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Laborers Local 483 fights to stop cuts to Portland Parks and Rec
Portland City Council will vote tomorrow on whether to close community recreation centers and lay off about 50 front line staff like lifeguards and swimming instructors.
UFCW calls out Multnomah County for purge of citizens committee
A lawsuit says the Multnomah County Board broke the law when it fired and replaced all the citizen volunteers on an advisory committee.
Labor Council endorses Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue District local option levy
The levy would maintain emergency response services and personnel.
Multnomah County drops workload language in new ambulance contract
Commissioner Loretta Smith was the lone vote against a contract with AMR, opposed by Teamsters, that eliminates a method of limiting workload.
AFSCME Local 189 backs Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council
In the May primary, Local 189 backed Andrea Valderrama for that seat, but she placed fourth in a six-candidate field.
Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Andrea Valderrama
Smith talked about her background and her ideas for City Council.
Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Jo Ann Hardesty
Hardesty talked about her history of support for unions, her past differences with labor, and her ideas for City Council.
Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Loretta Smith
Smith talked about her background and her ideas for City Council.
Questions for Portland City Council Candidate Julia DeGraw
DeGraw talked about her ideas for City Council.
Questions for Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish
Fish talked about battling Uber, his history as a New York labor lawyer, his relationships with labor, and much much more.
Inslee rejects Vancouver oil terminal
The proposed union-built facility would have been the largest oil terminal in North America.
Portland City Council mandates diversity in public construction
A new policy passed by Portland City Council will increase participation of women and minorities as workers and contractors on public construction projects.
Voters renew PCC bond
The $185 million bond will pay to renovate a workforce training facility in Cully and expand the health technology building at Sylvania.
Portland ready to move on Community Benefits Agreement
After months of hibernation, a plan to increase opportunities for women and minorities in construction will go to Portland City Council Nov. 8.
Union-bashing Willamette Week tramples the facts in airport story
That story about the union that wants to raise prices and rid the airport of small businesses? Fake news.
Unions say City’s revamped policy to increase women and minorities on construction projects is a step backward from current Community Benefits Agreement
They say it’s a step backward from the existing ‘Community Benefits Agreement.’
Labor Council takes stand against soda tax initiative
The Labor Council is discouraging union members from signing the initiative petitions.
Building trades, labor council back Mt. Hood Community College bond effort
If approved, the $75 million bond would be the first new bond passed for the college since 1974.
REVOLT OF THE MANAGERS
At the City of Portland, a group of managers rewrote a project labor agreement template — by taking out the ‘labor’.
Portland’s model Community Benefits Agreement could be replaced with ‘CEIP’
Building trades officials say City of Portland managers want to bypass a union-backed agreement that provides more opportunities for women and minority construction workers.
