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December
15, 2006
Kulongoski names two union leaders to top posts • PDC closer to
setting wage policy on private construction projects • Farm Workers
Union wins recognition at Threemile • How to set your holiday
table with union-made goods • Portland Public Schools drags feet
complying with court ruling • Portland City Council okays anti-war
stand
December
1, 2006
Union shopping guide for the holidays • U.S. corporations lobby
against workers' rights in China • Hope for Venezuela, fear in
Colombia • Upcoming NAFTA-style trade deals may be DOA
November
17, 2006
Labor celebrates election night victories • Carpenters organizer
faces prison, deportation • AFT readies long union drive among
3,000 nurses at Legacy Health Systems • Cement Mason's Del French
to retire after 36 years
November
3, 2006
Movie about Seattle WTO protests will be made in Canada • SEIU's
Andy Stern: The new face of labor • Counting every ballot •
Mayor taps Mohlis for PDC • In campaign ads, Oregon Republicans
paint unions as 'extreme' • Supervisor ruling spurs NLRB to re-examine
54 cases • Construction unions, housing groups hatch plan to settle
prevailing wage issue
October
20, 2006
Labor says Kulongoski best bet for working people • Oregon AFL-CIO
backs just one measure • Unions react to NLRB rulings on 'Kentucky
River' cases •Unions working cooperatively on most Oregon legislative
races • Cathy Callahan leaves top job at local NLRB office •
Appeals court upholds racketeering, misconduct verdicts against Bill
Sizemore • 'Labor legislators' keep workers' interest in mind
• Oregon anti-NAFTA group says trade causing job losses and other
woes • Unions help Hooley in re-election bid • Goldberg
Mechanic Stuart Gibson labor law firm to close • Member of OPEIU
Local 11 running for Clark County clerk post
October
6, 2006
New Yorker pours millions into Oregon ballot measures • NLRB ruling
changes definition of supervisor; unions will be hit hard • Richmond
Baking workers approve first union contract • Labor ponders which
direction AOI will go • Congress poised to cut education, labor
human services • The Bus Driver: TriMet retiree Ben Fain gets
behind the wheel again for the cause • UFCW leaflets nonunion
grocer • Longtime Carpenters leader Jim Bledsoe dies of cancer
at 73 • Crew at Thompson Metal Fab kept tram construction on schedule
September
15, 2006
State of Working America: Wages have declined over the last five years
• Coalition asks Portland not to buy sweatshop goods • Internet
furor prompts restaurant owner to rethink position • Union nurses
battle hospital and DHS over Oregon's safe staffing guidelines •
Convention report: Building Trades to train members as disaster responders
• Machinists, Teamsters end ULP strike at Cummins NW
September
1, 2006
The State of the Unions: Facing facts about the fortune of the labor
movement •The Peacemaker: Connie Weimer helps union and management
get to the deal
August
21, 2006
Congress passes complex pension bill, chock full of special favors •
141 fired custodians will return to Portland school district this fall
• PDC wants to talk more about construction wages • Tipped
worker pay cut dies in Senate • AFL-CIO releases interim COPE
voting records for '06 • Local 11 contract protects workers from
NW Natural's cost-cutting plan
August
4, 2006
Minimum wage bill would cut pay for tipped workers • Oman Free
Trade Agreement passes; NAFTA-style trade deals proliferate •
Senator Smith heeds call of 2,300 union members in 'Kentucky River'
cases • Oregon AFL-CIO backs Kulongoski for re-election •
Sizemore files anti-union initiatives for 2008 ballot • Portland
school custodians' return remains murky • Labor and environmentalists
come together
July
21, 2006
Transit union Tri-met contract comes to grief • Machinists strike
Cummins NW • Drivers for WHEELS hold one-day strike to save jobs
• IBEW 659 ends 10-day strike at Eugene Water & Electric Board
• Qwest to close Portland call center; 160 CWA jobs will vanish
• Nursing home workers, operators agree to cooperate • Tim
Nesbitt joins Governor Kulongoski's campaign staff • AFSCME endorses
Ted Kulongoski for re-election
July
7, 2006
Benson Tower carpenter rehired Wednesday … on strike by Friday
• Union-backed political party wins official ballot status in
Oregon • Three bargaining units settle contracts at Portland Public
Schools • Vancouver Hilton workers join UNITE HERE Local 9 •
Labor agency will help Oregon veterans find jobs • Portland-based
Carpenters Industrial Council formed by national mergers • Clatskanie
ethanol plant to be union-built • Eastern Oregon profs drop strike
plans, okay deal • Electrical Workers 280 elects Tim Nicol as
business manager • NLRB issues 2005 report on elections and workers
rights • Court reinstates retiree benefits at Rexam
June
16, 2006
Portland City Council takes hard look at PDC over construction pay •
Building trades John Mohlis interested in PDC post • Transit Local
757 elects officers; Jon Hunt will be new president • Signature
deadline nears; 17 initiative petitions being circulated • Temple
retires as business manager of Cement Masons Local 555
June
2, 2006
Portland school custodians could get millions in back pay • Laborers
bolt AFL-CIO; SEIU leaves Oregon state fed • Providence frowns
on state official's role on 'Fair Elections' panel • UA Local
290 obtains $3.60 an hour raise over next 3 years • Oregon Lottery
workers vote to stay non-union
May
19, 2006
Local 290 members awarded as heroes in crash • Primary election
results: It's Kulongoski vs. Saxton in November • Labor federations
reach accord on Solidarity Charters • Williams Controls plans
to lay off workers and move jobs to China • Judge says prevailing
wage law doesn't apply on PDC job • Cancer claims Cornelia
Murphy, 40, former Oregon AFSCME staffer • ATU Local 757 members
will represent Tri-Met at Rail Rodeo in New York • Former congressman
David Bonior works for reform in U.S. labor law
May
5, 2006
A labor guide to the governor's race • Change to Win objects to
AFL-CIO solidarity rules • CTW unions stage rallies in 40 U.S.
