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Laborers Local 483

Portland

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?
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.
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.
Union democracy

Oregon AFL-CIO 52nd Convention

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

DCTU reaches tentative contract with City of Portland

Following months of often contentious bargaining, a coalition of seven unions representing 1,800 city employees reached a tentative agreement with the City of Portland on a new three-year contract.
Collective bargaining

Portland parking meter techs win fight against outsourcing

Six parking meter technicians will get $28,300 each because City violated outsourcing rules
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