Northwest Labor Press

Oregon

OSEA won’t endorse legislators who voted for PERS reduction bill

Oct 17, 2019

SB 1049 resulted in dramatic reductions to the pensions that public employees will receive.

Bricklayers Local 1 Oregon expands jurisdiction

Oct 17, 2019

BAC Local 1 Oregon now covers workers in Idaho, Montana, and portions of Washington.

Thank you. Now let’s get to work!

Oct 16, 2019

Our movement is a bold and inclusive movement that fights for any worker, no matter who they love or where they were born, and we are winning.

Union vote scheduled at The Columbian newspaper

Oct 16, 2019

Management at the family-owned paper isn’t mounting the kind of scorched-earth anti-union campaign that some employers use, but is making it clear they hope employees will vote no.

Newly ratified grocery contracts raise wages for 20,000 Oregon and Washington workers

Oct 12, 2019

Workers will get wage increases of up to $2.70 an hour over three years, plus a guarantee of 20 hours a week with benefits for those who want it.

Union contract avoidance: Multnomah County says seniority rights don’t apply

Oct 7, 2019

Nonunion non-profit CareOregon is taking over work that’s been done by unionized County employees up to now.

Merkley, Bonamici applaud House panel vote to ban asbestos

Oct 7, 2019

The Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019 now goes to the full House.

UFCW reaches tentative deal after 6-day grocery boycott

Oct 2, 2019

If approved, the new union contracts would cover about 20,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Tentative deal avoids strike at seven Oregon universities

Oct 2, 2019

The agreement includes the largest cost-of-living raise that university support workers have received in more than a decade.

Oregon AFSCME: ‘No endorsement, no financial support’ for PERS cutters

Oct 2, 2019

All but a few Democrats voted to cut public employee retirement contributions. Now they’ll go without AFSCME’s support for re-election.