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Politics

Oregon labor gearing up for high-stakes legislative session

Labor will push for transportation funding and family leave and fair workweek laws, while grappling with a $1.7 billion budget shortfall.
Politics

Election night yields mixed scorecard for Oregon labor

Labor held the line in most races, but several losses stung.
Politics

Portland City Council looks at public campaign finance system to magnify the voice of small donors

Backed by unions and community groups, Commissioner Amanda Fritz hopes to pass it by the end of the year.
Workers Rights

Portland City Council passes fair scheduling resolution

The non-binding resolution encourages all Portland employers to review their scheduling practices.
Collective bargaining

Grocery workers ratify new UFCW union contracts

The Oregon and Southwest Washington contracts raise wages and maintain health benefits.
Union democracy

UFCW’s Jeff Anderson elected president of Northwest Oregon Labor Council

In a roll-call vote, Anderson outpolled Jeff Klatke, president of Oregon AFSCME.
Oregon

Governor Brown appoints two labor nominees to workers’ comp committee

Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.
Collective bargaining

At the ‘Big 3’ grocers, bargaining begins with UFCW

Despite a new Oregon law, sick leave may still be an object of contention in the contract talks
Collective bargaining

HIGH-ROAD EMPLOYER

UFCW secures its first union contract for cannabis workers in Oregon
Oregon

A landmark session, but Oregon labor wanted more

A big Democratic majority led to high expectations, but Oregon lawmakers balked at minimum wage and other labor priorities
Union Organizing

Food Front Cooperative Grocery workers vote to unionize

Workers want the stability of a union contract, pay transparency, and a grievance process
Labor History

A look back: Astoria’s radical immigrant labor past

Astoria, the U.S. oldest western settlement, was a waterfront boomtown full of radical immigrants
Oregon

Labor gets ready for an action-packed session of the Oregon Legislature

With strong Democratic majorities in the state house and senate, the mood is optimistic
Union democracy

UFCW Local 555 rejoins Oregon AFL-CIO

Affiliation brings an additional 17,500 members to the state labor federation
Politics

UFCW Local 555 emerging as a political force in Oregon

Members fund sick leave campaigns and a third party strategy that doesn’t give up on rural areas
Politics

Oregon unions endorse Ballot Measure 91 to legalize marijuana

Most unions are taking no position, but UFCW and two AFSCME locals recommend a yes vote
Workers Rights

Labor steps up big-time to help pass paid Eugene sick leave

Supporters vow to hold County Commissioners accountable for attempt to thwart Eugene
Jobs

Building trades lobby in support of ConnectOregon V

Building trades union members turn out to counter environmental opponents of coal and oil projects
Politics

Marijuana legalization heading for the Oregon ballot, with likely union support

Meanwhile, paid petitioners go on strike at competing legalization campaign
Workers Rights

City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments

City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555
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