Union democracy

City of Portland union coalition has new leadership

DCTU—a coalition of six unions—negotiates a collective bargaining agreement that covers about 1,100 City of Portland employees in all.

Bakers Local 114 members reelect officers to new term

Local 114 represents 1,160 workers at wholesale bakeries and at Kroger, Safeway and Albertson’s who decorate cakes or bake from scratch.

Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council elects officers

The council coordinates project labor agreements and political activity for two dozen building trades unions totaling over 20,000 members.

Union coalitions at shipyards, Portland, PPS under new leadership

Local 290 rep Pat Christensen's retirement left vacant leadership spots at the Metal Trades and union councils at PPS and City of Portland.

Three more years for Clay and Anderson

UFCW Local 555 has seen fast growth and contract and legislative breakthroughs, but fights lie ahead.

Sheet Metal union restructures

The new SMART Northwest Regional Council covers 9,500 members in five locals in seven states.

Iron Workers Regional Shop Local 516 elects officers

All positions were unopposed.

Richartz reelected to lead Laborers Local 483

Local 483 represents over 1,000 workers who maintain roads, sewers and parks and staff rec facilities for Portland, Metro, Silverton, Mt. Angel, and PDX.

Introducing IUPAT Local 101

Drywall finishers in Oregon and Southwest Washington now have their own union local.

Travis Eri unopposed for a sixth three-year term at IBEW 125

Local 125 represents electric utility workers, power line clearance tree trimmers, and workers who construct and maintain transmission lines and substations in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.

OFNHP elects new set of leaders

Kaiser RN Jodi Barschow was elected to lead OFNHP at the head of a reform slate. Incumbent Adrienne Enghouse placed third.

Meet Jeff Gritz, new Laborers district council director

The Oregon and Southern Idaho District Council of Laborers has a new leader and a new crew.

Elevator Constructors Local 23 re-elects Randy Carmony

The 295 members of Local 23 build and maintain elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and dumbwaiters in Oregon and southwest Washington.

New leadership at Ironworkers Local 29

Challenger Jason Fussell outpolled incumbent Joe Bowers, becoming business manager effective Jan. 2.

UFCW Local 555 returns to original Kaiser union coalition

The union is leaving the recently-formed Alliance of Health Care Unions as of Jan. 1

NW Oregon Labor Council re-elects slate of officers

All ran unopposed for new four-year terms. Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle will officiate at a ceremonial swearing-in at the labor council’s Jan. 27 meeting.

New leadership at CWA Local 7901

Portland Jobs With Justice organizer A.J. Mendoza is the new president of the 635-member local.

Bricklayers Local 1 Oregon expands jurisdiction

BAC Local 1 Oregon now covers workers in Idaho, Montana, and portions of Washington.

2019 Oregon AFL-CIO Convention Report

Delegates learned new words, like “cisgender,” charted a new political course, and passed the torch of leadership to a new generation.

2019 Oregon Building Trades Convention

About 175 delegates and guests heard about the national building trades fight with Trump, and resolved to hold future conventions biennially.

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