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Building our communities

Rebuilding Heritage Village with union help

Volunteers fix up homes to prevent evictions in a manufactured home community.
People

Local labor movement personnel changes

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

$15 ballot measure passes 15,000 signatures

Organizers say they’re aiming to have 30,000 by the time Legislature meets in February.
Politics

Teamster Lehrbach and AFGE’s Schroeder to vie for Multnomah County Board seat

They will face Chamber of Commerce activist Lori Stegmann.
Union democracy

Shirley Block wins top office at ATU 757

Incumbent Bruce Hansen voted out after one term
In Memoriam

Ed Whelan, 1926-2015

The former Oregon AFL president was a Korean War vet, fire fighter, legislator, and PGE executive.
Workers Rights

Port of Portland passes new ‘social equity’ policy

New airline service contractors will have to hire 80% of their workers from the previous contractor
In Memoriam

Helen Nickum, 1928-2015

The longtime ATU Local 757 secretary formerly worked for a Congresswoman and U.S. Senator
People

Labor attorney Susan Stoner retires after decades defending bus drivers

An important figure in Local 757, she also authored a series of historical mystery novels
Analysis

A look back at the year 2014 in Oregon labor

There were some successes, but this year will not be one to live forever in glorious memory.
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