Northwest Labor Press

Union to OHSU: Health workers need sick days

Jun 18, 2019

As an early signal that they’re unwilling to make concessions in their next union contract, over 1,000 AFSCME Local 328 supporters rallied June 13 at OHSU.

Union Spirit at the Portland Rose Festival

Jun 17, 2019

A contingent of 60 union women dressed as Rosie the Riveter was one of three union entries in this year’s Rose Festival parades.

Multnomah County approves wage theft pilot

Jun 17, 2019

Starting July 1, union reps can volunteer to help enforce prevailing wage and wage and hour laws on County construction projects.

Oregon lawmakers vote to cut public employee retirement contributions

Jun 6, 2019

Democrats led the charge to divert up to 2.5 percent of public worker pay to shore up PERS.

Union report: men out-earn women at Fred Meyer

Jun 6, 2019

UFCW Local 555 is calling on grocery employers to end pay disparity among journey-level grocery workers, in which the average women earns $1.31 an hour less than the average man.

Portland City Council votes to end funding for five community recreation facilities

Jun 6, 2019

Up to 56 newly unionized workers will be laid off.

At an autism therapy chain, low-wage therapists unionize

Jun 6, 2019

After weeks of comically ineffective pleading by a tone-deaf company CEO and a pair of hired-gun union-busters, over 80 percent of the workers vote union.

ATU president Larry Hanley, 1957-2019

Jun 6, 2019

Hanley, national president of 200,000-member Amalgamated Transit Union, died suddenly of pulmonary disease May 7 at the age of 62.

Lee Duncan, 1954-2019

Jun 6, 2019

A Navy veteran and former business IBEW Local 48 business rep, Duncan founded a motorcycle poker run that raised $465,000 for a children’s hospital.

STARs of Painters/Drywall Finishers Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236

Jun 6, 2019

After completing skill advancement and safety courses, members of Painters & Drywall Finishers Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236 got cash and other bonuses at the May 31 STAR Awards banquet.