cities • Oregon Supreme Court upholds earlier ruling that custodians
were illegally fired • Proposed entertainment center to be union-built
• Union wins government retraining benefits - over Freightliner's
objection • Fire Fighters rally around Pendleton local facing
cuts
April
21, 2006
Unions remember fallen workers • Labor movement wants path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants • Oregon AFL-CIO's proposed
Workers Memorial hits bureaucratic roadblock • Steve Hecker prepares
to leave LERC after 25 years • Workers Guide to OR-OSHA
April
7, 2006
Labor in the governor's race: All over the map • Portland on the
short list of massive Change to Win organizing drive • Strike
averted at Multnomah Education Service • Baird blasts Bush for
letting Bay Bridge use foreign steel • Wright appointed business
manager of Bricklayers Local 1• AFL-CIO asked to rescind Solidarity
Charter deadline• Ambulance crew leaves ATU 757 for independent
union
March
17, 2006
Corporations pay less and less in state taxes, leaving workers to pick
up the slack • City unions, Portland reach tentative 4-year agreement
• Labor's makeover must start with the heart • Oregon AFL-CIO
makes primary endorsements, appoints Byrd secretary-treasurer •
Union drive under way at Providence Health Systems • Unions invite
politicians to learn ABCs of labor • Washington County Corrections
signs contract, averting a planned strike • Oregon Lottery workers
file for union election • Richmond Baking votes for Local 114
March
3, 2006
Six building trades unions form Construction Alliance • Storm
Warning: Merger madness in utility industry threatens reliability •
Multnomah County employees union rejects Linn, backs Wheeler for county
chair • Byrd considered for vacant AFL-CIO post; COPE to plan
political agenda • SEIU recognized as advocate for 6,000 Oregon
child care workers • Corrections staff set March 6 strike in Washingon
County • Hillsboro School District contracts out custodial jobs
• Court upholds ban on piecemeal-paid signature gatherers
February
17, 2006
Portland School District continues to rankle unions • New political
party gains momentum • UFCW Local 555 backs Kulongoski for re-election
• Diane Linn picks up endorsements from three labor unions •
Training center teachers apprentices how to build bridges — literally
February
3, 2006
Independent union challenges ATU 757 at ambulance unit • AFL-CIO
backs Oregon ballot measure to make big employers pay for health care
• Union drive at Lottery in limbo • Union card is still
a worker's best investment
January
20, 2006
Building Trades Council the first labor group to back Kulongoski for
re-election • All aboard the gravy train: The new Medicare Prescription
Drug Benefit was set up to benefit drug and insurance companies •
New Medicare drug program is insanely complex • Nurses at Roseburg's
Mercy Medical Center vote for ONA • District Council of Trade
Unions to start negotiations with City of Portland • West Virginia
miners afraid to speak out about safety problem
January
6, 2006
Witt ineligible to serve as secretary-treasurer of AFL-CIO • South
Waterfront apprenticeship deal finally gets signatures • DCU members
ratify Portland school pact • Freightliner lays off 130 just before
Christmas break• Terry Lansing elected to lead Bakers Local 114
• Iron Workers #516 faces shut down at Universal Structural
December
16, 2005
2,000 in Portland march for right to join union • Cowlitz Tribe
will build La Center casino with union labor • UFCW Local 555
signs Solidarity Charter with NW Oregon Labor Council • Bricklayer
John Mohlis elected leader of Columbia-Pacific Building and Construction
Trades Council • Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 members lose to
China • Inlandboatman's Union wage 36-hour strike at McCall Oil
December
2, 2005
AFL-CIO and Change to Win announce deal to preserve local labor unity
* School employees move closer to strike at Portland School District
* Global workers' rights rallies planned Dec. 10 * Momentum builds for
critics of Wal-Mart * Oregon AFL-CIO to consider Kyoto Protocol resolution
at board meeting * Kulongoski names Chris Warner as new labor liaison
* Sandy teachers' strike ends after 16 days on picket line
November
18, 2005
Building trades protest Benson Tower * IBEW helps hurricane survivor
start anew in Oregon * Shopping as if the union mattered: A GUIDE TO
BUYING UNION * Sandy teachers strike nears close * AFSCME's new office
gets decorated by Venezuelan political muralist * CWA asks union members
to use Cingular cel phones * Unionists named to City of Portland charter
review panel.
November
4, 2005
Union publicizes Wal-Mart workers' skimpy health plan * Mehrens to retire
as building trades leader * School district in Sandy forces strike in
attempt to bust teachers union * Union workers at Portland Water Bureau
at work rebuilding New Orleans * Senator Smith supports minimum wage
bill that would hurt lowest-paid workers * AFSCME lobbyist Botkin proposes
to change hats * Union officials share insights on AFL-CIO breakup *
South Waterfront gets project apprentice agreement * SEIU Local 49 members
ratify new contract at Legacy Emanuel * Hillsboro school employees reject
outsourcing plan * Portland Public Schools files legal charges against
unions * Labor History panel reports parallels, contrasts between 2005
and 1905 * NECA-IBEW apprenticeship program rescues Parkrose High School
students
October
21, 2005
Nesbitt resigns as president of Oregon AFL-CIO * Tom Chamberlain to
follow Tim Nesbitt as president of Oregon AFL-CIO * Sweeney
extends deadline for breakaway unions *
Oregon AFL-CIO convention sets policy for next two years * Oregon Supreme
Court says Portland school custodians fired illegally * Former governor
sounds trumpet for universal health care * Portland School District
declares impasse in talks with DCU
October
7, 2005
Workers at Portland Water Bureau head to New Orleans * Machinists ratify
contract at Boeing * Split in labor movement hits Oregon state labor
federation * Union coalition ratifies 5-year pact with Kaiser Permanente
* SEIU chief says U.S. health care needs radical overhaul * Laborers
483 unhappy with Portland Commissioner Saltzman * Bush uses hurricane
disaster to ram through low-wage work
September
16, 2005
