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Laborers Local 483

Workers Rights

City of Portland to union rep: Get off the property

A union rep distributes buttons and talks to members, without management's permission
Collective bargaining

Strike on horizon at City of Portland

City denies vacation requests, and union gets "ready to walk"
Collective bargaining

City of Portland pushes to end protections against outsourcing

Talks with a 1,600-employee union coalition are stalled over job security — and good government
Politics

Labor wary about public water district

Initiative would take control of water and sewer away from the City of Portland
Union Organizing

Wanted: Union-made elephant ears

Zoo food workers want union rights and permanent work
Collective bargaining

DCTU contract expires, but no deal with City of Portland

The seven-member union coalition has requested the help of a state mediator.
Union Organizing

City Attorney seeks to keep Portland’s $11-an-hour park rangers from joining union

All 15 rangers have signed union cards, but City says they don't belong
Union Organizing

City park rangers tell Mayor Hales they want a union

City of Portland park rangers make $11 an hour, with no benefits and layoffs after nine months.
Our Jobs

City of Portland settles with Local 483: No more contracting out at Parks & Rec

Laborers 483 has a win in a decade-long struggle over contracting out at Portland Parks and Rec.
Collective bargaining

Unions wary as Portland bargaining begins amid plans for cuts

Job security will be a top concern in bargaining between the City of Portland and a union coalition
Politics

Laborers 483 backs Jefferson Smith for mayor

The local represents City workers who maintain streets, parks, and water treatment.
Building our communities

Homeless camp gets union sponsors

But city fines are mounting for Right 2 Dream Too
Portland

To halt layoffs and rescue schools, Mayor Adams dips into little-known internal funds

City workers sigh relief, but wonder: Why a budget rollercoaster when money there all along?
Our Jobs

Laborers to Portland City Council: Stop the Cuts

Looking to avert cuts in roads and parks, union finds $120 million in an obscure City fund.
Our Jobs

Workers slam planned cuts to Portland roads and parks

Laborers Local 483 members turn out for a protest near Legacy hospital.
Politics

Laborers get an audience with City authorities

Laborers Local 483 went before Portland City Council Nov. 16 … and got about the usual response.
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.
National

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

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

Occupy Portland: 10,000 march to protest Wall Street misrule

Local unionists marched, brought food, and stood in support of Occupy Portland.
Oregon/Washington

Oregon AFL-CIO 52nd Convention

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