Oregon

Dozens of Kitzhaber appointees were confirmed, including including a handful important to labor.

Lawmakers will push to lessen outsourcing, put trades to work, and divest from Wall Street banks.

Nationwide, 11.8% of U.S. workers are in a union, according to the latest BLS data.

The state labor fed also issues early endorsement for labor commissioner.

Oregon’s state treasurer appears to have responded to SEIU’s appeal to bargain better terms.

Oregon is cutting hours and proposing health care cuts for $10.20 an hour home care workers.

Internet Innovation Alliance promotes broadband access throughout the state.

Local Machinist HQ is now in Gladstone, and its old office is being rehabbed as a multi-union hive.

State Rep. Val Hoyle of Eugene is named the Oregon AFL-CIO’s “Legislator of the Year.”

At Oregon AFSCME's convention, delegates approved a new media fund and a strengthened political fund.

Two bills signed March 24 will extend unemployment benefits to Oregonians still looking for work.

Several bills backed by organized labor are progressing through the legislative process. Others are still at the starting line.

Oregon AFL-CIO sponsored a March 7 “Jobs Rally” on the Oregon Capitol steps

Support and maintenance workers at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend voted 267 to 261 to unionize.

A member of Bakers Union Local 114 is behind a bill in the Oregon Legislature.

The Oregon Single Payer Conference drew attendees from around the state.

Norman Malbin is in-house counsel for the IBEW Local 48.

Duke Shepard has been Oregon AFL-CIO political director since January 2006.

Oregon’s citizen legislature convenes Feb. 1.

A new group, 6,000-member International Association of Machinists District W24, is born of merger.