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Collective bargaining

TriMet pulls plug on ATU’s annual picnic

ATU Local 757 may join other union picnicking at Oaks Park on Labor Day.
Politics

Union-backed candidates, measures do well in May primary

Six graduates of the Oregon Labor Candidates School won election in May
Politics

Portland-area labor endorsements for May 21 election

Portland fluoridation fails to get 2/3 at NOLC, but labor endorses Metro levy, school board races
Politics

Sequester Out!

At a ‘sit-in’ with U.S. lawmakers Bonamici and Schrader, unionists talk about sequestration cuts
Worker safety

Unions to remember fallen workers

Oregon workers who died on the job last year will be remembered at ceremonies in Portland and Salem
Building our communities

Labor’s ‘Presents from Partners’ brightens the holidays for hundreds of children, families

The annual holiday party for children of out-of-work union members was Dec. 15.
Politics

AFSCME, labor council back water district recall

Clackamas River Water District has become so dysfunctional,workers say board must go.
Jobs

Developers agree proposed Wood Village casino will be built union

Voters would first have to approve allowing a private casino just east of Portland.
Politics

NW Oregon Labor Council endorses Lehan for Clackamas County chair

She’s up against Tea Party candidate John Ludlow to head Oregon's third-largest county.
Trade

AFL-CIO pushes tax break to “bring jobs home”

The Bring Jobs Home Act would also end tax deductibility for offshoring expenses.
Portland

A union guide to the Portland mayor’s race

Each of the three leading candidates has some labor support.
Health Care

Wyden tells labor he opposes Medicare “vouchers”

But Wyden favors "premium support" for those wanting private insurance instead of Medicare.
Worker safety

Unions to remember fallen workers

Oregon workers who died on the job last year will be remembered at ceremonies in Portland and Salem.
Politics

Labor council will sit out primary races for Portland mayor and City Council #1

Labor support was divided among frontrunners Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales, and Jefferson Smith.
Building our communities

Labor’s ‘Presents from Partners’ brightens holidays for hundreds

“Presents from Partners” is an annual holiday party for children of out-of-work union members.
Union democracy

Tackett, Petroff re-elected to Northwest Oregon Labor Council

Officers will be sworn in at the Jan. 23 delegates meeting.
Portland

OrAFL-CIO, NOLC relocate to old Machinists hall

Local Machinist HQ is now in Gladstone, and its old office is being rehabbed as a multi-union hive.
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