

Job Training

Apprenticeship training model expands to mental health workers

Oct 19, 2022

Local union members who work in mental health and addiction treatment are enrolling in on-the-job, union-supported workforce training. 

Collective Bargaining

OPB workers ratify contract bringing raises and bonus

Oct 19, 2022

In the end, management proposed a 4% raise in year one and merit-based raises of at least 1.5% in years 2 and 3.

Collective Bargaining

OHSU workers ratify contract

Oct 19, 2022

AFSCME Local 328’s new agreement guarantees across-the-board raises of 7% in year one and 5% in years two and three.

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