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February 21, 2025 issue

Trump 2.0

Federal workers — including wildfire fighters — face mass firings, hiring freezes, and return-to-office rules under new executive orders.

Trump firings hobble the NLRB

Biden appointee Jennifer Abruzzo reformed NLRB. Now she's gone, along with NLRB Board member Gwynne Wilcox.

A trade war with Canada?

Canadian unionists and citizens react with shock to Trump’s threatened 25% tariffs and decry tariff saber-rattling.

Nurses reject offer, extend strike at Providence hospitals

Providence spends $25 million per week on strikebreakers as nurses fight for fair wages, safe staffing levels.

Canadian union announces Amazon boycott

Amazon decided to close its Quebec warehouses and lay off 4,700 employees rather than accept a union contract.

Bill would end bar on unemployment benefits for strikers

Striking workers face financial distress, and companies can use this to their advantage. SB 916 intends to even the playing field.

Washington bill would rein in self-checkout

Self-checkout stations harm both customers and grocery store employees, says UFCW Local 3000.

Amazon workers reject union in North Carolina

Independent union CAUSE lost the vote to unionize an Amazon warehouse, but the company may have violated labor law.

Philadelphia Whole Foods workers unionize

Parent company Amazon is already contesting the results, arguing that the National Labor Relations Board lacks a quorum.

Sizzle Pie shuts newly union location

Sizzle Pie management claimed that the closure is unavoidable because they lost the lease. Union members are skeptical.

Legacy nurses go union

Oregon Nurses Association welcomes nearly 2,300 new members from three Legacy hospitals after successful union vote.

DCTU reaches deal with City

Proposed contract ensures raises of at least 7.5% plus cost-of-living increases for over 200 city workers, averting a planned strike.

Letter carriers reject contract

The sticking point was that USPS sought to keep some workers from receiving wage increases and protections.

Doctors at Providence Medford ratify first contract

ER doctors' new contract wins wages that keep pace with inflation and limits duties outside of the ER that threaten patient safety.

Chappell Roan to labels: Pay artists a living wage!

Chappell Roan promised herself that if she every won a Grammy, she would use the speech to demand that labels treat artists better.

Portland Labor Day picnic will return to Oaks Park

After four years, NOLC's yearly Labor Day party will return to the amusement park and this year attendees will have it all to themselves.

O’Reilly Auto Parts ordered to pay workers for deleted sick leave bank

2,327 workers lost their accumulated sick leave when O'Reilly changed payroll systems; now they'll be compensated.

Women’s soccer league settles sex abuse charges

NWSL’s $5 million player restitution fund addresses systemic abuse; new safeguards and reforms implemented.

Utah bans collective bargaining for public employees

HB 267 signed into law, ending collective bargaining for public employees in Utah and barring union staff from retirement program.

Kotek appoints longshore unionist to Port commission

Longtime ILWU Local 8 officer Stuart Strader secures second four-year term on the Port of Portland Commission.

Ben O’Glasser appointed to new term on ERB

Former judge O'Glasser will represent the interests of management in his second term on the Oregon Employment Relations Board.

Can Portland green the grid without cutting trees?

A union-backed PGE project to improve the electrical grid is facing environmental pushback in Forest Park.

It’s (past) time for Oregon to level the playing field

Oregon lawmakers should end the exclusion of unemployment insurance benefits for working people when they are on strike.

February 21, 2025 issue

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