Oregon AFL-CIO Archives - Page 6 of 23

Trainor launches campaign to lead Oregon AFL-CIO

Apr 16, 2019

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

America’s top union leader pops into Portland

Apr 16, 2019

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

Jan 30, 2019

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

Nov 13, 2018

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

Sep 5, 2018

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

Missouri voters trounce ‘right-to-work’

Aug 21, 2018

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

Portland City Council approves resolution on the rights of Uber drivers

May 24, 2018

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.

Several top Oregon union leaders arrested

May 15, 2018

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

Remembering workers who died on the job

May 1, 2018

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.

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

Apr 30, 2018

Commissioner Nick Fish says an ordinance to set up a driver “Wage Board” will get May 24 hearing.