Oregon AFL-CIO Archives

AFSCME Local 2619 member Christy O’Neill resigned as secretary-treasurer of the Oregon AFL-CIO at the Sept. 7 meeting of its executive board.

The only way for Oregon to continue to be a national leader for workers’ rights is by electing Tina Kotek this November.

The Inflation Reduction Act has strong support from the American labor movement due to the benefits it includes for working people.

As we saw with the heat wave in June 2021, human lives are on the line, and it is absolutely critical that we have strong rules in place.

Liz Shuler’s re-election to her first full term as AFL-CIO president marks a historic and proud moment for the Oregon labor movement.

As the Supreme Court prepares to overturn Roe v. Wade, the labor community has a responsibility to stand up and fight back.

In 1993 U of O grad Liz Shuler went to work at Portland-based IBEW Local 125, her father’s local. Today she’s America’s top union leader.

The March 18-20 Oregon AFL-CIO convention was the first since the pandemic, and the first union event at the Hyatt Regency Portland.

Delegates will see debates between candidates for governor and labor commissioner, and will honor outstanding union members and lawmakers.

In Oregon’s May 2021 election, unions and labor councils got active in races for school boards, and won nearly three in four.