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Graduate employees are workers too

Oregon university officials are pulling out all the stops to devalue and disrespect graduate student workers. 

Thank you. Now let’s get to work!

Our movement is a bold and inclusive movement that fights for any worker, no matter who they love or where they were born, and we are winning.

Unions will re-build the middle class

With economic inequality having returned to levels not seen in more than eight decades, a revival of union power is essential.

Thank you for a great 14 years!

The only means to counter a corporate capitalist agenda is a strong union movement, says Oregon AFL-CIO president Tom Chamberlain in his final Labor Press column.

We must not forget Oregon Democrats’ betrayal on PERS

Organized labor should hold accountable those who side with a corporate capitalist agenda at the expense of workers.

How inclusive movements build power

We build power for our worker’s movement when we recognize and embrace our diversity.

Simplistic initiatives create complex problems

Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Bill Sizemore wreaked havoc in Oregon by putting simplistic initiatives on the ballot to address complex issues. Now Tim Nesbitt and Ted Kulongoski are poised for a repeat.

Women of labor

Today’s labor movement and the rights working people enjoy would not be what they are without the contributions of strong, fearless women.

Sexual harassment is a union issue too

When I first became involved in the union movement, the mantra was to focus on wages, hours, and working conditions, while staying away from everything else.

A manufactured crisis

The real crisis isn't on the southern border. It’s in the Oval Office. 

Why I’m happy about 2018

The year 2018 will be viewed as pivotal for the American labor movement.

Does Burgerville really ‘serve with love’?

Burgerville's top executive preaches "Biblical entrepreneurship," but in practice the company has been reluctant to move away from a low-wage business model.

Governor Kate Brown: Guiding Oregon Forward

Kate Brown is a big reason why Oregon is on the move, and we need her leadership for the next four years.

GUEST OPINION: The West Coast has become a wall halting landlocked states from exporting coal

Just because the Millennium Bulk Export Terminals project would ship coal, it has endured the most extensive project review in the history of Washington State.

Election crunch time

Knute Buehler and a dark money campaign have spent millions to bring down Oregon Governor Kate Brown.

GUEST OPINION: Freedom Foundation’s SPAM assault

What to do when anti-union email arrives in your inbox.

Missouri: Roadmap to victory

The hustle by unions on the ground in Missouri was remarkable.

Ballot measure fight coming this November

Four initiatives heading for the Oregon ballot reflect a far-right, corporatist agenda, but the union movement stands ready to repeal them. 

A union is still the best option for workers

The future of our movement is not dependent on the whim of the president or a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.

America’s search for our moral compass

Unbridled capitalism is failing the vast majority of Americans.
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