Northwest Labor Press

Help is out there for long-term unemployed

Dec 17, 2010

For union members in need, by far the two biggest sources of help are unemployment insurance and food stamps. In the Portland area, unions refer hardship cases to Labor’s Community Service Agency.

The U.S. political system has been hijacked by rich, political scientists say

Dec 17, 2010

In their new book Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class, political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson demonstrate that America’s runaway inequality wasn’t caused by impersonal economic forces, but by a political system that has been hijacked by the super-rich. The Labor Press spoke with Pierson by phone.

Delta remains non-union as fourth group votes to reject unionization

Dec 17, 2010

Delta Air Lines customer service workers voted Dec. 7 not to join the Machinists. It was the fourth major union defeat at Delta since heavily unionized Northwest Airlines merged into largely nonunion Delta. Altogether, unions stood to gain 34,000 new members, but instead lost 17,000 existing members.

Kulongoski report takes aim at state employees’ compensation

Dec 17, 2010

 Oregon’s outgoing governor is proposing that next year’s Legislature make a series of cuts to state employee compensation.

AFSCME’s Ridderbusch named to governor-elect’s transition team

Dec 10, 2010

Oregon AFSCME staff rep Randy Ridderbusch has been named to Governor-elect John Kitzhaber’s transition team regarding the Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections and the Oregon Youth Authority.

PSU students help preserve Transit Union Local 757’s history

Dec 3, 2010

Several Portland State University students conducted oral history interviews with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 retirees Paul Headley and Ken Richins.

Apollo Alliance honors Bob Baugh

Dec 3, 2010

Bob Baugh, former secretary-treasurer of the Oregon AFL-CIO and current executive director of the national AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council, received the Apollo Alliance’s Right Stuff Award. The award honors outstanding individuals working to catalyze the new clean energy economy.

Help is out there for long-term unemployed

The U.S. political system has been hijacked by rich, political scientists say

Delta remains non-union as fourth group votes to reject unionization

Kulongoski report takes aim at state employees’ compensation

AFSCME’s Ridderbusch named to governor-elect’s transition team

PSU students help preserve Transit Union Local 757’s history

Apollo Alliance honors Bob Baugh

Bend Area Transit terminates union leader

Voters in four states ban union ‘card-check’

Machinists Union loses Delta elections; complaint filed