18,300 Machinists strike Boeing * AFL-CIO mobilizes 1,000 Katrina volunteers
* Millionaire hospital CEO offers workers 25 cent raises; Workers strike
* Working America hits 1-million-member mark * LERC scrambles to avoid
budget axe * Bakers sign contracts at four locations *Workers ratify
new three-year-deal at Cascade General Ship Repair * CWA 7901 adds Portland
call center workers
September
2, 2005
Solidarity with workers in the world's biggest sweatshop * State labor
federation gives year-end grades to Oregon legislators * CWA, Qwest
avert strike * Boeing talks come down to wire * NOLC supports striking
Northwest Airline mechanics * Hospital visitors arrive healthy, leave
with cold shoulder * Portland janitors hold 28-hour sit-in to protest
poverty-level wages * State of Oregon workers ratify two-year pact *
Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner runs for re-election
August
19, 2005
CWA workers at Qwest Communications ready to strike in 13 states * AFL-CIO
gives mixed review to Oregon Legislature * Oregon AFL-CIO considers
restructuring in wake of breakup * Union charges Legacy misplaced priorities
* CWA woos workers at new Cingular call center * UNITE HERE Local 9
re-elects Richardson to leadership post
August
5, 2005
AFL-CIO splits, limits work with disaffiliated unions * CAFTA passes
with help of U.S. Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon * Congress approves energy
policy: tax breaks for oil, gas, coal * New law targets workers comp
doctor abuses * 'Lonely lawmaker' continued to show up for work in Salem
* RNs ratify contract at SW Washington Medical Center * Richards elected
secretary-treasurer of OPEIU Local 11 * Ironworkers Local 516 elects
new officers
July
15, 2005
Union women protest Wal-Mart sex discrimination * Senate approves CAFTA;
trade battle moves to House * PDC names new director * Travis Eri elected
to replace Bill Miller at IBEW Local 125
July
1, 2005
City leads tenant revolt against non-union cleaning contractors * Union
elections violate U.S. democratic standards * Wyden and Smith cast deciding
votes for CAFTA in committee * Iraqi unionists tell Portlanders of hardships
and repression * Union fights plan to outsource custodial work at Hillsboro
schools * Labor snubbed in PDC search * Richard Beetle elected business
manager of Laborers Local 483
June
17, 2005
Capital Consultants collapse detailed at Congressional hearing * Sparks
fly at labor breakfast with Congressman David Wu * Health care reform
shot down in Salem * and more
June
3, 2005
Retirement Insecurity: The worry-free retirement is fading * Study says
unions train more minorities in construction * OPEIU Local 11 appoints
interim executive * Labor stung by Wu letters — for Wiederhorn
and against a casino
May
20, 2005
CAFTA fight boils down to who will benefit from trade * Construction
unions criticized by outgoing PDC chair Hennessee *
Social Security benefits would be cut by progressive indexing
* Oregon labor leaders ponder idea of political party for workers *
SEIU Local 503 organizes six more nursing homes in Oregon * Petroff
re-elected at Machinists District Lodge 24 * Wu opposes Cascade Locks
casino, irks construction unions
May
6, 2005
Hearings test out Congress positions on CAFTA* Social Security privatization
battle intensifies nationwide *
State workers protest health care cost shifting
* Union Industries Show features American-made goods and services
April
15, 2005
AFL outs Charles Schwab support for privatization * Unions remember
workers killed on the job *
Cascade Locks casino complex will be union-built
* Union says overdue break contributed to bus accident * Building trades
asks Canadian developer to 'Hire Oregon First'
April
1, 2005
Health Care Fraud Squad hits Portland streets* Beware of false comparisons:
Social Security is an insurance program *
Debate rages about the fate of Social Security
* Anti-worker CAFTA treaty may be nearing vote in Congress * BOLI rules
multi-use housing project subject to wage laws
March
18, 2005
A deal is a deal: Oregon Supreme Court overturns PERS rollbacks * Ideologues,
finance sector mobilize for Social Security privatization *
Oregon House considers putting union contracts to a public
vote
*24-hour strike at ConMet nets new contract * A union for non-union
workers: 'Working America' comes to Oregon * Crippling Lane Transit
strike ends after six days
March
4, 2005
NW lawmakers see problems with Social Security privatization plan *
Oregon Legislature tackles skyrocketing health care costs *
Union workers celebrate Goldschmidt firing
* and more
February
18, 2005
Lies, damn lies and statistics: George Bush's Campaign to Privatize
Social Security* Social Security privatization unites Democrats, divides
GOP * Social
Security workers pushed to promote partisan agenda
February
4, 2005
Parry Center strike ends * AFL-CIOs Witt appointed state rep in District
31 * Labor's Future:
Unions react to SEIU's proposal *Water
Bureau worker becomes head of AFSCME Local 189 * AFL-CIO to battle Social
Security privatization scheme
* ATU 757 delays strike at Lane Transit District
January
21, 2005
Labor ponders what to expect from Legislature * Labor's future: SEIU
sparks a debate *
Bargaining at Portland School District drags on
*
Potential owner of PGE eyes job cuts * and more
January
7, 2005
Parry Center strike continues* AFL-CIO's Brad Witt backed for House
post * AFL-CIO boycotts Granite Investment based on Capital Consultants
ties
December
17, 2004
Politicians call on Parry Center management to end strike * The Oregonian
asks staffers to scab at paper in Ohio * Cancer claims Cliff Gutwig,
73 * Oregon AFL-CIO hires first full-time organizer, names research
director
December
3, 2004
SEIU Strikes Parry Center * Portland mayor-elect Tom Potter reaches
out to labor * IBEW Local 48 and NECA light up football fields at Portland
high schools
November
19, 2004
President Bush to nation: Get ready for privatized Social Security *
AFL-CIO fared well with endorsed candidates in Oregon * UA Local 290's
Endicott appointed to SAIF board
* Koch retires as secretary-treasurer of Bakers Local 114
November
5, 2004
Bush wins nationally; Kerry takes Oregon and Washington * Longview hospital
workers settle after one-day strike * The rich increasingly dodge taxes
paid by the rest * AT&T dumps one-fifth of its remaining workforce.
