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Monthly Archives: April, 2023

Workers Rights

R&H Construction pays $193,000 to settle wage theft case

Strung along by their employer and then Oregon’s labor bureau, workers got paid in February for work they did in 2021.
Collective bargaining

Painters set May 1 strike date

About 320 commercial, industrial and bridge painters may strike May 1 if they don’t reach agreement with union-signatory contractors.
Building our communities

Teach a kid to fish  

April 15 saw the return of an annual event that went on pandemic hiatus. Up to 1,200 kids take part each year in the Klineline Kids Fish-In.
Union Organizing

City of Portland attorneys drop objections, let union election move forward

Nearly 700 workers are moving toward a vote on whether to unionize with City of Portland Professional Workers, a newly formed union. 
Union Organizing

Union win at Providence Home Health

About 165 workers at Providence Home Health and Hospice have joined the Oregon Nurses Association after a 123-31 vote April 14.
Collective bargaining

Strike protests Portland beer distributor’s illegal behavior

Maletis distributes Anheuser-Busch products and craft beers, ciders, and wines to bars, restaurants, and grocery stores.
Workers Rights

Labor law violations on the rise nationally, NLRB says

Unfair labor practice charges jumped 16% year over year — continuing a significant caseload increase from the previous fiscal year. 
Worker safety

Six tips for coming home safely from your job in construction

We asked construction safety experts: What’s the most important advice you can offer building trades union members?
Collective bargaining

New CEO at Central City Concern decides to hit reset with union

What if the Portland-based homeless service non-profit thought of Oregon AFSCME as its most important ally?
Oregon

Union Endorsements in Oregon’s May 2023 special election

Oregon’s May 2023 special election is mainly for school boards and special districts, plus filling a few vacancies in city and county office.
Oregon

Local unions. Local politics.

Want to show union solidarity? Consider voting in school board races. Local elections affect communities and the workers that live there.
Oregon

Labor-backed bills moving forward in the Oregon Legislature

A number of labor-backed bills in the Oregon Legislature have good chances of becoming law, including one to increase Oregon OSHA’s fines.
Comment

China’s not trading fairly, and Congress should do something about it

First our hubris and then our neglect aided Beijing’s ambitions, weakened our capabilities, and hollowed out our middle class.
Comment

Less talk and more action this Workers Memorial Day

Oregon is often seen as a model for strong labor standards, but it ranks lowest in the nation when it comes to OSHA penalties.
National

Starbucks coming under pressure

The union-busting coffee giant sees a strike wave, an adverse legal ruling, and its leader hauled before a Senate Committee.
Collective bargaining

UA 290 wins $13.54 increase in new three-year deal

The agreement came through an unusual "co-interest" bargaining process first tried 7 years ago, open to any member who wanted to take part.
National

Michigan repeals ‘right-to-work’ and restores prevailing wage

Democratic majorities voted to repeal a “right-to-work” law that GOP legislators passed in 2012, and restore the state prevailing wage law. 
Workers Rights

360 Sheet Metal must pay $118,000 more for wage theft

The contractor stiffed its workers of $200,000 on multiple Southwest Washington public construction projects.
National

Biden vetoes bill targeting shareholder activism 

Republicans wanted to overturn a rule allowing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments in pensions.
Workers Rights

School custodians want hazard pay for hazard conditions

As skies dumped snow on Portland, administrators were warm in home offices, but night custodians battled blizzard conditions to get to work.
Union Organizing

Saying turnover hurts care, workers at nonprofit Friends of the Children want to join AFT-Oregon

The group pairs kids with paid mentors for at least 12 years. Mentors, called friends, spend three to four hours a week with 8 to 10 children.
Collective bargaining

City Council says new auditor was wrong to make deal with workers

Simone Rede, newly installed as Portland City Auditor, didn’t think a first union contract needed to be so hard.
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