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Ironworkers in Oregon and Washington will vote on a third employer offer after previously voting down a second employer offer in mail ballots counted July 31.
Turnout was low in Washington’s Aug. 6 primary election (just 25.5% statewide, and 24.7% in Clark County) But results were mostly favorable for organized labor at the state level and in Southwest Washington. Washington’s primary is a “top-two” winnowing contest, which means the top two finishers will appear on the ballot in the November general election. Nearly all candidates endorsed by the Washington State Labor Council and Southwest Washington Central Labor Council are moving on to the general election.
By: Don McIntosh
Michigan’s then Republican-led legislature pulled a fast one in 2018.
Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) isn’t going to be quiet any more about the severe budget constraints that are crippling its ability to enforce laws that protect workers.
By: Don McIntosh
Portland-area Fred Meyer workers have voted to authorize a strike, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 announced Aug. 17.
Just hours before a strike was to begin, Oregon AFSCME reached tentative agreement with Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) on a first contract for a unit of about 250 postdoctoral researchers.
Delegates representing hundreds of affiliated unions gathered July 16-18 at the union-represented Coast Wenatchee Hotel and Convention Center for the convention of the Washington State Labor Council, the state AFL-CIO.
The average CEO made 268 times the pay of the average worker last year at America’s 500 largest publicly traded companies. That’s a highlight from the latest annual Executive Paywatch report from the national AFL-CIO.
It’s a public building the entire region can be proud of, and especially the thousands of local union members who constructed it. On Aug. 14, the newly remodeled main terminal of the Portland International Airport (PDX) opened to the public, with a design so audacious that airline passengers are pulling out their smart phones to take pictures of the airport itself.
It’s hard to wrap your mind around a timespan of 125 years. That’s well beyond a human lifetime. It’s a sixth of the way to a millenium. But with this edition, the Labor Press enters its 125th year of publishing.
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