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Ed Whelan, 1926-2015

The former Oregon AFL president was a Korean War vet, fire fighter, legislator, and PGE executive.

Port of Portland passes new ‘social equity’ policy

New airline service contractors will have to hire 80% of their workers from the previous contractor

Helen Nickum, 1928-2015

The longtime ATU Local 757 secretary formerly worked for a Congresswoman and U.S. Senator

Labor attorney Susan Stoner retires after decades defending bus drivers

An important figure in Local 757, she also authored a series of historical mystery novels

A look back at the year 2014 in Oregon labor

There were some successes, but this year will not be one to live forever in glorious memory.

Building trades lobby in support of ConnectOregon V

Building trades union members turn out to counter environmental opponents of coal and oil projects

Portland’s new mass transit bridge is union-built

Tilikum Crossing, Bridge of the People

HTML archives, 1997-2011

Today we use the Wordpress content management system, which treats articles like database entries. But prior to 2011, each article had its own html page. We continue to make those pages available — they go all the way back to March 1997.

Anti- high-capacity transit measure passes in Tigard

Every year from now on, Tigard must send a letter opposed to any rail or bus project that displaces roads

Labor groups oppose Tigard ballot measure targeting high-capacity transit

At stake is a massive construction project that would employ union labor