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Union Organizing

Springfield nursing home strike ends with mass resignation

Mar 3, 2021

After 23 residents died in nine weeks, workers struck for two weeks to demand union recognition. The nursing home’s investor owners refused.

In Memoriam

Bill Belanger, 1942-2021

Mar 3, 2021

A former apprenticeship coordinator, president, and business agent of Bricklayers Local 1, he remained active in the union to the end.

In Memoriam

Burton David White, 1930-2021

Mar 3, 2021

After a decade and a half at Oregon and California nurses unions, he spent most of his career mediating and arbitrating labor disagreements.

In Memoriam

Bill Miller, Jr., 1948-2021

Mar 3, 2021

Miller was business manager of Portland-based IBEW Local 125 when the Enron scandal robbed PGE lineman of retirement savings.

Workers Rights

Right to work bill gets pummeled in Montana Legislature

Mar 3, 2021

For Montana’s labor movement, it was a fight for life: Union foes thought they’d pass “right to work” given a 2-1 Republican House majority.

National

Biden calls union leaders to the White House

Feb 22, 2021

Continuing a string of overtures to the labor movement, Biden announced a pro-union NLRB nominee and reversed Trump moves on apprenticeship.

Analysis

Strikes disappear again in 2020

Feb 19, 2021

It looks like the 2018-2019 strike surge was a blip, not the start of a new trend. Last year there were just 8 strikes of over 1,000 workers.

National

A fix for America’s broken labor law

Feb 17, 2021

Congress may soon consider the most game-changing pro-union legislation in 80 years. The PRO Act would restore workers’ right to unionize.

Jobs

Unions and developers ally to stop BDS cuts

Feb 17, 2021

City of Portland building code enforcers, facing layoff, are getting some unexpected love from the construction industry.

People

Taking a building trades agenda to the Oregon Capitol

Feb 17, 2021

Electrician Wayne Chow, lobbying for the building trades in Salem, knows the difference a union makes, having suffered wage theft first hand.

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