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Worker safety

White House releases OSHA rule on silica, after two-year delay

If implemented, the proposed OSHA rule would protect 2 million exposed workers.
Comment

The union movement’s survival requires it to change

The history of the labor movement is full of the corpses of failed organizations.
Union democracy

Washington AFL-CIO convention: ‘Labor can’t do it alone’

Resolution calls for continued fight for new I-5 bridge with light rail
Union democracy

United Food and Commercial Workers expected to rejoin AFL-CIO in August

UFCW's return would boost AFL-CIO membership by almost 10 percent.
Trade

Secret Pacific Rim trade deal on track to completion

Obama's NAFTA-style treaty with 11 Pacific Rim nations is slated for signing in October
Comment

AFL-CIO will look at changes to labor councils

With a structure set in 1955, many state and local labor councils face problems
Worker safety

Obama Administration quietly smothers rule to protect workers

Silica sickens 3,600 a year, but the White House has halted an OSHA rule 38 years in the making
Union democracy

Don’t rely on politicians, Avakian tells union retirees

Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian was the keynote at Oregon Alliance for Retired Americans convention
Oregon

Oregon AFL-CIO E-Board endorses immigration reform

A national poll shows union member support for immigration reform.
Analysis

Union movement must evolve to speak, advocate, and fight for all workers

The AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles will look at new and old strategies for building a movement.
National

AFL-CIO plans national campaign for immigration reform

Proposal would end “shadow economy” of illegal and exploited workers
In Memoriam

Bill Fitzgerald, 1926-2012

The AFL-CIO field rep helped union campaigns throughout the Northwest.
Politics

Labor to Congress: Don’t fall for ‘fiscal bluff’

Sometimes a bad deal is worse than no deal.
Politics

Election Day 2012 Labor wins in Oregon, Washington, and coast to coast

It was a good election year for labor in state and federal races.
Politics

Union workers stand in Philadelphia, and hear from Obama

40,000 rally, prior to the party conventions, to call for a second Bill of Rights.
Workers Rights

Unions launch global boycott of Hyatt

Hyatt turned heatlamps on Chicago picketers and fired unionized Boston housekeepers en masse.
Trade

AFL-CIO pushes tax break to “bring jobs home”

The Bring Jobs Home Act would also end tax deductibility for offshoring expenses.
Building our communities

AFL holds three days of events for Work Connects Us All campaign

Free comedy show and ‘thank-a-worker’ events take place during Portland Jazz Fest.
National

AFL-CIO will launch online campaign Nov. 14 in Portland

The labor federation's media campaign is aimed at putting unions in a more positive light.
National

Movement swells to dump big banks

Parallel to Occupy Wall Street, a mass movement is gaining steam to close accounts in the big banks.
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