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Workers Rights

Union crushed at Eugene metal distributor Farwest Steel

When a campaign by United Steelworkers reared its head, the company’s reaction was swift and brutal.
Union Organizing

Veterans nursing home workers vote to stay union

At Veterans Care Centers of Oregon in The Dalles, workers voted 60 to 37 to remain in the United Steelworkers of America.
Union Organizing

Veterans Nursing Home workers join United Steelworkers

A group of 213 workers at a Lebanon, Oregon, nursing home for veterans won a union May 20.
Buying Union

Union-made gift ideas

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.
National

Bait and switch: Trump’s Carrier deal

The man who put his byline on the Art of the Deal pulls a fast one in Indiana as tough talk turns to tax giveaways.
Collective bargaining

At Malarkey Roofing Products, talk of a strike

The family-run company has hired a known union-buster to lead negotiations.
Union Organizing

In McMinnville, a recycled rubber factory goes union

Wages at Ultimate RB aren't high by union standards — around $12.50 an hour for production workers.
People

Steelworker honored for lifetime of service

Wayne Anderson once headed the Oregon Democratic Party.
Collective bargaining

USW reaches deal to end ATI lockout

New hires won't get pension benefits under the deal between USW and ATI.
Collective bargaining

NLRB says ATI lockout of Steelworkers is illegal

If a judge agrees, the company could owe over $50 million in back pay for locking out workers.
Collective bargaining

ATI locks out steelworkers in Albany and around the country

Final offer would slash health benefits and end pension for new hires
Collective bargaining

Steelworkers strike Anacortes, 8 other U.S. refineries

It is the union’s largest strike since 1980.
Workers Rights

Excelsior Packaging pays $175,000 to settle charges

The penalty is for refusing to bargain when it sold its Vancouver factory to Mercury Plastics.

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