Union democracy

Delegates representing hundreds of affiliated unions gathered July 16-18 to set policy and recognize outstanding contributions.

Members of ATU Local 757 have voted TriMet bus operator Bruce Hansen back in as president — nine years after he left office.

ALU represents about 8,300 workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island, New York. But they've struggled to win a first contract.

Drew Lindsey, business manager since 2015, opted not to run again this year. Dispatcher Lynn McDonald outpolled VP Bob Sapp to succeed him.

Taylor Almond was a newborn on her first visit to the Bakers Local 114 office. On March 22, age 29, she was appointed the local’s top officer.

In his first week as business manager, Elder hired seven new staff, filling a vacancy and replacing six others he let go.

Corey Hope Nicholson will represent AFSCME’s six-state Northwest Region as vice president on the union’s national executive board.

The rep assigned to investigate hopes to conclude within a month, at which point the results would be upheld or a new election ordered.

Andrew Davis, a machinist and chief steward at the Clarios auto battery plant in Canby, says he'll work to get members more involved.

In his third run for UA 290 business manager, longtime benefit trustee Paul Elder outpolled incumbent Joe Neely and three others.

Delegates to the Columbia-Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council elected Kevin Lux as executive secretary-treasurer Jan. 2.

Delegates approved a slate of mostly incumbent officers at the organization’s Nov. 27 meeting. They serve four-year terms.

A new Western States Regional Council of Carpenters spans 12 Western states and totals almost 90,000 union members.

Local 555 withdrew last month from the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, a group that bargains for Kaiser employees in seven states.

Over 210 delegates and 100 honorary delegates and guests assembled Sept. 21-23 in Bend for the state’s biggest labor gathering.

The council, made up of 27 AFL-CIO-affiliated local unions, held its convention Sept. 26-28 at Running Y Ranch near Klamath Falls.

The union has suffered from significant internal turmoil in recent years.

Larry Taylor is on a mission: training members on how to use the tools of democracy in their unions.

Before it became a division of the Teamsters in 2004, the union was known as the Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU).

Local 737 represents laborers in construction, shipyards, and road maintenance, plus several hundred public works employees.