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Primary election results: It’s Kulongoski vs. Saxton in November Incumbent Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski was the winner in the Democratic primary election for governor. At press time, he had 55 percent of the vote against challengers Jim Hill and Peter Sorenson. Labor federations reach accord on Solidarity Charters The Change to Win union federation is forming a new political organization, and says that after 2006, it will not renew the Solidarity Charters that allow local affiliates to remain a part of state and local AFL-CIO bodies. Williams Controls plans to lay off workers and move jobs to China Williams Controls — site of an 11-month strike that ended nearly three years ago — plans to lay off half its Portland production workforce and move work to its facility in Suzhou, China. Judge says prevailing wage law doesn't apply on PDC job A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge ruled May 3 that the state prevailing wage law doesn't apply to a Portland renovation project that is being partially financed with taxpayer dollars. Cancer claims Cornelia Murphy, 40, former Oregon AFSCME political staffer Friends and colleagues remember Murphy as an incredibly hard worker who lived life with gusto and was intensely proud to be part of the labor movement. Funny, irreverent and headstrong, Murphy had a talent for inspiring volunteers to get involved, and making them feel rewarded. ATU Local 757 members will represent Tri-Met at Rail Rodeo in New York There are no bucking broncs or charging bulls in the International Rail Rodeo; in fact, there's probably no safer, politer rodeo anywhere. But whoever wins at Coney Island, New York on June 10 will be considered the best rail transit operator in the nation. Former congressman David Bonior works for reform in U.S. labor law David Bonior, head of the union-backed group American Rights at Work, visited Portland May 5 as a guest of the City Club of Portland, an influential non-partisan civic affairs organization. Unions are in trouble, Bonior and other speakers said, and that does matter — to every worker. |
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