Tina Kotek Archives - nwLaborPress

Bob Livingston, who spent the last 20 years at the Oregon State Fire Fighters Council, will serve as Kotek’s legislative director and labor liaison.

Tina Kotek has appeared at union meetings and alongside numerous labor allies in the days leading up to the election.

As House speaker for nine years, Democratic candidate for governor Tina Kotek delivered landmark union-backed legislation year after year.

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.