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Oregon election results

Nov 8, 2016

Here are the union-endorsed races in Oregon we’re following on Election Night

2016 Election: Ballot measures around the country

Nov 8, 2016

Here are the ballot measures we’ll be watching tonight. Minimum wage increases and paid sick leave Minimum wage increases are on the ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington — and two of them also would

Portland City Council looks at public campaign finance system to magnify the voice of small donors

Nov 4, 2016

Backed by unions and community groups, Commissioner Amanda Fritz hopes to pass it by the end of the year.

Measure 97: The Game Changer

Oct 20, 2016

After decades of legislative failure to solve the state’s revenue problem, union-sponsored Measure 97 will make a better Oregon —by asking giant corporations to pay their fair share. And that could lead to similar efforts around the country.

Oregon Building Trades Council announces endorsements for November election

Oct 18, 2016

Constructions unions back Ballot Measure 98 to fund career and technical education in high schools.

Local labor union members are running for public office

Oct 18, 2016

In city, county, state and federal races, some have a fighting chance, while others are long shots.

A union electrician runs for the Oregon legislature

Oct 18, 2016

5 Questions for Oregon House Candidate Ray Lister.

Support for TPP costs Gov. Kate Brown endorsement from Oregon Machinists

Sep 19, 2016

Gov. Kate Brown’s support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has cost her an endorsement from the Machinists Non-Partisan Political League (MNPL), the political arm of Machinists District W24. Brown, a Democrat, is running for re-election

Sen. Jeff Merkley calls for national motor-voter

Sep 19, 2016

Just as Oregon led the nation as the first state to recognize Labor Day as a holiday, the United States should follow Oregon’s lead by implementing a national motor voter registration law. That was the

Wyden: Democrats ‘feeling very, very good’ about fall elections

Aug 30, 2016

At the state building trades convention, Oregon’s senior U.S. Senator talked Trump, trade, and the trouble with union pensions