October 18, 2024 - NW Labor Press

Union members have the power to decide elections … when they vote.

Union political staff and volunteer member committees spend hundreds of hours preparing questionnaires and interviewing candidates.

It may take a nurse to heal the partisan divide.

The AFSCME member organizer is running for City Council and wants to make the living wage for Portlanders a priority.

‘Teacher Tiffany,’ a member of Portland Association of Teachers, is running the strongest City Council campaign in Portland.

A labor strategist wants Portland to be a policy trailblazer again.

Boeing cut off strikers’ access to health benefits. Many have taken temporary jobs. But if anything, Boeing seems to be hurting even more.

For the second time in a row, union leaders will be bargaining with a new CEO and new ownership at shipyards in Portland and Seattle.

Roughly 45,000 longshore workers shut down East and Gulf Coast ports in the first International Longshoremen's Association strike since 1977.

The workers currently make $17,260 per year, which after taxes is less than the cost of the room and board in the dorms where they work.

Letter carriers have been working under an expired contract for more than 500 days, as negotiations between NALC and USPS drag on.

Some anti-union employees called for a decertification vote, but the result of that Oct. 1 tally was 21 in favor of the union and 9 against.

The new Estacada facility has been in the works for more than 15 years, as members have gradually raised enough to fund the project.

The national AFL-CIO will spend over $1 million on digital and streaming ads in seven “battleground” states to help elect Kamala Harris.

The Pharmacy Guild is a new union affiliated with the healthcare arm of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

Oregon Tradeswomen — a nonprofit that recruits and prepares women for careers in the trades — held its annual Build With Us gala Sept. 13.

The rodeo included trials of skill, like using cranes and back hoes to carefully maneuver heavy loads through obstacle courses.

Dan Rayfield has stood with workers in countless ways. The Oregon labor movement is all in for him to be our next Attorney General.

Non-competes are agreements saying workers won’t go to work for a competing employer in the same industry after they leave an employer.

Every election season, union members in Oregon ensure the security of ballots, and the accuracy of counts.