Oregon AFL-CIO Archives

With members of UFCW Local 555 on strike, the Oregon AFL-CIO and Northwest Oregon Labor Council have designated Kaiser as an unfair employer.

Staff changes at OPEIU Local 11, Oregon AFSCME, Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon Building Trades, and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’s office.

Over 210 delegates and 100 honorary delegates and guests assembled Sept. 21-23 in Bend for the state’s biggest labor gathering.

Larry Taylor is on a mission: training members on how to use the tools of democracy in their unions.

Sarina Roher is a Kaiser Permanente RN and executive secretary of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP).

A bill to toughen OSHA penalties is on its way to Governor Kotek’s desk after committee room drama and a failed GOP attempt to gut the bill.

Want to show union solidarity? Consider voting in school board races. Local elections affect communities and the workers that live there.

SB 594 would add demolition and hazardous waste removal to the requirement that prevailing wage be paid on public construction projects.

Oregon workers are geared up to make real progress during this year’s in-person legislative session, which kicked off on January 17.

Several key laws championed by the Oregon labor movement went into effect this month, affirming Oregon’s reputation of being “Union Strong.”