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SAG-AFTRA officer moves on

Oct 6, 2022

Union actor Harold Phillips is wrapping up a run as a Portland-area labor activist after close to three decades in the city.

SAG Awards set for Feb. 27

Feb 16, 2022

Tired of the tedium, the pomposity, the gaffes of the annual Academy Awards? That’s management’s award ceremony.

Spreading the union’s inspiration by air and by internet

Aug 19, 2020

A new web project showcases and connects more than four dozen labor podcasts and radio shows from around the nation.

Laid-off costume department workers volunteer to make protective masks

Apr 1, 2020

Hospitals and home health care workers are facing a shortage of masks, and are calling for donations.

Class struggle takes the stage at the 2020 SAG Awards

Jan 21, 2020

The union’s top award went to the Korean cast of Parasite, the runaway hit dark comedy that depicts a working class family that connives to escape dire poverty by getting jobs as servants for a rich family.

Robert Blanche, 1962-2020

Jan 15, 2020

The former president of the Portland local of SAG-AFTRA was best known for playing Sgt. Franco on NBC’s Grimm.

This year’s SAG awards watch party will raise money for a union actor who’s fighting for his life

Dec 27, 2018

Local SAG-AFTRA president Robert Blanche is battling complications from a double lung transplant.

This union’s got talent

Jan 23, 2018

Portland-area SAG-AFTRA members met up to watch their union’s televised award ceremony for the most outstanding performances in film and television.

Union-made gift ideas

Nov 29, 2017

Buying any gifts this holiday season? If you buy union, you help keep good jobs in the community, and vote with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.

KGW returns to labor peace

Mar 24, 2017

A long-festering union dispute comes to a close as the third union at KGW-TV ratifies a new contract.