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Oregon AFL-CIO
Comment
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.
Jobs
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.
Workers Rights
Protest: Fred Meyer underpays women employees
A July 24 Oregon AFL-CIO rally at Fred Meyer called on the public to shop somewhere else.
Oregon
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.
Comment
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
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.
Union democracy
Trainor launches campaign to lead Oregon AFL-CIO
The state federation’s current leader, Tom Chamberlain, isn’t seeking re-election.
Union Organizing
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.
Oregon
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.
Politics
A night of wins for working people
Around the nation and in Oregon and Washington, union political efforts bore fruit on election night.
Workers Rights
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.
National
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.
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.