October
15, 2004
Why labor wants George W. Bush out of the White House * Oregonians face
a smorgasbord of ballot measures * Frito-Lay's closure wipes out 134
Bakers Union jobs * Local 483 member Damon Mabee running for Oregon
City commissioner * SEIU's Andy Stern visits Portland to spur voter
registration
October
1, 2004
Labor-Neighbor walkers hit their stride * Americans losing health coverage
at alarming rate * Transit Union 757 urges vote on Washington's Proposition
1 * Labor campaigns for living-wage jobs in Central Oregon * Doug Tweedy
of Oregon City Local 1388 elected new leader of NW Carpenters * and
more
September
17, 2004
Unions back Democrats, but some members lean Republican * Record crowd
turns up at Labor Day picnic * Health care: Expect to have to pay more
* and more
September
3, 2004
Oregon workers spared cut in overtime pay, for now* State of the Unions:
a snapshot of organized labor * Politics focus of building trades convention
* CWA's Rosenbaum elected president of the National Labor Caucus of
State Legislators * Kulongoski seeks waiver from feds to import Rx drugs
from Canada
August
20, 2004
Laid-off Oregonians ask 'where are the jobs?' * AFL-CIO opposes three
November ballot measures: Medical malpractice, SAIF elimination and
'takings' * Prescription drug prices send seniors to Canada * 50,000
greet Kerry at PDX’s Waterfront Park * and more
August
6, 2004
DeFazio asks Bush-Cheney to give back Enron's 'dirty money' * Democratic
platform backs right to organize *Comcast systematically squeezing out
unions * Oregon AFL-CIO COPE to weigh merits of Measure 35 * Congress
okays NAFTA-like deals with Australia and Morocco * and more
July
16, 2004
City of Vancouver convention center protest grows louder * Freightliner
employees ratify contract *Health insurance falling away, even for working
people
July
2, 2004
Portland Head Start fights union * Ready to strike at Freightliner *
Court overturns FCC plan to deregulate mass media * Capital Consultants
salesman found guilty of illegal gratuities * IBEW Local 48 elects Mitchell
as business manager * Labor leaders ask Bush to expedite Columbia River
funds
June
18, 2004
Striking Utah miners tour Northwest seeking help from union members
* First responders respond to secret Bush plans for budget cuts * Waterfront
Project seeks more diversity in construction * AFL-CIO puts Wiederhorn,
Fog Cutter on Unfair List * SEIU 503 loses election at Oregon Judicial
Department * Sizemore shifts his anti-union campaign to the local level
June
4, 2004
Union label rare at Starbucks * Wu to introduce Medicare prescription
drug reform *Coos County wants union firm to finish gas pipeline * Labor-endorsed
candidates do well in May primary * Qwest disconnects 110 CWA members
in Portland
May
21, 2004
Bush's Drug Discount Card confuses seniors * Farmers, industry stall
enforcement of pesticide law * Building trades call for boycott of Vancouver
Convention Center * Maletis Beverage removed from labor's Unfair List
May
7, 2004
Flight attendants oppose on-board pesticides* Portland schools' cafeteria
workers merge with SEIU Local 503 * Oregonians remember the 70 workers
killed on the job in 2003 * Employees at KBPS radio station vote for
IBEW Local 48
April
16, 2004
AFSCME 189 hosts political reception * Labor defends worker felled by
insect spray * State of Oregon outsourcing jobs to India * Oregon Investment
Council takes pro-worker stance
April
2, 2004
Beer distributor unfair * OPEIU Local 11 ratifies five-year 'joint accord'
at Northwest Natural * Oregon AFL-CIO issues endorsements for May 18
primary * Francesconi, Leonard win NOLC backing * Machinists 'pre-approve'
strike at Freightliner yard * Classifieds at Portland Public Schools
ratify two-year contract
March
19, 2004
DeFazio, Nesbitt take aim at job-destroying trade policy * Union, Leonard
unite to protect whistleblower * NOLC interviews political hopefuls
* Portland carpenter heads to El Salvador to fight NAFTA II * ILWU Local
5 reaches tentative deal with Powell's Books * Oregon AFL-CIO won't
pursue initiatives in November * AND MORE
March
5, 2004
Cabinet chiefs dodge invite to meet Oregon's jobless at PCC * SEIU files
for 1,400 judicial workers * Phone company accused of falsely claiming
union label * Portland jury tells Wal-Mart to pay for off-the-clock
work * New SEIU state director impressed by Oregon *Hallock leaves governor's
post to return to UO, replaced by Tom Chamberlain * AND MORE
February
20, 2004
27,000 Oregonians lose unemployment insurance pay * U.S. judge upholds
ban on petition pay per signature* UFCW endorses Adams for Portland
City Council post
February
6, 2004
California grocery war ignites national campaign * Farmworkers in Oregon
to get meal and rest breaks * Pueblo Steelworkers to vote on Oregon
Steel proposal * Boydstun Metal Works fires outspoken union supporter
* United Air Comfort shuts down after union wins election * USPS ordered
to halt overuse of temps * Portland workers pan State of the Union address
* AND MORE
January
16, 2004
Labor movement urges yes vote on Ballot Measure 30 * Plumbers
object to waterless urinals * Childrens charities
get B.U.L.L. Session gift of $300k * AND MORE
January
2, 2004
Union says cleaning firm uses franchises to skirt wage laws
* After decert, CNF looks to send jobs overseas * Good Samaritan
Hospital workers avert one-day strike * Bush ignores jobless workers
* UFCW takes health care strike against Safeway nationwide * AND MORE
December
19, 2003
Demonstrations in 64 cities for the right to organize * AFL-CIO wants
SAIF to revert back to state agency * Critics say NAFTAs 10-year
record validates dire predictions * OConnor, Petroff re-elected
to top labor council spots * Mayor Katz agrees to meet with MACG on
affordable housing and living wage * AND MORE
December 5, 2003
Union movement condemns Miami police conduct * SEIU wins wave of union
elections at nursing homes * IBEW 125 reacts to Enron's proposed sale
of PGE * AFL-CIO revs up "Right to Organize" campaign * CNF
Services office workers decertify from Local 11 * OHSU contracts
in AFSCME patients billing unit * Changes in Medicare prescription
drug bill tough to swallow * Oregon AFL-CIO considers plan to protect
workers from overtime scheme * Leonard to seek re-election; uncertain
on whom to support for mayor * Radio stations new owners not fans
of unions
* AND MORE
November 21, 2003
Powells workers stage first of multiple walkouts * Oregon rocked hard
by economic tremors * Portland seniors demand right to import cheaper
Canadian drugs * Providence Milwaukie nurses win hard-fought first contract
* Labor rights violations widespread in the United States
November 7, 2003
