Teachers union blasts Governor Brown for reversal on school reopening Dec 30, 2020 Oregon took months to develop guidelines for safe reopening. Now they won’t be enforced, Governor Kate Brown announced.
2020 in review Dec 30, 2020 As chronicled in the Northwest Labor Press, here are some of the year’s most important developments for organized labor and working people.
A Coronavirus Kind of Christmas Dec 30, 2020 Overcoming coronavirus restrictions, 50 unions participated in LCSA’s Presents for Partners, delivering $20,000 in food and gift cards.
Iron Workers Local 29 goes contactless with ‘Night on Santa Lane’ Dec 30, 2020 The union parking lot became a winter wonderland, replacing a party the union has held for members and their kids and grandkids for 34 years.
Wally Feist, 1949-2020 Dec 30, 2020 A former financial secretary-treasurer and briefly president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757, he worked at TriMet from 1977 to 2011.
Lou Christian re-elected as business manager of UA Local 290 Dec 30, 2020 Work is booming in Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 290, drawing over 700 travelers from other locals to meet demand.
Unions step up in SW Washington to help elderly Dec 30, 2020 Labor groups raised $9,135, enough to purchase 7,035 pounds of ham from union grocer Cascade Select Market for Meals on Wheels.
Construction coalition plans campaign to end on-the-job harassment of women, minorities Dec 16, 2020 More than 60 union leaders, general contractors, public project owners, trade groups, and others took part in a Dec. 3 Safe From Hate summit.
TransAlta shuts first of two coal-fired power plants in Centralia Dec 16, 2020 The closure means layoff for 64 workers, but thanks to a $55 million coal transition fund, they’ll get a lump sum payment of about $44,000.
Exit interview: Amanda Fritz Dec 16, 2020 Amanda Fritz, a former psychiatric nurse and member of Oregon Nurses Association, talks about her 12 years at Portland City Council.
