Labor headlines from the August 16, 2002, edition of the Northwest Labor Pres
Falling stock prices leave PERS
under-funded
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The losses have added urgency to the discussion on how to cure the ails of a retirement system that all parties acknowledge is poorly structured and frustratingly complex.
Anti-union measures won't be
on November ballot
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Oregon's ballot measure line-up will not only be shorter this year, it will be a lot more friendly to working families, according to the Oregon AFL-CIO.
AFL-CIO blasts Bush threat of troops
versus longshore workers
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Bush Administration talk of sending troops to operate West Coast ports, ejecting International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) workers is the first such threat in almost half a century.
ATU 757 elects Zullo to lead union
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Al Zullo has been elected president/business representative of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 in a special election to fill the unexpired term of Ron Heintzman, who recently was appointed an international representative.
Civil Service Board orders reinstatement
of school custodians
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Law covering QRFs doesn't allow for 'grace period' to hire disabled workers
Labor's Own legislator: CWA's
Diane Rosenbaum
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Nearly 200,000 of Oregon's lowest-paid workers are getting $2,000 a year they might otherwise not have been paid; if you had to name the one person most responsible it would probably be State Representative Diane Rosenbaum.
AFL-CIO Summer School continues to
draw record crowds
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Nearly 200 union activists from various labor organizations - including 10 people from the labour movement in British Columbia - attended the Oregon AFL-CIO Summer School Aug. 2-4 at the University of Oregon.
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