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Leading the petition is U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio in conjunction with a bill to save the Post Office

More protests are planned over a plan to eliminate periodontal hygienists.

About 100 union members will lose jobs if the Salem plant closes in June.

Pact encourages local source hiring of construction workers.

Postal Service Board of Governors overruled the postmaster’s plan to go to five-day delivery.

Construction would span 42 months.

Mail centers in Pendleton, Bend will close this year.

A first-time skills class prepares 16 female inmates for high-wage construction jobs on release

Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.

The Portland maker of heavy-duty Western Star trucks currently has 930 union workers.

House Bill 2800 would allow the state to borrow up to $450 million

Despite offers of union concessions, Sealy will close its Portland plant in March and lay off 128.

Building trades and the Oregon AFL-CIO support the tax method freeze for big companies.

Hostess Brands goes out blaming unions for its demise

Postal elves plastered Portland's main post office with protest signs Nov. 30.

Veterans are a fifth of the postal workforce, but USPS hasn't made permanent hires for 5 years.

Oregon east of the Cascades is becoming one of the world’s prime locations for data centers.

Voters would first have to approve allowing a private casino just east of Portland.

Oregon unions will train state prison inmates, and build shelters for homeless.

Union officials say JH Kelly will do 85 percent of the work on a $50 million grain silo expansion.