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Specialty Finishes shipyard painters win raises in first union contract

Newly unionized shipyard painters in Portland and Seattle will get better health insurance and raises totaling $4.06 an hour over 3 years.

All Good that ends good

The nonprofit that operates several Portland homeless camps fired a whistleblower last year. Now it’s at peace with the union.

OFNHP decries layoffs at PeaceHealth as Vancouver clinic closes

PeaceHealth will lay off nearly 30 union-represented workers this fall when it closes an urgent care clinic in Vancouver.

Longview/Kelso Building Trades awards scholarships

The award supports the children or grandchildren of union members in unions that are affiliated with the building trades council.

Oregon Building Trades offers college scholarships

Two $1,000 scholarships are available to dependents of union members whose locals are affiliated with the council. Applications due Sept. 18.

Harleys. Poker. Must be Machinists lodge 63.

Machinists Lodge 63’s annual motorcycle poker run, known as the Chuck Drake Memorial Guide Dog Dash, raises money for Guide Dogs of America.

Oregon

Governor Kotek appoints labor lawyer Aruna Masih to Oregon Supreme Court

Masih, 52, has practiced law for more than 25 years. She’s spent most of her career with Bennett Hartman, a prominent pro-labor law firm.

State of Oregon workers ratify union contract

The two-year contract covers nearly 25,000 workers represented by SEIU Local 503. It provides 13% raises and a one-time $1,500 bonus.

Alaska Airlines flight attendants mobilizing

Members of the Association of Flight Attendants say it’s time they got a real raise. And they mean to get it.

Poll shows high public support for striking actors and writers

TV and film writers have been on strike since May 2, and TV and film actors in SAG-AFTRA have been on strike since July 14.

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