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Attorneys for the City of Portland say "practice pickets" are prohibited by the contract Local 189 signed with the city.

Kroger’s costly effort to buy Albertsons fell apart when not one but two judges blocked the grocery merger. Now Albertsons is suing Kroger.

Workers lost a champion on the board that interprets labor law as Senate Republicans reject NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran.

Thirteen Oregon hospitals and clinics in the Providence health care chain could shut down as early as next month.

A union fight has once again raised standards for non-union workers too.

Staff at the nonprofit group will vote to certify Communications Workers of America Local 7901 as their representative on Jan. 7.

The closure comes after brewery workers there unionized and spent a year trying to negotiate a first contract.

They’re the latest group voting to join IATSE Local 154. The famed Ashland theater is nearly wall-to-wall union.

The lawsuit is one of a handful around the country that are challenging agreements that public agencies make with construction unions.

An apprentice member of Roofers Local 49 is advancing to the national championship.

After nearly four weeks on strike, graduate student workers at Oregon State University ratified a new contract.

The local is back in the hands of members as of October, when it was released by its parent union from trusteeship imposed in August 2023.

The new secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council is a fourth-generation building trades union member.

25 years ago, unionists and greens made history in the streets of Seattle protesting against corporate-written rules for international trade.

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