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December 20, 2024 issue

City of Portland threatens legal action over union pickets

Attorneys for the City of Portland say "practice pickets" are prohibited by the contract Local 189 signed with the city.

Kroger-Albertsons merger collapses

Kroger’s costly effort to buy Albertsons fell apart when not one but two judges blocked the grocery merger. Now Albertsons is suing Kroger.

Manchin and Sinema torpedo Biden’s NLRB nominee

Workers lost a champion on the board that interprets labor law as Senate Republicans reject NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran.

Biggest-yet Providence strike could be coming

Thirteen Oregon hospitals and clinics in the Providence health care chain could shut down as early as next month.

Boeing gives copy-cat raises to its non-union assembly workers in South Carolina

A union fight has once again raised standards for non-union workers too.

Street Roots staff are unionizing

Staff at the nonprofit group will vote to certify Communications Workers of America Local 7901 as their representative on Jan. 7. 

Anheuser-Busch moves to close Elysian Brewing

The closure comes after brewery workers there unionized and spent a year trying to negotiate a first contract.

Ushers join growing Shakespeare Festival union

They’re the latest group voting to join IATSE Local 154. The famed Ashland theater is nearly wall-to-wall union.

2024: The rest of the story

We’ve reported over 300 stories in 2024. At year's end, we update readers about what happened since we published some of those stories. 

Oregon Supreme Court hears AGC suit against project labor agreements

The lawsuit is one of a handful around the country that are challenging agreements that public agencies make with construction unions.

Roofers compete

An apprentice member of Roofers Local 49 is advancing to the national championship.

Oregon State University grad strike ends with 13% raise

After nearly four weeks on strike, graduate student workers at Oregon State University ratified a new contract.

‘Beyond failure’ – Washington teen loses legs at school-based work program

Thousands of students enroll in work-for-credit programs, but a 16-year-old’s case shows life-altering consequences of risky jobs and murky oversight.

CWA Local 7901 emerges from trusteeship

The local is back in the hands of members as of October, when it was released by its parent union from trusteeship imposed in August 2023. 

Building the trades: Randall Friesen

The new secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council is a fourth-generation building trades union member.

A powerful year of labor action in Oregon 

With all the noise over the threats we expect from the Trump Administration, it’s easy to forget how powerful and inspiring 2024 has been.

Remembering the Seattle WTO protest 

25 years ago, unionists and greens made history in the streets of Seattle protesting against corporate-written rules for international trade.

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