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Northwest Oregon Labor Council
Building our communities
NW Oregon Labor Council Annual Labor Awards
Over a dozen union members were honored for outstanding contributions to labor and the community June 3 at an annual appreciation dinner.
Union democracy
Laurie Wimmer picked to lead Northwest Oregon Labor Council
After a lifetime of engagement with labor and politics, Wimmer brings decades of high-level experience to the job.
Union democracy
Laurie Wimmer to lead NW Oregon Labor Council
Retired teachers union lobbyist Laurie Wimmer was elected unopposed Feb. 27 for executive secretary-treasurer of NW Oregon Labor Council.
Culture
Labor Day picnic will return in 2023—but not at Oaks Park
The Northwest Oregon Labor Council's event, which drew 12,000 in a typical year, went on hiatus during the COVID pandemic.
Union democracy
Cottrill and Wimmer contend for NOLC top office
Executive secretary-treasurer, a full-time staff position, has been vacant since Thomas Mosher left in November.
Union democracy
Northwest Oregon Labor Council needs top officer
The executive secretary-treasurer leads a local council of the AFL-CIO with 76 local union affiliates totaling 53,000 union members.
Union democracy
Thomas Mosher exits Labor Council for job in PA
In August, he got an offer he couldn’t turn down: return to his former home of Philadelphia to work for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.
Union democracy
SAG-AFTRA officer moves on
Union actor Harold Phillips is wrapping up a run as a Portland-area labor activist after close to three decades in the city.
Culture
Why the Oaks Park Labor Day picnic is no more
Event organizers say the long-running annual picnic was killed off by the park’s own management, which implemented a slew of recent changes.
Union democracy
New top officer at Northwest Oregon Labor Council
Thomas Mosher succeeds Bob Tackett, who retired, as executive secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.
Union democracy
Three nominees vie to lead Labor Council
Fiona Yau-Luu, Eva Rippeteau and Thomas Spisak-Mosher are running to be the next secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.
People
Bob Tackett heads home
Bob Tackett will return to Arkansas after decades of Oregon union involvement, most recently with the Northwest Oregon Labor Council.
Union democracy
UFCW rejoins NW Oregon Labor Council
Local 555 represents grocery workers. Both before it left and now that it’s back, Local 555 was NOLC’s largest affiliate.
Multnomah County
Unions backing Jessica Vega Pederson for Multnomah County Chair
Delegates to the Northwest Oregon Labor Council voted to endorse Jessica Vega Pederson for Multnomah County Chair at their Feb. 28 meeting.
Washington County
Labor-backed Hartmeier-Prigg wins run-off for Beaverton council
Hartmeier-Prigg was backed by NW Oregon Labor Council, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 and Tualatin Fire Fighters Local 1660.
Union democracy
Teamster Tully elected as Second VP at NOLC
Teamsters Local 223 president Dave Tully was elected in a contested roll call vote at the Sept. 27 delegate meeting.
Worker safety
COVID close call
IBEW rep Scott Zadow, hospitalized with the virus, says COVID is no joke. This month local labor is partnering PBGC to host vaccine clinics.
Culture
Labor Day picnics cancelled
For the second year in a row, all official Labor Day picnics in Oregon and SW Washignton are cancelled due to the continuing pandemic.
Oregon
Oregon labor’s May 18 ballot scorecard
In Oregon's May 2021 election, unions and labor councils got active in races for school boards, and won nearly three in four.
Union democracy
Northwest Oregon Labor Council elects new officers by acclamation
UNION MADE: Scott Zadow, Northwest Oregon Labor Council's newly elected president, grew up part of a firmly union family and followed his father and uncle into IBEW Local 48. His wife, Brandy Lalland, is a teacher and member of the teachers’ union at David Douglas School District. From left are their daughters Abigail Cram and twins Addison and Sophia Zadow.
