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Workers Rights

Work at Kaiser? Better check your paycheck

Oct 19, 2023

After more than two years of problems as egregious as a $99,000 overpayment or zeroed out paid leave banks, OFNHP is speaking out.

Workers Rights

Minimum wages rising in Washington and Oregon

Oct 19, 2023

Oregon’s minimum wage rose to $15.45 in the Portland metro area on July 1. Washington’s will rise to $16.28 an hour on Jan. 1.

Jobs

Portland Bureau of Transportation could lay off 88

Oct 19, 2023

Union job cuts in the city’s transportation bureau would mean more potholes and fewer streets plowed for snow.

In Memoriam

Noel E. Johnson, 1934-2023

Oct 19, 2023

He joined Bakers Local 114 in 1952, and led the union as executive secretary-treasurer for a decade before his retirement in 1992.

Clark County

Union Voter Guide to the SW Washington Election

Oct 19, 2023

Washington’s Nov. 7 general election covers local races for school board, city council, and special districts.

Graham Trainor
Comment

Leaving Bend united and hopeful

Oct 19, 2023

This year’s convention could not have come at a more opportune time for labor to strategize about how to harness the moment we’re in.

Collective Bargaining

UAW strikes the Big Three automakers all at once

Oct 10, 2023

With automakers making record profits, the union says it’s time that the workers who make their vehicles got their fair share.

Collective Bargaining

Sheet Metal Local 16 wins $23.25 raise

Oct 10, 2023

Journeyman compensation will rise to $94.51 by 2027 in the contract with Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association.

Worker safety

How to not get carpal tunnel

Oct 10, 2023

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries ‘Ideas Bank’ has ergonomics hacks for every industry.

Union Organizing

Reed College student workers want to join OPEIU Local 11

Oct 10, 2023

Forty-four housing advisers who live and work in dorms are unionizing after Reed changed their job duties without giving them a say.

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