Union Organizing Five years in, still no flood of unionization through card check Mar 12, 2013 Just 2,487 public employees have unionized since Oregon’s card check law passed.
Analysis Union movement must evolve to speak, advocate, and fight for all workers Mar 12, 2013 The AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles will look at new and old strategies for building a movement.
Union Organizing OSU graduate research assistants vote to unionize Mar 12, 2013 AFT adds 781 grad students, who vote 9 to 1 in favor of unionization.
People Dick Schwarz retires from AFT-Oregon Mar 12, 2013 The longtime AFT leader helped bring down perennial union foe Bill Sizemore.
Collective Bargaining United Grain locks out ILWU Local 4 Mar 12, 2013 United Grain says it took the action after equipment sabotage by a union leader.
Workers Rights PIRG fundraiser broke federal labor law, NLRB says Mar 6, 2013 Union supporter was fired illegally.
Building Community New union storefront on Barbur Feb 28, 2013 OHSU Local 328, AFSCME’s largest, buys nearby storefront
Jobs City of Portland settles with Local 483: No more contracting out at Parks & Rec Feb 27, 2013 Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.
Building Community Bricklayers Local 1 volunteers to build barbecue at Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery Feb 27, 2013 Union members answered a call for help from the nonprofit Tillamook Anglers.
Collective Bargaining Laborers Local 320 settles contract at CertainTeed after one-day strike Feb 27, 2013 The French-owned shinglemaker improves its bargaining offer after a walkout