May 2023 - Page 3 of 4 - nwLaborPress

Washington’s 2023 legislative session concluded April 23 with wins for worker safety, workers compensation, and affordable housing.

Meeting April 28-30 in Sunriver, delegates transformed the state organization’s structure and replaced its entire top leadership.

About 20 workers at nonprofit Community Cycling Center in Portland have organized as an affiliate of ILWU Local 5.

On April 7, a majority of about 240 eligible “postdoc” research staff signed union authorization cards and asked for a union election.

The strike started because managers told a barista to clock off and go home after she showed up to work in a union T-shirt.

Oregon Nurses Association has asked the NLRB to hold a union election among 250 health techs at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.

Musicians asked the non-profit’s board to voluntarily recognize their union, American Federation of Musicians Local 99.

SB 907 passed out of the state Senate with a bipartisan 21-8 vote on April 13 and is now being taken up in the House.

On Oct. 14, Tulsi Gabbard will take the stage in Hillsboro at an event sponsored by the rabidly anti-union Freedom Foundation.

The deal resolves a conflict over when officers could review their own body cam footage, and came just days ahead of a legal deadline.