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Laborers leader Dave Tischer clocks out

Tischer, 54, retired Jan. 1 after 19 years as a leader in Locals 320 and 737.

Brett Hinsley hired by Cement Masons international

Business agent Geoff Kossak was appointed by the Executive Board to complete Hinsley’s unexpired term as business manager.

Eryn Byram new executive director of Labor’s Community Services

She succeeds Vickie Burns, who retired in January.

Tragedy strikes Cement Masons Local 555 … again

Journeyman mason Maurice “Mo” Starks, a member of Local 555, was killed in a roll-over car crash on I-405 in Portland.

Portland Bakery Union member Shad Clark made international VP for Western Region

The former Local 114 business agent has a long history as a union worker and activist.

Vickie Burns retires from Labor’s Community Service Agency

LCSA is a labor-affiliated non-profit charity sponsored by United Way.

Questions for flight attendants union president Sara Nelson

Topics: flying union, airline consolidation, union unity and why there've been no strikes lately.

Richards retires from Office and Professional Employees Local 11

Union rep Maureen Colvin will serve the remainder of his term.

Janet Irwin of AFSCME Local 88 turns the page on 46-year library career

Irwin was there when the library unionized in 1974, and when it joined Multnomah County in 1990.

Merkley hires new labor liaison

Dan Mahr, a former Working America field rep, succeeds Ed Hall as labor liaison for Oregon’s junior U.S. senator.

Seattle OPEIU Local 8 leader named director of organizing for international

OPEIU represents 103,000 workers in credit unions, insurance, shipping, utilities, administrative offices and more.

IBEW Local 125’s Marcy Grail named to Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council

She will complete the unexpired term of John Mohlis.

Labor secretary taps Worley for national Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship

The committee advises the Secretary of Labor on matters facing the registered apprenticeship system.

Mohlis retires from Building Trades Council; Frew tapped as successor

An Aug. 23 retiree party drew nearly 250 well-wishers from across the political spectrum.

Local labor movement personnel changes

Heather Conroy, Alma Raya, Stacy Chamberlain, Jaime Sorenson, Joe Esmonde

Exit Interview: 5 questions for Oregon AFSCME’s Ken Allen

He retires July 31 after 21 years leading the statewide organization.

Proud to be Union — AND Transgender

Pride At Work Oregon chapter president Be Marston tells how she went from a boss-hating bartender to a passionate believer in unions.

South Florida labor leader named newest faculty member at University of Oregon LERC

Sherman Henry is the longtime leader of an AFSCME local at the nation's fourth-largest school system.

LERC instructor Helen Moss retires

Moss has been with University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center since 1999.

Merkley labor liaison retires

Former firefighter union leader Ed Hall has been Merkley’s point person with labor for seven years.