UA Local 290’s training facility welcomes Labor Secretary Walsh Aug 18, 2021 Walsh, together with Congressman Peter DeFazio and Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle, toured the union’s training facility in Springfield.
Unions call for Medicare to lower drug prices Aug 18, 2021 Senator Jeff Merkley is sponsoring a bill to require drug companies to sell products in the U.S. at the same price as other rich countries.
OPINION: Millions of Americans are employed because of natural gas Aug 18, 2021 Renewable gas projects are predicted to create 7.3 million jobs by 2050. These are family-wage jobs that come with healthcare and pensions.
Rich would want us to not miss a beat Aug 18, 2021 Rich Trumka believed in the potential of strong local and state labor movements, and invested and supported state federations like ours.
Kaiser Permanente unions shocked by two-tier wage proposal Aug 18, 2021 Is Kaiser’s reputation as a model union employer about to end? In bargaining, it’s now proposing to pay new hires dramatically lower wages.
Strike ends at Topeka, Kansas Frito-Lay plant Aug 18, 2021 Workers struck for wage increases and an end to forced overtime, but got only very modest improvements in the modified employer offer.
Fill the Boot is back Aug 18, 2021 In Vancouver, Fire Fighters Local 452 will raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association Sept. 9 and 10.
SEIU Local 49 ratifies new master janitorial agreement Aug 18, 2021 About 1,800 janitors will see wages rise $2.25 an hour over the next three years, reaching $18 an hour in year three.
Painters Local 10 wins wage increases of up to $4.50 Aug 11, 2021 The first contract to be negotiated since members regained the right to strike contains the biggest raises in a generation.
As strike neared, Legacy Health Systems settled with SEIU Local 49 Aug 11, 2021 1,100 hospital workers at Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan were set to walk out July 15; instead they ratified a five-year contract.
