People Archives - Page 8 of 17

Oregon native named to top job at AFL-CIO’s Department For Professional Employees

Sep 5, 2018

Jennifer Dorning is the first woman to hold the post at the coalition of 24 national unions in professional, technical, and other highly skilled occupations.

New faculty at LERC

Aug 21, 2018

Long-time Labor Notes leader Mark Brenner will focus on teaching, while UCLA sociologist Lina Stepick will serve labor as a researcher.

Construction trades unions say goodbye to retiring OHSU president Joe Robertson

Jul 16, 2018

Robertson was lauded as a ‘Building Trades champion’ for transforming the South Waterfront and Marquam Hill with union labor.

Sam Gillispie signs out

May 2, 2018

Gillispie, 69, is retiring after a 43-year career in the union movement working for AFSCME and UFCW Local 555.

IBEW’S DONNA HAMMOND: A lifetime of beating back barriers of race and gender

Jan 30, 2018

A dose of sass — and a sense of when to pick her battles — helped overcome many obstacles in an overwhelmingly white male construction workplace.

ATU Local 757 blasts TriMet’s pick for general manager

Jan 24, 2018

Union leaders hoped the board would hire a change agent from outside to take the transit agency in a different direction.

AFT staffperson killed in Christmas Day crash

Dec 29, 2017

Deirdre Mackey was a program coordinator and financial specialist at American Federation of Teachers-Oregon.

Oregon Bricklayer Ken Bader gets ‘Outstanding Instructor Award’

Dec 11, 2017

Bader is a longtime member of Portland-based Bricklayers & Allied Crafts Local 1.

SEIU Local 503 executive director to step down

Nov 20, 2017

Brian Rudiger will remain until a successor is appointed.

Glaziers Local 740 honors Bill Vonderohe with ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award

Nov 15, 2017

The longtime recording secretary has missed only two union meetings in over 55 years.