Unions are about family, community, and workers looking out for one another. In the Building Community section, we report on union volunteer work, charitable activity, and outreach in the community.
Hospitals and home health care workers are facing a shortage of masks, and are calling for donations.
The union training center donated its supply of N-95 protective masks to front-line health care workers dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Central Labor Council and local unions contributed $5,585 worth of hams for Lower Columbia CAP Meals on Wheels.
Five unions competed for bragging rights in the annual Presents from Partners Toy Challenge.
The annual labor of love has become a highlight of the union calendar at holiday season.
The annual event has been going since 1985.
The union volunteer group coordinates with caseworkers at the Gresham Branch of the Oregon Department of Human Services.
For 19 years, journalist Steven Greenhouse wrote about labor for the New York Times. His new book looks at labor’s rise, decline and possible rebirth. Labor Press reporter Don McIntosh interviewed him by phone.
The Halloween-themed event raised money from pledges and a silent auction.
“A lot of folks came out dreaming bigger,” says teachers union volunteer Marj Hogan.
