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Columbia Sportswear
Workers Rights
Secret audio shows Columbia Sportswear plot to fire unionist
In the recordings, managers list the names of union supporters they want to fire and talk about how to build a case that will stand up to NLRB scrutiny.
Union Organizing
Union campaign at Columbia Sportswear
When warehouse workers started looking at joining the Teamsters, billionaire CEO Tim Boyle came down to the shop floor to try to talk them out of it.
Politics
Top two, take two: Centrist millionaires put a post-partisan primary before Oregon voters, again
Most unions are mobilizing to oppose Measure 90, but Oregon Working Families Party is for it
Politics
In Oregon’s new higher ed boards, labor gets a seat or two
Business will be amply represented on the new governing boards.