Portland grocery, meat contracts ratified * AFSCME Local 189 says Go
Fish in Portland City Council race * Len Phillips settles in at
Sheet Metal Workers 16 * Curbs on liberties opposed by Portland City
Council, labor * Colombian unionist risks life to aid workers in his
country * CWA reaches tentative contract at Dex Media * AND MORE
October 17, 2003
Large numbers of unemployed reach end of the line * AFL-CIO releases
2003 ratings of Oregon legislators * Big layoffs at Viking Industries
and Canron hit union workers hard * Labor council, building trades group
endorse Markgraf for PUD position * Corcoran to leave Senate for job
on state panel * Local 11 appeals 'decert' loss at CNF * ILWU Local
5 faces contract trouble with Powells Books * Union pension funds
invested in South Waterfront project * AND MORE
October 3, 2003
Immigrant workers board bus to D.C. to win civil rights * Managers worsening
Multnomah County chaos * Congress considers bills to accelerate thinning
of forests * Kaiser Permanente gets high marks on quality of care report
* AND MORE
September 19, 2003
Delegates tap leaders for AFL-CIOs top spots * Local 11 fights
decertification attempt at CNF * Oregon labor gears up for high-stakes
political battle * NOLC opposes November ballot measure to create public
utility district * Labor mourns death of Local 36's Quigley * "Labor's
Campaign Heroes" honored at special dinner * AND MORE
September 5, 2003
Workers protest Bush policies* UAW ends 344-day strike at Williams Controls
* OEA, AFT sue to hold Sizemore liable for $2.5 million verdict * Workers
at Crown Cork and Seal honor slain co-worker's memory * Laid-off custodian
illustrates family health care needs * AND MORE
August 15, 2003
Despite surprise vote by Wyden, labor loses trade votes * Construction
workers rally lawmakers for jobs * Rosenbaum challenges Witt for secretary-treasurer
* Embattled pro-union workers lose third election at Boydstun Metal
* Portland seniors 'blow whistle' on Medicare privatization plan * Union
Summer turns focus to recruiting young people * Union restaurant guide
* Portland coalition kicks off immigrant rights campaign * AND MORE
August 1, 2003
PERS battle cry: 'A deal is a deal' * Oregon lawmakers defy labor, vote
for free trade agreements * AFL-CIO files initiatives proposing health
care for all kids in Oregon * Bill would help put 'Made in Oregon' back
on license plates * AND MORE
July 18, 2003
Portland janitors ratify contract * Unions protest G-P's out-of-state
workers * Home for the holidays, congressmen hear from unionists * 8,000
Carpenters end strike in Western Washington * Providence Milwaukie nurses
strike * Unions nearly ready to file PERS lawsuits * AND MORE
July 4, 2003
First contract for 13,000 homecare workers * Drug companies bilk U.S.
consumers, author says * State workers reach 11th-hour deal * Workers
at John Day's Blue Mountain Hospital push to join AFSCME * ILWU reaches
accord for MERC security staff * Carpenters walk out in Western and
Central Washington * AND MORE
June 20, 2003
Labor fears the worst in new Chile, Singapore trade deals * NLRB slaps
Williams Controls for unfair acts * CWA leads 'privacy rights'protest
at Comcast Cable* Janitors march for fair contract * Iron Workers' Paddy
Barry steps down as business manager * CWA reaches tentative deal with
Qwest * AND MORE
June 6, 2003
Opponents fight Wal-Mart expansion site by site * Labor bills to rein
in drug costs face roadblock * Metropolitan Alliance assembly gets labor
boost * Jury awards iron worker $520,000 for jobsite negligence * Portland,
AFSCME Local 189 settle 2001 dispute * Voters pass new income taxes
to fund schools for three years * Bill targets 'Enterprise Zone' property
tax exemptions * AND MORE
May 16, 2003
Judge shuts down Sizemore operation * Portland votes to enforce and
track wage laws * Unions prepare lawsuit against PERS reform bill *
Transit Union Local 757 reaches accord with ambulance service AMR *
SEIU Local 49 loses Lebanon Hospital vote * No end in sight for UAW
strikers at Williams Controls in Tigard * Reports on May Day activities
in Portland, Bend, and Wauna * Union baker a finalist in national cake
decorating contest * Unions play big role at annual Women in Trades
Fair * AND MORE
May 2, 2003
UFCW airs new Wal-Mart strategy * AFL-CIO's Nesbitt tells City Club
tax reform needed * Ballot Measure 26-48 to aid Multnomah County schools
backed by labor * Labor counts win for corporate accountability reform
* Security guards seek first ILWU contract at Metro * Labor criticizes
budget proposals of Oregon's governor, legislators * AND MORE
April 18, 2003
At Oregon Legislature 'Jobs in the woods' bill gaining momentum * AFSCME
marks 35th anniversary of MLK assassination * Seventy-five workers killed
on the job in Oregon in 2002 * Labor provides input in new hazardous
noise booklet * AND MORE
April 4, 2003
Anti-union Wal-Mart challenging UFCW * Labor picks four candidates for
Portland School Board * Minimum wage under attack in Oregon House *
Oregon lawmakers extend unemployment insurance * Retirees group holds
founding convention
March 21, 2003
Number of uninsured grows in Oregon, U.S. * Former congressman builds
labor-environmentalist bridges * Pro-union worker fired by bank, hired
by union * Unions join rally for peace
March 7, 2003
Trade treaties target service, information, public sectors * Portland
teachers ratify pact * AND MORE
Feb. 21, 2003
Labor takes tax fairness campaign to legislators * Portland city agency
rebuffs coalition's call to use 'responsible contractors' * Sizemore
still dodging jury's verdict, union attorney says * Union family of
murder victim recall her activist life * Employees give input in design
of new unit at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center * ANALYSIS:
Why is the impending war a union issue? * AND MORE
Feb. 7, 2003
Ex-Gov. Goldschmidt lobbies against airline workers * Providence Milwaukie
nurses fight for first contract, agency shop * Rally buoys United Auto
Workers' strikers at Williams Controls * AFL-CIO sees success in better-crafted
tax plan * Salem rally cries for 'education funding' * AND MORE
Jan. 17, 2003
Teachers' strike looms at Portland schools * Questions and answers about
Ballot Measure 28 * Union supporters turn away cars of strikebreakers
at Williams Controls * Oregon AFL-CIO fleshes out legislative 'action
plan' * AND MORE
Jan. 3, 2003
Health care reform tops labor's legislative agenda * Oregon AFL-CIO
wants Indian gambling casinos to be built and operated union * IBEW
taps Edwards for District 9 post; Zadow new BM * IBEW's Gardner puts
'labor' back into labor commissioner's office * Metropolitan Alliance
pushes for 'responsible contracting' in housing * Analysis: Failure
