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Job Training

AFSCME behavioral health apprenticeship nets federal funding

Feb 15, 2023

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and former Rep. Kurt Schrader requested the funding through the federal government spending bill Congress approved in December.

Comment

The lessons of 1968 still matter today

Feb 13, 2018

Dr. King’s vision of unifying economic and racial justice cannot be forgotten.

Oregon

Labor-backed alliance to push bold agenda in the state capitol

Jan 9, 2015

2015 could be a breakthrough year for pro-worker legislation

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Collective Bargaining

New contract for AFSCME members at Metro

Jul 22, 2014

If ratified, 300+ workers will get 2.82% raises, and pay an extra 2% of health insurance premiums

Politics

Labor tallies a raft of wins in local primary elections

Jun 4, 2014

Labor stopped the Bull Run Takeover, saved two incumbents, and sent a union rep to the state house

Politics

Eight reasons Portland union members should vote ‘no’ on the Water District measure

Apr 29, 2014

Soaked by high water bills, 26-156 might sound like a good idea … ’til you know the details.

No Picture
National

After years of delay, Obama DOL says home care workers will get minimum wage, overtime

Oct 31, 2013

A decades-old exclusion ends for nearly 2 million workers.

National

We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement

Oct 18, 2011

Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.

Oregon/Washington

Oregon AFL-CIO 52nd Convention

Sep 30, 2011

At a time when labor is under attack, delegates put aside differences to declare “We are one”

Collective Bargaining

Oregon public employee unions reach deal with state

Aug 3, 2011

Union bargainers agree — for the first time — to give up fully-paid health coverage.

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