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Oregon AFL-CIO

We need labor law reform

While every other member of the Democrat in Oregon’s Congressional delegation has signed onto the PRO Act as a co-sponsor, Congressman Kurt Schrader said he won't vote for the bill.

Portland Uber driver advisory board holds its first meeting

A newly formed nine-member committee will come up with suggestions for new regulations that Portland City Council could pass in order to improve conditions for drivers and the riding public.

Barbara Byrd wraps up 41-year career in labor movement

After 41 years as a labor educator and 14 years at the Oregon AFL-CIO, Barbara Byrd is retiring for real.

2019 Oregon AFL-CIO Convention Report

Delegates learned new words, like “cisgender,” charted a new political course, and passed the torch of leadership to a new generation.

New leadership at the Oregon AFL-CIO

Graham Trainor, 38, and Christy O’Neill, 32, won the unanimous support of delegates at the Oregon AFL-CIO's biennial convention.

Initiative to limit self-checkout grocery stations moves forward

Oregon AFL-CIO says self-checkout eliminates jobs and inconveniences customers.

THE UNITER

Tapped for the job at a time of crisis, Tom Chamberlain helped reunify Oregon’s labor movement.

Coming up: Oregon AFL-CIO biennial convention

Several hundred delegates and guests will hear from national and state union leaders, elect a new president and secretary-treasurer, and vote on dozens of policy resolutions.

Thank you for a great 14 years!

The only means to counter a corporate capitalist agenda is a strong union movement, says Oregon AFL-CIO president Tom Chamberlain in his final Labor Press column.

Backers of Major League Baseball sign ‘harmony agreement’ with labor

Once a baseball team is secured, a stadium built, and workers hired, unions in the harmony agreement will have access to workers within their jurisdictions, and can organize them via card-check.

Protest: Fred Meyer underpays women employees

A July 24 Oregon AFL-CIO rally at Fred Meyer called on the public to shop somewhere else.

How working people and unions fared in the 2019 session of the Oregon Legislature

Lawmakers passed paid family leave and boosted school budgets, but also cut public worker compensation and punted on climate.

We must not forget Oregon Democrats’ betrayal on PERS

Organized labor should hold accountable those who side with a corporate capitalist agenda at the expense of workers.

Oregon lawmakers vote to cut public employee retirement contributions

Democrats led the charge to divert up to 2.5 percent of public worker pay to shore up PERS.

Trainor launches campaign to lead Oregon AFL-CIO

The state federation’s current leader, Tom Chamberlain, isn’t seeking re-election.

America’s top union leader pops into Portland

National AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka was in Portland for an Organizing Summit — a training for unionists on organizing tactics, messaging around common sense economics, and how to build worker power in the wake of the Supreme Court’s anti-union Janus decision.

What’s at stake for working people in the 2019 Oregon Legislature

Majority Democrats have some big agenda items in the 2019 Oregon Legislature, including a carbon cap, renters rights, and revenue reform.

A night of wins for working people

Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.

Union coalition says it’s time to restore legal rights for workers and consumers

Companies are increasingly insisting that workers and consumers waive their legal rights through arbitration clauses.

Missouri voters trounce ‘right-to-work’

The anti-union law went down by more than 2-1. Oregon unionists, acting in solidarity, were there to lend a hand.