of Measure 28 will hurt economy * Boydstun Metal Works fires union supporter,
father of 11 * AND MORE
December 20, 2002
Kulongoski
appoints Hallock a senior policy adviser * Resolution to Sizemore case
delayed for months * Steelworkers hopeful Colorado dispute may end at
Oregon Steel * Striking UAW workers hope for accord with Williams Control
* BULL Session donates $300,000 to charities * Workers, unions and community
succeed in recalling Lincoln County school board members * AND MORE
December 6, 2002
Grocery/meat strike averted in Oregon * AFL-CIO endorses Measure 28
in January special election * Sizemore files three more anti-union measures
for 2004 * Safeway, Frito Lay helped fight minimum wage measure * National
protests Nov. 21 launch Justice@Wal-Mart drive * Workers' Rights Board
takes hard look at janitorial contractors * Nesbitt tapped for Kulongoski's
transition steering committee * West Coast dockworkers to vote on 6-year
contract * AND MORE
November 15, 2002
Labor
helps elect new governor, raise wages * 'Nickel and Dimed' Ehrenreich
urges Central Oregon unions, activists to build economic justice movement
* Oregon attorney general wants Sizemore stopped * Pride@Work unionists
reach hundreds at Portland gay, lesbian confab * Thursday, Nov. 21 'Day
of Action' to focus on Wal-Mart * AND MORE
November 1, 2002
ILWU
offers to unload World Series cameras for free, but shippers refuse
* Countdown to Election Day * UFCW 555 re-elects Pronovost, Clay * Two
Oregon SEIU locals join fight to deflate Rx prices * Utah economist
debunks high-costs ascribed to Davis-Bacon * UAW cautions customers
at scab-run Williams Controls * Union-busting consultant Jim Frazer
strikes again * LERC professor says job training not solution to unemployment
*
October 18, 2002
November
2002 election endorsements * Bush Taft-Hartley court order forces shippers
to end lockout * Guild ratifies 5-year pact at Eugene Register-Guard
* Ballot Measure 25: Low-wage workers to get pay raise if labor-backed
measure wins * 'Stop Cogentrix' coalition declares victory in Madras
* First phase of new G-P plant is 'rat' * Organized labor aims to expand
political influence * Machinists' Don Wheeler dies at 62 * Henson named
business manager of AFSCME 189 * Union retirees endorse Bill Bradbury
for U.S. Senate * AND MORE
October
4, 2002
Jury
agrees that Sizemore's OTU groups engaged in racketeering * Shippers
lock out ILWU * Oregon AFL-CIO opposes health care for all measure *
'Labor's Own' endorsements include four rank-and-filers * Alliance for
Retired Americans mobilizes in Portland area * AFSCME looking for former
members to form retirees' club * Willamette Valley grocery talks stalled
* HERE Local 9 re-elects Richardson, Gonzalez * Women rally for Bradbury,
blast Smith TV attack ad
September 20, 2002
Machinists
reject pact at Boeing, but strike vote doesn't fly * Union lawsuit whittles
away at Sizemore's credibility * CF bankruptcy puts workers behind the
8-ball * Retired cop Jeff Barker labor's choice in new House District
28 * Budget cuts could force closure of seven prisons, AFSCME warns
* 'Wobblies' resurrecting in Portland, but face employer opposition
* Recession may be over, but workers still face uncertainty about recovery
* AND MORE
September 6, 2002
Machinists
remain on job at Boeing * Sizemore initiative lawsuit tossed out * Building
Trades Council endorses Smith for U.S. Senate * Labor's own Randy Leonard
vies for Portland City Council seat * AFSCME organizes staff at Hermiston's
only hospital * Beleaguered workers at Boydstun Metal vote for Local
16 * PGE workers and Democrats demand accountability for corporate crooks
* AND MORE
August 16, 2002
Falling
stock prices leave PERS under-funded * Anti-union measures won't be
on November ballot * AFL-CIO blasts Bush threat of troops versus longshore
workers * ATU 757 elects Zullo to lead union * Civil Service Board orders
reinstatement of school custodians * Labor's Own legislator: CWA's Diane
Rosenbaum * AFL-CIO Summer School continues to draw record crowds *
August
2, 2002
Sizemore's
anti-union initiative won't make it onto Oregon ballot * Transit Union
considers accepting Romanian subway unit as affiliate * State legislator
Gary Hansen proud of his Plumbers card * Unions forced to organize outside
toothless labor laws * Guild over three years without contract at Eugene
Register-Guard * More schools look at contracting out * Bush fast track
gets congressional approval * AND MORE
July 19, 2002
Portland
School Board discards 300 custodial jobs * Machinists at Boeing plants
authorize strike in big way * Initiative reformers file petition to
end the buying and selling of signatures * Minimum wage initiative headed
for November ballot * Critics find massive forgery and fraud on Sizemore's
I-18 * Labor's own voice for the little guy plays defense at the State
Capitol * Four years after unionizing, Bi-Mart workers decertify without
a contract * AND MORE
July 5, 2002
Port
strike looms along Pacific Coast * Seniors buy drugs, save money on
cross-border 'Rx Express' * Portland School Board closer to contracting
custodial jobs * AND MORE
June 21, 2002
AFL-CIO
says: 'Ted Kulongoski for governor!' * CWA applauds support of Beaverton
mayor for AT&T merger * Delegates debate issues at Oregon AFL-CIO
convention * Health care initiative opposed; AFL-CIO puts its stamp
on 2002 general election campaign * Custodians take jobs campaign to
school board neighbors * AND MORE
June
7, 2002
Union
voters help put candidates over top in May primary * With NW senators'
approval 'Fast track' passes Senate * Labor plays major role in founding
Metro Alliance for Common Good * Oregon Bus Project targets electing
Democrats to the State Legislature * NLRB judge rules Kaiser lockout
of Steelworkers illegal * It's official, Leonard will run for Portland
City Council * Office and Professional Employees Local 11 enters new
chapter * PGE responds to union grievance with lawsuit * Sizemore files
anti-union ballot measure * AND MORE
May
17, 2002
Oregon
AFL-CIO creates 'New Alliance' * U.S. panel says Canadian softwood imports
hurt American woodworkers * Workers at Umatilla Chemical Depot vote
union * KPTV 12 news staff decertifies from AFTRA * Labor collecting
signatures for initiative to boost minimum wage * Columbia-Pacific Building
Trades asks unions to join Metro Alliance group * Building trades hold
May Day rally * AND MORE
May 3, 2002
Custodians
offer wage concessions at school district * Experts forecast continuing
crisis in health care costs * Kitzhaber vetoes farm worker bargaining
bill * Painters engage members with massive gift giveaway
April
19, 2002
Memorial
