| ‘First
responders’ respond to secret Bush plans for budget cuts
Local unions representing workers who would be “first responders”
in the event of a terrorist attack gathered outside a Portland fire station
June 2 to denounce plans by the Bush Administration to cut the budget
for homeland security defense — after the November 2004 election.
Waterfront
Project seeks more diversity in construction
New amendments
to the development agreement for the South Waterfront Central District
Project include a Workforce Diversity Strategy aimed at increasing the
participation of ethnic minorities and women in Portland-area union construction
trades and professions.
AFL-CIO
puts Wiederhorn, Fog Cutter on Unfair List
The CEO, who had dealings with Capital Consultants, pleads guilty to two
felony counts.
SEIU
503 loses election at Oregon Judicial Department
Oregon Judicial Department management made it clear to employees that
it was not in favor of the union drive, and in the final weeks before
the election, managers encouraged all employees to vote.
Sizemore
shifts his anti-union campaign to the local level
Bill Sizemore has found a new outlet for his anti-union obsession. Instead
of pursuing measures to restrict the use of union dues for political representation
at the state level, he has filed 17 anti-union initiatives in cities and
counties around Oregon.
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