People 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.
People 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.
People 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.
People 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.
People 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.
People 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.
People 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.
People Oregon Bricklayer Ken Bader gets ‘Outstanding Instructor Award’ Dec 11, 2017 Bader is a longtime member of Portland-based Bricklayers & Allied Crafts Local 1.
People SEIU Local 503 executive director to step down Nov 20, 2017 Brian Rudiger will remain until a successor is appointed.
People 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.