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Monthly Archives: December, 2023

Workers Rights

Judge orders Starbucks to rehire fired baristas

Heather Clark and Gail Kleeman are among dozens of union supporters that Starbucks has fired illegally across the country.
Jobs

Layoffs at Portland’s building permit bureau

The bureau is cutting 15% of its staff as the volume of building permits drops. Interest rates and Portland’s reputation are taking a toll.
National

Wisconsin unions sue to reverse public employee bargaining restrictions

Now that the state Supreme Court flipped to liberal control, there's a new challenge to a 2011 law that stripped worker bargaining rights.
Workers Rights

Bill would give strikers in Washington the right to unemployment benefits

Senate Bill 5777, filed Dec. 4, is sponsored by Washington State Senator Karen Keiser of Des Moines and has 15 cosponsors.
International

More unions issue call for cease-fire in Gaza

More than 50 local unions have signed a letter calling on President Joe Biden and Congress to push for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
Union Organizing

Everything is awesome? At Legoland, not so much

The California Legoland theme park is fighting an attempt by ride technicians to join the Machinists union. 
Union Organizing

A Hillsboro tech firm sold for $100 million. Its workers think they should get a raise.

Not a dime of investors' fat payday was shared with the pipefitters who make the products the company sells.
Collective bargaining

Multnomah County and AFSCME sign union contract for dentists

The contract covering 20 Multnomah County dentists sets the total number of patients they see in a 10-hour shift to 21.
Collective bargaining

Still no deal after Local 701 ends strike at Corvallis landfill

Mechanics who maintain equipment at the Coffin Butte Landfill in Corvallis ended their strike Nov. 13 after two months on the picket line.
Collective bargaining

Powell’s Books workers to vote on tentative deal

The deal sets a base wage of at least $18 an hour after a year of employment and allows negotiations if Portland’s minimum wage meets that.
Collective bargaining

Higher ed: COLA should keep up with inflation

SEIU Local 503 and the Oregon university system are pretty far apart on bargaining over raises for campus support workers.
Collective bargaining

Oregon Tradeswomen reaches agreement

Overcoming a rocky start, Oregon Tradeswomen reached agreement with Machinists Local Lodge 63 on a first union contract.
Analysis

The rest of the story

Since the start of 2023, we’ve reported almost 400 stories - here, we check in on what’s happened since we last reported on some of them.
Building our communities

Tradeswomen build nations

It was the largest gathering of its kind. At Women Build Nations, 3,900 attendees paraded down the streets of the nation’s capital.
Building our communities

First responders deliver winter coats and Thanksgiving meals

Fire Fighters Local 452 provided winter coats to nearly 700 children and fed around 100 people this holiday season.
People

‘Organize the work’

After a decade helming the local union building trades, Willy Myers leaves a unique legacy.
Building our communities

Local 48 Rosies head to Honolulu

IBEW Local 48’s Sisters in Solidarity group traveled to Honolulu to take part in a National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony.
Comment

Closing out 2023 with a UAW bump

Over 46 days this fall, the world watched as nearly 150,000 autoworkers did something that had never been done before.
Buying Union

Union-made gift ideas

Buying union-made keeps good jobs in the community and lets you vote with your dollars for businesses that pay a living wage with benefits.
Jobs

Decision nears on Kroger-Albertsons merger

If Biden’s FTC approves it, a combination of Kroger and Albertsons would create a near-monopoly. The two of them own 40 grocery chains in all.
Collective bargaining

Portland teachers go back to work

A 26-day strike led to an improved contract for 3,700 teachers, counselors, and librarians, including raises totaling 14.6% over three years.
Collective bargaining

Las Vegas casino workers win big in deal that averts strike

New contracts with Caesars, MGM, and Wynn will increase pay 32% over five years for 40,000 workers, raising pay to $35 an hour.
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