Oregon AFL-CIO Archives - Page 5 of 23

New leadership at the Oregon AFL-CIO

Oct 2, 2019

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

Sep 18, 2019

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

THE UNITER

Sep 5, 2019

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

Coming up: Oregon AFL-CIO biennial convention

Sep 4, 2019

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!

Aug 16, 2019

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

Aug 1, 2019

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

Aug 1, 2019

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

Jul 3, 2019

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

Jun 18, 2019

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

Jun 6, 2019

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