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Workers Rights

360 Sheet Metal must pay $118,000 more for wage theft

Apr 6, 2023

The contractor stiffed its workers of $200,000 on multiple Southwest Washington public construction projects.

White House
National

Biden vetoes bill targeting shareholder activism 

Apr 6, 2023

Republicans wanted to overturn a rule allowing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investments in pensions.

Workers Rights

School custodians want hazard pay for hazard conditions

Apr 6, 2023

As skies dumped snow on Portland, administrators were warm in home offices, but night custodians battled blizzard conditions to get to work.

Union Organizing

Saying turnover hurts care, workers at nonprofit Friends of the Children want to join AFT-Oregon

Apr 6, 2023

The group pairs kids with paid mentors for at least 12 years. Mentors, called friends, spend three to four hours a week with 8 to 10 children.

Collective Bargaining

City Council says new auditor was wrong to make deal with workers

Apr 6, 2023

Simone Rede, newly installed as Portland City Auditor, didn’t think a first union contract needed to be so hard.

Collective Bargaining

Minor League salaries double in first union contract

Apr 6, 2023

Minor League Baseball players unionized in September. And by the end of March, they had their first-ever collective bargaining agreement.

Job Training

Apprentice tells her story at the Capitol

Apr 6, 2023

Culture change in construction is real, and it’s happening, Local 290 member Kasey Finegan told lawmakers and their staffmembers.

Workers Rights

Arbitrator will decide Portland Police policy on body-worn cameras

Apr 6, 2023

The Portland police union says officers should get to see bodycam footage before writing reports, as they do at most other police bureaus.

Collective Bargaining

Beer distribution workers may strike

Apr 6, 2023

Teamsters Local 162 members are losing patience with Maletis’ suggestion to back out of the union’s fully funded pension plan. 

Culture

Fast food union gets James Beard award

Apr 6, 2023

Burgerville Workers Union won one of the restaurant industry’s highest honors March 29: A James Beard Foundation award.

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