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Workers Rights

Portland City Council approves resolution on the rights of Uber drivers

A city bureau has six months to come up with a proposal for a City oversight body focused on wages, dispute resolution, and other issues.
Collective bargaining

Several top Oregon union leaders arrested

Ten union leaders and supporters refused to leave the offices of nonprofit Volunteers of America Portland, which has stonewalled union bargaining.
Worker safety

Remembering workers who died on the job

Attending the NW Oregon Labor Council's Workers Memorial Day service were nearly 50 family members of a road construction flagger who was struck and killed by a drunk driver May 23, 2017.
Workers Rights

AFL-CIO calls on Portland to give Uber drivers a voice

Commissioner Nick Fish says an ordinance to set up a driver "Wage Board" will get May 24 hearing.
Union Organizing

Burgerville Workers Union expects to call for a union election

If a majority votes yes at the 92nd and Powell location, it could be the nation's first official union at a fast food chain.
Oregon

Oregon AFL-CIO issues May primary recommendations

Kurt Schrader and Peter DeFazio weren't on the list.
Oregon

Oregon tax on hospitals and insurers will go to voters in January

To preserve Medicaid funding, Oregon AFL-CIO urges yes vote.
Culture

University of Oregon LERC celebrates 40 years of support for labor

The $1 million a year university extension program helps unions with training and research.
Union democracy

2017 Oregon AFL-CIO convention report

Delegates endorsed Oregon governor Kate Brown for another term, heard about attacks on union rights in other states, and passed resolutions on race, immigration, and women’s issues.
Politics

Oregon AFL-CIO scorecard for the 2017 Oregon Legislature

Every year, the Oregon AFL-CIO advocates in the state legislature on behalf of workers  — and reports on which lawmakers are friends where it counts.
Politics

Face time with the governor

Before addressing delegates, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown sat down with the Labor Press.
Union democracy

President’s address

Excerpts from the 2017 convention speech of Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain.
Labor History

United Way’ers, labor partners from across the country take part in ‘Labor Walk’

The 1.7-mile-walk through downtown Portland stopped at spots important to local labor history.
Jobs

New Convention Center hotel will be union built

And likely union operated, as Hyatt signs a neutrality agreement with UNITE HERE Local 8
Comment

Labor Day: It’s about solidarity

When unions stand together to move an agenda, great things happen for workers.
Politics

Labor highlights from the 2017 Oregon Legislature

Lawmakers passed landmark labor laws, but dropped the ball on tax fairness and housing.
Comment

Some wins, some major disappointments in Legislature

Oregon deserves better.
In Memoriam

Gary Will, 1938 – 2017

Will spent 31 years as a local and national representative of the Machinists Union.
Building our communities

Unions react to the MAX killings

One of the murdered Good Samaritans was a union member at the City of Portland.
Oregon

At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda inches forward

Will the Oregon Legislature ban anti-union ‘right-to-work’ ordinances?
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