Tina Kotek Archives - nwLaborPress

In the Oregon governor’s race, those unions that have endorsed in the Democratic primary are lining up in support of Tina Kotek.

The endorsements were decided by hundreds of delegates at a two-day virtual convention of the union’s political action committee.

The latest unions to endorse the former Oregon House speaker are Northwest Carpenters and SEIU Locals 503 and 49, totaling 96,000 members.

Since Oregon Building Trades Council backed her at its September convention, eight other labor groups have endorsed Tina Kotek for governor.

Legislative aides don’t have the right to unionize after all, says Oregon’s Attorney General in objections on behalf of the Legislature.

Republicans wanted deeper cuts, Oregon’s House Speaker Tina Kotek and fellow Portland House Democrat Rob Nosse told public sector union members.

Democrats led the charge to divert up to 2.5 percent of public worker pay to shore up PERS.

This year, like almost every year, the most important bills that might have benefited working people died in the majority-Democratic Oregon Senate.

At a time when labor is under attack, delegates put aside differences to declare “We are one”

A Sept. 26-28 meeting of the state labor federation will draw some of the state’s top political figures.