People Belinda Reagan closes the book on decades of involvement Jun 30, 2021 Reagan was president of Portland Federation of School Professionals, AFT Local 111, representing 1,400 staff at Portland Public Schools.
People PERSONNEL REPORT Jun 30, 2021 Sherman Henry and Lina Stepick leave LERC, ONA’s director departs, and Mayor Wheeler reappoints Willy Myers to Prosper Portland.
People Doctor Organizer: Joe Crane Jun 30, 2021 In 2009, Joe Crane was working graveyard on the Portland Frito-Lay assembly line. Today he’s national organizing director at a doctors union.
People Oregon honors first Education Support Professional of the Year, Paula Steinweg May 18, 2021 The new award, for school support workers, is the result of an OSEA-backed bill passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2019.
People Governor Brown nominates unionists May 3, 2021 Several union figures were among the 76 individuals recently appointed by Oregon Governor Kate Brown to state board and commissions.
People 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.
People 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.
People Taking a building trades agenda to the Oregon Capitol Feb 17, 2021 Electrician Wayne Chow, lobbying for the building trades in Salem, knows the difference a union makes, having suffered wage theft first hand.
People Ready for prime time Feb 4, 2021 A Portland building trades union member is a contestant on Season Two of CBS’ hit prime time reality show Tough as Nails.
People IBEW’s Marcy Grail to chair Energy Facility Siting Council Feb 4, 2021 The council is responsible for large electric generating facilities, transmission lines, gas pipelines, and radioactive waste disposal sites.