Labor headlines from the January 21, 2000, edition of the Northwest Labor Press

Portland labor-management program saving tax dollars

To protect against privatization, unions that represent City of Portland employees have been involved in an ongoing partnership with management to cut costs.

Corvallis bus drivers get contract

After more than two years at the bargaining table, approximately 50 members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 employed at Laidlaw Transit Inc. have a first-time contract.

State wants to use inmate labor to build new women's prison in Wilsonville

Representatives from the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council are angry about a plan for 83,000 hours of construction work to be done by inmate labor in building the new Day Road women's prison in Wilsonville.