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Monthly Archives: July, 2023

Jobs

Hillsboro hospital outsources housekeeping and food service

More than 50 housekeepers and food service workers are being offered jobs at a contractor, Compass One Healthcare. They may be better off.
Union democracy

Graphic Communications Conference leaves the Teamsters union

Before it became a division of the Teamsters in 2004, the union was known as the Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU).
Culture

SIXTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE UNION 

Machinists District Lodge W24 at its annual awards banquet June 17 honored nearly 125 members for their years of service as union members.
Union democracy

Culver re-elected at Laborers Local 737

Local 737 represents laborers in construction, shipyards, and road maintenance, plus several hundred public works employees.
People

WHY SHE LEFT

Nurses are burned out and quitting the profession like never before. One psychiatric nurse shares why she quit her job at Unity.
Workers Rights

At Portland airport, sitting for the right to sit

Airport contractor Bags Inc. orders wheelchair attendants to remain standing when not assisting passengers.
People

Juggling, hula-hooping bus driver hears birds calling

Bus operator Cindy Kassab, a member of ATU Local 747, heads into retirement with honors after a record 47 years driving for TriMet.
Union democracy

Union nurse appointed to number two spot in Oregon AFL-CIO

Sarina Roher is a Kaiser Permanente RN and executive secretary of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP).
National

National AFL-CIO endorses Biden for re-election

Seventeen months out, it’s the earliest the federation has ever voted to endorse in a presidential election.
Collective bargaining

Breakthroughs in bargaining as UPS counts down to Aug. 1 strike

UPS has agreed to eliminate a two-tier wage system, end forced overtime on drivers’ days off, and establish MLK Day as a full holiday.
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