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People

Lobbyist Mary Botkin to leave Oregon AFSCME after 31 years

Oct 3, 2014

Botkin plans to begin a practice as a contract lobbyist in Salem.

Workers Rights

At an upscale Pearl District apartment project, a union blows the whistle on wage theft

Oct 1, 2014

General contractor Lorentz Bruun pays $85,000 to settle DOL case against woman-owned paint subcontractor

Politics

At Oregon AFL-CIO, political activity kicks into high gear

Oct 1, 2014

Ballots will be mailed out Oct. 15 and are due back Nov. 4.

People

Labor stalwarts recognized by SW Washington Labor Roundtable

Oct 1, 2014

IBEW Local 48 is honored as “union of the year”

Workers Rights

Shipyard workers picket smoking ban

Oct 1, 2014

Shipyard workers at six Vigor worksites protest imposition of smoking ban without consulting union

Politics

Oregon unions endorse Ballot Measure 91 to legalize marijuana

Oct 1, 2014

Most unions are taking no position, but UFCW and two AFSCME locals recommend a yes vote

In Memoriam

Steven Fritz, 1960-2014

Oct 1, 2014

The OSH psychiatrist was head of his AFSCME local and husband to Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz

Green Jobs

Climate change on labor’s radar

Oct 1, 2014

Labor wants to be in the room in talks about a carbon tax for Oregon

Trade

A conversation with NAFTA critic Lori Wallach

Oct 1, 2014

So-called free trade agreements aren’t about trade any more, nor freedom

Trade

Top national trade expert to keynote at Fair Trade Campaign’s 10-year dinner

Oct 1, 2014

Lori Wallach, director of Global Trade Watch, is a frequent TV guest on trade politics

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