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In Memoriam

Ron Fortune, 1936-2015

Dec 15, 2015

The NW Oregon Labor Council leader was a 59-year member of UFCW.

Building Community

Volunteers from IBEW Local 48 help light up The Grotto Festival of Lights

Dec 15, 2015

Continuing a 28-year tradition, IBEW Local 48 volunteers install 500,000 lights.

Comment

The minimum will rise

Dec 15, 2015

2015 was a year of victories and defeats for Oregon’s working people.

Politics

Uber wins at Portland City Council

Dec 15, 2015

Portland legalizes app-based rides, but Commissioner Novick promises right-to-unionize ordinance

Green Jobs

A labor report from the Paris climate summit

Dec 14, 2015

Washington AFL-CIO’s Jeff Johnson tells why he was there, and why labor MUST get involved.

No Picture
Collective Bargaining

IBEW 125 members ratify contract at Pacificorp

Dec 14, 2015

About 320 workers will get 2 percent raises in the new four-year deal.

No Picture
In Memoriam

Former labor council leader Ron Fortune dies

Dec 1, 2015

Fortune, a 59-year member of UFCW Local 555, led NOLC from 1985 to 1998.

Collective Bargaining

Belts tighten as ATI lockout of union Steelworkers enters fourth month

Dec 1, 2015

The locked out steelworkers are struggling to get by on $538 a week in unemployment benefits.

Workers Rights

Portland bans the box

Dec 1, 2015

Businesses will have to wait ’til after a conditional job offer to do criminal background checks.

Union Democracy

Challenges ahead at AFSCME Local 88

Dec 1, 2015

Local 88 will have to contend with the Friedrichs case, the Cadillac tax, and a new Commission.

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