service April 26 in Portland * AT&T strike contingency procedure
involved training workers from India * Labor raises $29,427 for MDA
without bowling a single ball * OR-OSHA reaches $1 million settlement
on 1997 airport garage collapse
April
5, 2002
Labor
joins environmentalists, others to stop power plant in Central Oregon*
Albany Steelworkers ratify contract at Wah Chang * Voter alert: More
signature thieves hit Salem, Portland * Portland School Board considers
severe cuts in budget
March
15, 2002
Custodians
turn up heat to keep jobs at schools * Hansen succeeds Cook as president
of Letter Carriers Portland Branch 82 * September trial date set in
RICO lawsuit against Sizemore's OTU * Steelworkers' settlement at Wah
Chang remains uncertain
March
1, 2002
Steelworkers
still waiting for Wah Chang contract * Boycott leads NORPAC to negotiate
with PCUN * Oregon AFL-CIO to sponsor initiative to outlaw pay for petition
signers * AFL-CIO's Nesbitt argues against fast-track trade scheme
February 15, 2002
Governor
has role in settlement of OHSU nurse's strike * School District intends
to contract out custodial jobs * Downey succeeds Younger at Multnomah
County AFSCME Local 88 * IBEW urges Congress to protect workers from
pension abuses
February
1, 2002
Diverse
groups join labor in asking state legislators for worker relief package
* Damage lingers from power crisis * DCTU stung by Portland proposal
to hike non-union wages up to 26 percent * Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
are used to clobber workers
January
18, 2002
Labor
in vanguard of Bush protesters * Governor releases list of potential
state budget cuts * New pesticide rules ignore concerns about worker
health * Albany labor dispute ruled a strike
January 4, 2002
Striking
nurses find community support * The year in review - Oregon AFL-CIO
looks back on 2001 * Voter Education Project fights petition fraud *
Congressional hearing gets earful from PGE employees
December
21, 2001
Kulongoski
wins AFL-CIO support * 12,000 homecare workers in Oregon say 'Union
Yes' * AFSCME Local 88 elects Rosenberger president * Local 125 members
testify at congressional probe of Enron fiasco
December
7, 2001
Governor
endorsement on AFL-CIO's docket * Tentative deal reached at NWREL *
Labor Council supports city's refusal to assist feds with immigrant
interviews * IRRA panel examines spiraling costs for health care
November
16, 2001
Laid-off
union workers in Oregon protest 'stimulus' bill * Portland city workers
ratify pact * Home health care workers to vote on unionization * Blumenauer
speaks out against fast-track trade bill
November
2, 2001
Postal
workers in terrorist's sights; two die in D.C. * Ratification of Portland,
DCTU contract proposal uncertain * Steelworkers' lockout at Rocky Mountain
Steel enters fifth year * AFL-CIO to join business group for economic
recovery summit Nov. 19
October
19, 2001
DCTU
gives strike notice to City of Portland * Senate Republican filibuster
halts airline workers' aid * Freightliner wins wage cuts before announcing
closure * Wah Chang locks out 694 Albany Steelworkers
October
5, 2001
Fed's
airline bailout bill leaves workers behind * Skyrocketing health care
costs impact bargaining * Building Trades Council girds for fight against
initiative to kill prevailing wage * Freightliner says Portland plant
will close if concessions not met
September
21, 2001
Oregon
AFL-CIO convention trudges forward following news of terrorist attacks
on U.S. * Gubernatorial candidates court convention delegates * Home
care campaign by Local 503 nears completion * Portland cabbies stage
wildcat strike at Broadway Cab
September
7, 2001
Gardner
gets early support from labor groups in race for labor commissioner
*Flight attendants tell Delta Air Lines 'It's union for us' * Unprecedented
verdict frees Adidas shoe worker in Indonesia * AFT-Oregon files lawsuit
against Sizemore's OTU
August 24, 2001
Portland
city workers move closer to strike * More organizing needed to increase
labor's power * Oregon AFL-CIO compiles COPE voting records for 2001
* Clock ticking for strike at Oregon's state universities by SEIU #503
August 3, 2001
Workplace
drug testing policies nabbing non-users * Mandatory drug testing for
workers dates back to 1980s * Electrician eyeing run for labor post
* State workers to vote on contract
July
20, 2001
AFL-CIO
joins diverse group to fight unfair trade bill * Unions fare okay as
71st legislative session ends July 6 * Workers at Freightliner ratify
new pact * Work stoppage looms for largest unit of Oregon public employees
July
6, 2001
City
employees go on 'Porkland' tour * Legislature passes bill to extend
unemployment insurance benefits * CWA inks first union contract at AT&T
Broadband * Union leaders file several draft initiatives for 2002 election
ballot
June 15, 2001
Oregon
lawmakers tinker with electricity deregulation delay * Willamette Industries
workers protest Weyerhaeuser invasion * Kitzhaber signs 'Patients' Bill
of Rights' * Gateway Health closes day after union election date set
June
1, 2001
Sheriff
Noelle wants county prisoners to replace union janitorial workers *Aramark
cafeteria workers at PSU join AFSCME union * Union households in Oregon
cast most ballots, study shows
May
18, 2001
Northwest
aluminum workers protest BPA's death-knell *Court upholds injured worker's
rights * Portland wage subsidy at PGE Park rankles DCTU * Gillespie
succeeds Devlaeminck as president of AFSCME Council 75
May
4, 2001
Metal
Trades Council neutral in Cascade's sale of Dry Dock 4 * Employees at
Eugene Register-Guard struggle for new contract * Health professionals
file for union election at Pacific Gateway Hospital * Displaced workers
share unemployment woes with legislators
April
20, 2001
NAFTA
job retraining program out of money * Unions urge citizen input at Portland
city budget hearings * Labor opposes NAFTA-like plan to cover Western
Hemisphere * Iron Workers #29's Neil Crocker gets hero's salute at labor
awards banquet
April
6, 2001
Carpenters
Union pulls out of AFL-CIO * Labor unites on plan for BPA power * ATU
Local 757 sues Laidlaw for violation of Corvallis wage law * Portland
School District custodians get the axe mid-year
March
16, 2001
Management
letter to city of Portland employees irks members of DCTU * Lawmakers
call for stricter curbs on Mexican trucks * Labor alarmed about secret
trade negotiations * AFL-CIO presents bills to extend unemployment benefits
March
2, 2001
Oregon
AFL-CIO jobs panel wants electrical dereg statute delayed * Kaiser Aluminum
expected to pull the plug soon on Northwest * Local 701 event custodians
win first contract with MERC * Petroff elected head of IAM District
Lodge 24
February
16, 2001
U.S.
