Postal unions alarmed by parts of postmaster general’s plan Mar 31, 2021 Postmaster General DeJoy’s 10-year plan to save USPS would slow first class mail delivery, reduce post office hours, and raise prices.
New workforce liaison at Oregon AFL-CIO Mar 31, 2021 Josh Hall was president of United Steelworkers Local 7150. Now he’ll help dislocated union workers get unemployment and other benefits.
Leadership change at Portland Jobs with Justice Mar 31, 2021 Will Layng is leaving as executive director to return to SEIU, where he formerly worked as organizing director at Local 49.
Unionist seeking House seat falls short Mar 31, 2021 Multnomah County Commission appointed Andrea Valderrama as state rep for HD 47, passing over former union president Adrienne Enghouse.
Labor Council calls Integrated Power Services ‘unfair’ Mar 31, 2021 The union says electric motor repair shop IPS didn’t bargain in good faith, and its Portland workers have voted to authorize a strike.
NLRB drops Trump rule that would have blocked graduate student unions Mar 31, 2021 Trump NLRB appointees had declared that student teaching assistants aren’t employees under the National Labor Relations Act.
Doctors-in-training at OHSU win contract Mar 31, 2021 Members of a unit of 850 medical interns, residents and fellows have ratified their first union contract since joining Oregon AFSCME in 2019.
UFCW 555 leaves Northwest Oregon Labor Council Mar 31, 2021 The withdrawal means three Local 555 delegates who held NOLC office can no longer serve those roles, including NOLC president Jeff Anderson.
Renewable diesel fuel refinery will be union built and operated Mar 31, 2021 Construction work on the $1.6 billion project could begin in early 2022 at Port Westward near Clatskanie and employ 800 workers.
American Rescue Mar 18, 2021 Signed into law March 11, a year after COVID was declared a pandemic, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill took effect almost immediately.
