Comment Archives - Page 12 of 18

Protecting Oregon’s rural workers

Jun 13, 2017

Oregon’s Legislature just passed a law that will prevent cities and counties from trying to pass anti-union “right-to-work” legislation.

Investing in transportation will benefit working people

May 16, 2017

To tackle potholes and congestion, Oregon Legislature needs to hear from union members about a proposed $8.2 billion transportation package.

GOP Congressman Greg Walden moves further to the right

Apr 19, 2017

Twenty years ago, when Greg Walden was in the Oregon Legislature, he was viewed as a moderate Republican.

It’s time for rent stabilization. Support House Bill 2004

Mar 16, 2017

Oregon’s low inventory of housing has given landlords an unbridled opportunity to reap large profits at the expense of working people.

What we see today in the streets is an insurgency of epic proportions

Feb 14, 2017

If this grassroots movement can be maintained and grow, the 2018 election will bring change.

GOP ramping up to dismantle the labor movement

Jan 17, 2017

Every one of us has an obligation to fight as hard as we can, to get off the couch and activate and agitate.

To our union volunteers: Thank You!

Nov 15, 2016

Volunteers from more than 30 Oregon unions knocked on 100,000 doors, made 260,000 phone calls, and handed out 2,800 worksite fliers.

Dennis Richardson is too extreme for Oregon

Oct 18, 2016

Richardson has been an outspoken opponent of a working people’s agenda.

Ballot Measure 97: It’s time

Sep 19, 2016

By Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain Last Friday afternoon my commute to Salem from the Oregon AFL-CIO office in Portland was an hour and forty-five minutes. In other words, I had 105 minutes to either

All politics is local

Aug 16, 2016

Local action spurring statewide and eventually national change is what the labor movement is all about.