July 5, 2002

Labor headlines from the July 5, 2002, edition of the Northwest Labor Press

Thousands of people rallied June 27 to back members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose contract with port operators, covering 10,500 workers, expired July 1.

Seniors buy drugs, save money on cross-border 'Rx Express'

Bus trips from United States cities to Canada - where prescription drugs are substantially cheaper than in the U.S. - were undertaken to dramatize the exploding cost older Americans must pay for prescription drugs and the need for a Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Portland School Board closer to contracting custodial jobs; Habilitation Center headed for labor's boycott list

Like a train wreck in slow motion, the Portland School Board moved closer toward ending employment for several hundred union custodians with a June 24 vote to approve its 2002-2003 budget.