September 3, 2010 Volume 111 Number 17
Portland
‘jobs’ town hall meeting with Trumka and Kitzhaber draws
over 500
National
AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, on a Aug. 23-24 visit to Portland,
rallied local union activists to stay politically active despite
disappointments, and to help elect John Kitzhaber as governor of
Oregon.
[AFL-CIO
President Rich Trumka (right) and gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber
listen to Nick Gaitaud of Steelworkers Local 7150 at an Aug. 23
gathering in Portland.]
Mohlis
to succeed Shiprack at Oregon State Building Trades Council
John Mohlis, executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Pacific
Building and Construction Trades Council, was elected by acclamation
to succeed Bob Shiprack as executive secretary of the Oregon State
Building Trades Council. Shiprack is retiring after 25 years at the
helm.
Fired
BrucePac workers reinstated
BrucePac,
a Willamette Valley cooked meat processor, has offered reinstatement
and back pay to three of the 17 union supporters it fired in June
2009.
NW
Labor Press anniversary issue
110 Years of Struggle and Success
Portland
unions in 1900 started the Labor Press because of the lack of coverage
of labor activities by the commercial press. Today, a decade into
its second century, the Labor Press pursues the same objectives.
Talented
staffers keep Labor Press humming
Over
the last 110 years the Labor Press has had a number of staffers.
Host
of unionists served on Labor Press board
Many,
many union leaders over the last 110 years have served the Labor Press
as members of its board of directors.
