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Collective bargaining

Multnomah County workers ratify new contract with $15 minimum wage

About 160 workers will get raises under the new minimum
People

Lobbyist Mary Botkin to leave Oregon AFSCME after 31 years

Botkin plans to begin a practice as a contract lobbyist in Salem.
In Memoriam

Steven Fritz, 1960-2014

The OSH psychiatrist was head of his AFSCME local and husband to Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz
Building our communities

Labor joins with business to raise funds to knock out cancer

Phil Knight’s $500 million pledge spurs labor to join business for OHSU cancer research
People

Longtime AFSCME rep Rick Henson retires

Henson started as a Carpenter, became head of SEIU Local 49, and returned to serve AFSCME
Workers Rights

Supreme Court decision in Harris v Quinn creates “right-to-work” situation for home care workers

Noel Canning, a separate decision, will create bureaucratic headache for the NLRB.
Politics

Mixed bag for labor in Oregon’s short legislative session

No big gains, but no setbacks either.
Oregon

‘Right-to-work’ initiative dropped

Sponsors of two anti-union initiative petitions — including a so-called right-to-work measure for public employees — have agreed to withdraw their measures aimed at...
Collective bargaining

Workers consider strike after City of Portland worsens its offer

City appears in no hurry to reach deal with 1,600 workers in the DCTU
Politics

AFSCME 88 backs Bailey for Multnomah County Commission

The three-term legislator defied Kitzhaber over PERS cuts
Union democracy

New leadership at AFSCME Local 88

The union of Multnomah County workers faces a political election and contract bargaining in 2014
Oregon

Union-backed Oregon group files anti-antiunion initiatives

If it gets more votes than an antiunion initiative, it would prevail
Collective bargaining

Oregon unions sign tentative pacts for 22,000 state workers

SEIU and AFSCME members will get modest cost-of-living raises
Union democracy

Jeff Klatke elected president of Oregon AFSCME

He succeeds Gary Gillespie, who did not seek re-election.
In Memoriam

Bill Fritz, 1945-2013

A labor educator, he headed the Portland office of UO's Labor Education and Research Center
Building our communities

New union storefront on Barbur

OHSU Local 328, AFSCME’s largest, buys nearby storefront
In Memoriam

James Hester, 1957-2012

Lung cancer took the life of the union rep and former head of AFSCME Local 189.
Health Care

Health insurance ate my pension

What some unions are doing about out-of-control health care costs
Politics

Jobs will again top labor agenda at Oregon Legislature

Lawmakers will push to lessen outsourcing, put trades to work, and divest from Wall Street banks.
Portland

Labor marches in solidarity with Occupy Portland

In a march called by labor organizations, Portlanders turn out to show support for Occupy Portland.
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