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Oregon AFL-CIO
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‘Wages, hours and working conditions’ not enough: Unions must speak for all workers
Immigration, same sex marriage … today's unions have moved beyond a 1980s agenda.
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
Portland
Unanimous City Council: Portland workers will have sick leave
How a labor and community alliance improved life for over 250,000 workers
Workers Rights
Sick leave mandate causes concern among building trades unions
Union leaders say it could get tricky in a high-wage, short-term industry like construction
Politics
Oregon Legislature moves on prevailing wage, union-busting, PERS, and tuition equity
Tuition equity, backed by Oregon AFL-CIO, moved swiftly to the governor's signature.
Union democracy
Oregon Nurses Association joins American Federation of Teachers
ONA says the move will enhance nurses' voice in an era of hospital consolidation and cost-cutting
Jobs
For soon-released inmates, hope of a union construction career
A first-time skills class prepares 16 female inmates for high-wage construction jobs on release
National
Oregon AFL-CIO E-Board endorses immigration reform
A national poll shows union member support for immigration reform.
Building our communities
AFL-CIO touts filmed-in-Portland HBO documentary American Winter
Eight Portland families struggle, in documentary airing March 18
Union Organizing
Five years in, still no flood of unionization through card check
Just 2,487 public employees have unionized since Oregon's card check law passed.
Politics
Labor readies agenda for the 2013 Oregon Legislature
On the agenda: Columbia River Crossing, public sector union-busting, prevailing wage, and PERS.
Jobs
Oregon State Capitol becomes Niketown for a day
Building trades and the Oregon AFL-CIO support the tax method freeze for big companies.
Workers Rights
PIRG fundraiser fires entire bargaining team
A manager also threatens to close Portland call center as workers walk out in protest
Workers Rights
Portland City Council aims to mandate paid sick days by year’s end
If passed, Portland would join Seattle and San Francisco in a major advance for workers rights.
Politics
Clackamas County becomes an electoral battleground
Labor mounts ground game after foes pour money into county races
Politics
A union guide to the Oregon ballot
Priorities including re-electing Brown and Avakian and ending the corporate kicker.
Union Organizing
At TriMet Lift, contracted bus drivers say they want a union
A unit of 166 workers will vote on whether to join ATU Local 757.
National
Teachable moment
With a weeklong strike, Chicago teachers deliver a blow to a corporate agenda for schools
Workers Rights
City staff give green light to Union Cab
Staff are recommending approval of a worker-owned taxi co-op, and sweeping reform of taxi rules.
