Labor headlines from the April 7, 2000, edition of the Northwest Labor Press

Boeing workers stand together, win together

After 40 days and nights on the picket lines in the biggest white-collar strike ever, victorious Boeing Co. engineers, technicians and other professional workers jubilantly marched back to work March 20.

School custodians stop plan to replace them with students, other volunteers

A rapid mobilization by union custodians at Portland Public Schools may have staved off planned staff cuts.

Oregon will be test state for national AFL-CIO's 'New Alliance' program

The national AFL-CIO Executive Council has selected Oregon as one of nine states to proceed with implementation of its "New Alliance" program.

Teacher union head debates Bill Sizemore

After listening to debate about teachers' unions, college students side with union leader over Bill Sizemore.

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