Union democracy

Local still suffering nearly 30 percent unemployment

Meanwhile, mid-strike, members vote in new union leadership.

Former president Joe Munger and vice president Kathy Bonogofski switch places.

Shropshire outpolled Lou Christensen, assistant to the business manager, 897 to 655.

The LiUNA 320 member will be among a handful of women nationally to lead a building trades council.

Lansing ran unopposed for a third three-year term.

Officers will be sworn in at the Jan. 23 delegates meeting.

Local 16 business agent John Candioto was appointed to complete Phillips' term.

The merger brings IBEW Local 48 to around 3,800 members.

IBEW Local 48 business manager Clif Davis will chair a pension fund with assets of over $600 million.

Oregon's largest private-sector union holds a leadership vote.

Keith Wright retired Sept. 1 after nearly six years as business manager of 600-member Bricklayers Local 1.

Portland Iron Worker Lee Worley has gone to work for the international union in DC.

At a time when labor is under attack, delegates put aside differences to declare “We are one”

A Sept. 26-28 meeting of the state labor federation will draw some of the state's top political figures.

Meg Niemi — union organizer and longshoreman's stepdaughter — won election at 9,000-member SEIU 49.

Now it's Portland Federation of School Professionals Local 111.

He succeeds Michael Thompson, who stepped down mid-term.

Members will need to show unity as multiple contracts come up for renewal.

The state AFL-CIO released its ranking of Washington lawmakers, and it wasn't pretty.