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Collective Bargaining

Special ed bus drivers at Portland Public Schools declare impasse

May 2, 2018

Next stop could be a strike – when students return from summer break.

Worker safety

Remembering workers who died on the job

May 1, 2018

Attending the NW Oregon Labor Council’s Workers Memorial Day service were nearly 50 family members of a road construction flagger who was struck and killed by a drunk driver May 23, 2017.

Workers Rights

AFL-CIO calls on Portland to give Uber drivers a voice

Apr 30, 2018

Commissioner Nick Fish says an ordinance to set up a driver “Wage Board” will get May 24 hearing.

Collective Bargaining

Volunteers of America presents an anti-union ‘final offer’

Apr 26, 2018

CEO Kay Toran proposes no raises and a “right to work” rule that would undermine the union.

Union Organizing

A Burgerville store goes union — officially

Apr 24, 2018

The Burgerville at 92nd and Powell may be the nation’s first officially unionized fast food union.

Worker safety

The Trump administration’s record on worker safety

Apr 18, 2018

Progress on safety has halted, and safety programs have been targeted for elimination.

Worker safety

On-the-job fatalities in Oregon in 2017

Apr 18, 2018

Forty-eight Oregon workers lost their lives on the job last year. Here are their names.

Jobs

Ironworkers protest Facebook

Apr 18, 2018

In a major expansion of the Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, a general contractor is using low-wage nonunion ironworkers from out of state.

Worker safety

What to do (and what not to do) if you’re injured on the job

Apr 18, 2018

In Oregon and Washington, you have rights, and help is available.

Worker safety

Questions for Jordan Barab

Apr 18, 2018

Jordan Barab, a longtime union safety expert, was number two at OSHA under Obama. He’s not happy about the way things have gone under Trump.

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