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Labor celebrates election night
victories
Labor enjoyed one of its most successful elections in more than
a decade — in Oregon, Washington, and nationally — on
Nov. 7.
Carpenters organizer
faces prison, deportation
In a case that has brought immigration controversy to the heart
of a local union, a Portland-area labor organizer is facing prison
and deportation, stemming from the fact that he was in the United
States illegally.
AFT
readies long union drive among 3,000 nurses at Legacy Health Systems
A unionizing campaign has been quietly under way for about two years
at Legacy Health System. Portland-headquartered Legacy has five
hospitals and various other facilities in Oregon and Southwest Washington,
and employs 3,000 registered nurses; none are currently represented
by a union.
Cement Masons’
Del French to retire after 36 years
Del French, a general vice president of the Operative Plasterers
and Cement Masons International Association of the United States
and Canada, will retire at the end of the year.
Analysis
Think again
A regular column by Tim Nesbitt
Unions
helped to turn the tide of Oregon politics
That wasn't a political sneaker wave that hit Oregon on Nov. 7 this
year. It was the cresting of a new tide.
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