Oregon AFL-CIO Archives - Page 8 of 23

Labor highlights from the 2017 Oregon Legislature

Aug 1, 2017

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

Some wins, some major disappointments in Legislature

Jul 25, 2017

Oregon deserves better.

Gary Will, 1938 – 2017

Jun 30, 2017

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

Unions react to the MAX killings

Jun 2, 2017

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

At the Oregon Legislature: Labor’s agenda inches forward

May 3, 2017

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

Union ceremony remembers workers who died on the job

May 2, 2017

Sixty-six Oregon workers lost their lives to preventable accidents in 2016.

Sewer pipe scuttles Oregon AFL-CIO plan to turn HQ into worker housing

Apr 26, 2017

The plan, conceived last spring, was for union pension funds to finance a multi-story union-built project.

Lon Imel, 1929-2017

Mar 15, 2017

Imel, a unionist since 1951, headed the NW Oregon Labor Council and served as labor liaison for Congressmembers Les AuCoin and Elizabeth Furse.

At the Oregon Legislature: A Robust Labor Agenda

Feb 28, 2017

Labor muscle helped elect many of Oregon’s legislators. Now Oregon unions are mobilizing behind an agenda of fair taxes, good jobs, and expanded protections for workers rights. Here are some recent highlights.

Oregon labor gearing up for high-stakes legislative session

Dec 14, 2016

Labor will push for transportation funding and family leave and fair workweek laws, while grappling with a $1.7 billion budget shortfall.