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RUNNING FOR OFFICE: Jonathan Tasini

Oct 17, 2024

A labor strategist wants Portland to be a policy trailblazer again.

Jobs

Portland City Council questions USPS plans

Feb 16, 2024

Portland City Council is asking the U.S. Postal Service to hold a local public hearing about its plan to consolidate mail sorting in Oregon.

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Union officer launches run for Portland City Council

Sep 14, 2023

Housing Bureau employee Chris Flanary, a member of AFSCME Local 189, is one of the first to file for the all-new Portland City Council.

Collective bargaining

City Council says new auditor was wrong to make deal with workers

Apr 6, 2023

Simone Rede, newly installed as Portland City Auditor, didn’t think a first union contract needed to be so hard.

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Unions split over Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council, but most are backing her challenger Vadim Mozyrsky

Apr 30, 2022

Half the unions that backed Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council four years ago are now endorsing her challenger, Vadim Mozyrsky.

Jobs

Will Portland’s plan for high-road jobs survive the pullout of Broadway Corridor developer?

Nov 17, 2021

Unions and community groups want to know if a landmark agreement on the massive Broadway Corridor redevelopment project still stands.

Portland

Exit interview: Amanda Fritz

Dec 16, 2020

Amanda Fritz, a former psychiatric nurse and member of Oregon Nurses Association, talks about her 12 years at Portland City Council.

Jobs

New Pearl District neighborhood: union-built

Oct 5, 2020

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler called it one of the most complex and ambitious development projects the City has ever taken on.

Jobs

Former USPS site will be a model of high-road development

Sep 1, 2020

Portland City Council is scheduled to vote Sept. 23 on an agreement that will ensure years of employment for union construction trades workers and enhanced opportunities in construction for women and minorities.

Jobs

Breakthrough on community benefits agreement for Broadway Corridor

Aug 7, 2020

The 12-block public-private project on the former post office site will use union labor.

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AFL-CIO forum brings Portland City hall contenders to union hall

Mar 5, 2020

Three months before the election, 12 candidates pitched themselves to 180 unionists.

Workers Rights

Portland Uber driver advisory board holds its first meeting

Oct 30, 2019

A newly formed nine-member committee will come up with suggestions for new regulations that Portland City Council could pass in order to improve conditions for drivers and the riding public.

Jobs

Municipal broadband now before Portland City Council

Oct 31, 2018

Multnomah County and four other cities are waiting for Portland City Council to authorize its share of funding for a study of what it would cost to install fiber-optic cable door to door.

Portland

AFSCME Local 189 backs Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council

Jul 16, 2018

In the May primary, Local 189 backed Andrea Valderrama for that seat, but she placed fourth in a six-candidate field.

Workers Rights

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.

Workers Rights

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.

Portland

Huge tenant win at Portland City Council

Feb 14, 2017

It’s the closest thing to rent control: All but the smallest landlords will pay tenants a relocation fee of up to $4,500 if they raise rent more than 10 percent or issue a no-cause eviction.

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