Northwest Labor Press

Fired BrucePac workers reinstated

Sep 3, 2010

BrucePac has offered reinstatement and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June 2009.

Portland meeting with Trumka and Kitzhaber draws over 500

Sep 3, 2010

National AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, on a Aug. 23-24 visit to Portland, rallied local union activists to stay politically active despite disappointments, and to help elect John Kitzhaber as governor of Oregon.

Common, and illegal: Rules banning employees from discussing wages with their co-workers run afoul of federal labor law

Jul 16, 2010

Sharing information about wages, benefits, and working conditions is a protected right, even in nonunion workplaces.

Trained home energy workers waiting for jobs

Jul 2, 2010

A year into a much-watched Portland pilot project, few union-trained workers have found “green jobs.”

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act survives court challenge

May 21, 2010

Oregon’s Worker Freedom Act has survived its first court challenge. In a May 6 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Mosman dismissed a lawsuit by two business groups that wanted the union-authored state law struck

NLRB rules BrucePac firings broke federal labor law

May 7, 2010

BrucePac broke labor law when it fired workers for supporting a union campaign, says a federal judge.

Ergonomic regulation reform put on the back burner

Apr 16, 2010

Nine years since a Republican Congress axed ergonomic regs, Ds show no appetite to reinstate them.

Laborers union campaign at BrucePac becomes test case

Apr 2, 2010

By DON McINTOSH, Associate Editor Two business groups, Associated Oregon Industries (AOI) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have chosen a union campaign at Silverton, Oregon, headquartered BrucePac as the test case in their lawsuit

Portland school teachers reach tentative contract

Feb 19, 2010

Deal reached nine days after impasse.

Portland parking meter techs win fight against outsourcing

Feb 5, 2010

Six parking meter technicians will get $28,300 each because City violated outsourcing rules