Wilsonville factory workers vote to strike at Xerox Oct 18, 2011 Profitable printer maker wants to cut disability benefit even after workers agreed to freeze pension.
They’re baaaack: Eyman, liquor privatization return to Washington ballot Oct 14, 2011 Washington voters decide Nov. 8 whether to privatize liquor stores as Costco proposes.
Congress passes trade treaties with Korea, Colombia, Panama Oct 12, 2011 By lopsided margins, Congress approved NAFTA-style trade deals that were opposed by labor.
Family health coverage tops $15,000 a year Oct 11, 2011 Unionized firms are more likely to provide health benefits.
Occupy Portland: 10,000 march to protest Wall Street misrule Oct 6, 2011 Local unionists marched, brought food, and stood in support of Occupy Portland.
Dosha fires pro-union worker Oct 5, 2011 A massage therapist is terminated after wearing red feather earrings.
Clay, Anderson re-elected at UFCW 555 Oct 5, 2011 Oregon’s largest private-sector union holds a leadership vote.
‘Save Our Postal Service’ Oct 5, 2011 USPS workers and supporters rallied around the country Sept. 27 to demand Congress avert default.
Excelsior Packaging pays $175,000 to settle charges Oct 5, 2011 The penalty is for refusing to bargain when it sold its Vancouver factory to Mercury Plastics.
Matt Eleazer succeeds Keith Wright at Bricklayers Local 1 Oct 5, 2011 Keith Wright retired Sept. 1 after nearly six years as business manager of 600-member Bricklayers Local 1.
