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Buffalo baristas form first Starbucks store union

Dec 16, 2021

Thirty down, 235,000 to go. On Dec. 9, mail ballots showed that workers at a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York voted 19 to 8 to unionize.

Trump’s new NAFTA labor rules to be tested

Jun 2, 2021

The AFL-CIO says 600 Mexican auto parts workers were fired in acts of retaliation for union activity—violating Mexico’s labor rights pledge.

John Sweeney, 1934-2021

Feb 17, 2021

Former national AFL-CIO president John Sweeney, who led an era of transformative change in America’s labor movement, died Feb. 1 at age 86.

The Fight for $15: The Right Wage for a Working America

Apr 1, 2016

An architect of Seattle’s $15 minimum wage has written a book about the surging 15 movement.

You take one of us on, you take all of us on

Jun 30, 2015

Portland Jobs With Justice carried out a three-hour-long protest June 17, including a rally outside City Hall calling for a $15 minimum wage, a delegation to Skanska in support of striking ironworkers, and the brief

Port of Portland passes new ‘social equity’ policy

Apr 16, 2015

New airline service contractors will have to hire 80% of their workers from the previous contractor

Airlines threaten to sue over modest labor reforms at PDX

Mar 19, 2015

Port of Portland proposal would require $13 total hourly compensation in future airport service contracts

PDX: a highly desirable workplace, for managers

Feb 17, 2015

Port of Portland hires a $197-an-hour consultant to develop its policy to help low-wage workers

Labor-backed alliance to push bold agenda in the state capitol

Jan 9, 2015

2015 could be a breakthrough year for pro-worker legislation

Port of Portland will consider a “social equity” policy for airport workers

Dec 12, 2014

PDX lags behind other West Coast airports in raising standards for low-wage service workers