November is Labor History Month in Oregon and the Portland-based Northwest Oregon Labor Council (NOLC) is planning or participating in a series of events.
Using news and information as an organizing tool -- and training organizers and unionists to be better communicators -- were main themes of the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) convention in Pittsburgh, Penn.
The Oregon AFL-CIO has received a $100,000 grant from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to form a statewide labor-management committee.
Employees at Siemens Solar Industries -- new members of Machinists Lodge 1374 -- ratified a first-ever collective bargaining agreement, announced Business Representative Don Wheeler.
