Labor headlines from the March 20, 1998, edition of the Northwest Labor Press

Portland janitors take to streets for justice

Janitors in the Portland metropolitan area are taking their battle to improve wages and benefits to the streets and in the lobbies of large office buildings as part of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 49's "Justice for Janitors."

State labor federation prioritizes political plans

The Oregon AFL-CIO has put into "abeyance" its plans to try to place a tax fairness initiative on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

WSLC glad Legislature is out

It's over. And the reviews are already coming in: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Politics won, substance didn't." Seattle Times: "What a frustrating, unproductive outing."