Oregon AFL-CIO Archives - Page 10 of 23

Two state senate Dems with long ties to labor will leave office when their terms expire this year

The project – to be built under a project labor agreement – was backed by the Building Trades.

Lawmakers debate minimum wage, wage theft, UI for locked-out workers, and affordable housing.

The vote follows a campaign by Oregon Strong Voice Lane County, a project of the Oregon AFL-CIO.

Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.

In Oregon, U.S Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio say they will oppose the TPP.

At an industrial bakery in Gresham, low-wage workers want a union.

2015 was a year of victories and defeats for Oregon’s working people.

Businesses will have to wait ’til after a conditional job offer to do criminal background checks.

Nelson, a dedicated union organizer, was most recently Laborers Local 737 business manager.