sawmill jobs at stake in battle over Canadian lumber * AFL-CIO Nurses
win organizing drive at Kaiser * Multnomah County sets up mortgage aid
for union employees
February
2, 2001
Energy
crisis prompts deregulation concern * Sizemore group files more initiatives
* Union workers bend ears of Wyden, Blumenauer on energy crisis concern
* Tri-Met won't buy Rocky Mountain steel for light rail
January
19, 2001
Oregon
AFL-CIO 'cautiously positive' about Legislature * Portland school custodians
resist move to graveyard shift * AFL-CIO asks Wyden to oppose Ashcroft
for Attorney General * Willamette Industries unions band together for
better pensions
January
5, 2001
West's
rising power bills costing thousands of union jobs * $1.5 million gift
will help LERC establish job safety programs * Former Precision Castparts
worker gets $100k to leave
December
15, 2000
Oregon
AFL-CIO backs "patients' bill of rights" bill for 2001 Legislature
* Teachers union files lawsuit against OTU * CWA's Joel Valera fired
by AT&T for speaking up * OPEU organizes NW Education Labs
December
1, 2000
Search
starts to find new executive director for LERC * Court tosses labor's
Open and Fair Elections Act ballot measure * Anti-union campaign takes
toll on AWPPW organizing drive * BULL Session presents $250,000 to nine
charities
November 17, 2000
Sizemore
measures go down in flames * Union members turn out to polls in record
numbers; business outspends labor 15 to 1 * Labor coalition ends partnership
program with City of Portland * Hallock steps down as LERC director
November 3, 2000
'Super
Sunday' brings top union officials to Portland to fight 92 & 98
* Previous election invalidated; Heintzman back at helm of ATU 757 *
Union-led campaign may block Oregon Steel from light-rail project *
Local 11 401(k) trust sues Capital Consultants, others
October
20, 2000
Shipyard
workers reject proposals * Painters District Council 5 helps Hispanic
workers collect back pay * AFL-CIO supports three ballot measures: 6,
94 & 99
October
6, 2000
Feds
take over Capital Consultants; unions' trust funds at stake * Measure
93 would cost taxpayers millions to answer 'nickel-and-dime' funding
questions * Kaiser Permanente and labor finalize national contract *
Steelworkers Union announces end to Kaiser lockout
September
15, 2000
Gore
opposes anti-union Measures 92 and 98 * Sizemore and gang experiment
with 'educational reform' with Measure 95 * Steelworkers and allies
want Tri-Met to rule out Oregon Steel * Building Trades Council 'just
says no' to Measures 92 & 98
September
1, 2000
New
Portland Classical Chinese Garden is union-built * Measure 91 would
make the rich richer, while state services undergo severe cuts * Steelworkers
win 'Good Corporate Citizenship Clause' at BPA * City of Portland contract
workers get raise as part of 'Living Wage' drive
August 18, 2000
Powell's
workers ratify first contract * Paramount Hotel signs union contract
with HERE Local 9 * Judge gags CWA at US West/Qwest * Bi-Mart in hot
water again with NLRB
August
4, 2000
'Paycheck
deception' Measures 92 and 98 qualify for state ballot * Union officials
content with Georgia-Pacific buyout of Fort James * Religious employers
don't always practice what they preach * Frustrated by stalled negotiations,
AFSCME members march on Salem City Council meeting
July
21, 2000
Asst.
police chief meets with labor council to discuss 'May Day Melee' * Labor
and religious leaders renew alliance to help working poor * Oregon labor
movement gears up for major election effort * After 22-month ordeal,
Steelworkers approve pay-raise deal to end Kaiser feud
July
7, 2000
Oregon
AFL-CIO plans for politics, organizing * Portland Workers' Rights Board
hears Powell's Bookstore case * Public defense lawyers conduct one-day
strike * Actors picket Portland ad agencies
June
16, 2000
Tradeswomen
pitch non-traditional work to students * Delta Airlines target of AFL-CIO
rally for right to organize * Wage and hour panel requires parents to
monitor teens' night work * Bruce to retire as head of IBEW Local 48;
Edwards takes over
June
2, 2000
NW
Labor Press celebrates first century, looks to second * Judge rules
Oregon Steel must pay lost wages * AFL-CIO COPE confab June 19-20
May
19, 2000
With
help from Carpenters Union, Drywall hangers get back pay; more due *
AFL-CIO signs off on package of workers' comp changes proposed by governor's
panel * ATU wins $35,631 in back pay for Laidlaw crew * State of Oregon
temp workers vote for union
May
5, 2000
Northwest
Oregon Labor Council May Primary recommendations * AFL-CIO steps up
to fight permanent trading status for China * Nike billionaire Knight
irked by UofO stand on worker rights * New Xerox employees join UNITE
April 21, 2000
Labor
to remember workers killed on the job * OSHA hearings will stress need
for workplace ergonomics standard * New global economy holds peril for
American workers, Marshall warns * Workers face debilitating exposure
to countless pesticides on the job
April
7, 2000
Boeing
workers stand together, win together * School custodians stop plan to
replace them with students, other volunteers * Oregon will be test state
for national AFL-CIO's 'New Alliance' program * Teacher union head debates
Bill Sizemore
March
17, 2000
AFL-CIO
weighs in on primary election * AFL-CIO survey says pay equity top concern
of women * Unionists sit-in at Washington State Capitol * Corvallis
hospital housekeepers represented by OE Local 701 intensify crusade
for first contract
March
3, 2000
Oregon
AFL-CIO embarks on Labor 2000 campaign * Kaiser and unions will try
national bargaining * Head Start workers in Jackson, Josephine counties
to vote on union * Christian Coalition of Oregon in bed with Bill Sizemore
February 18, 2000
Labor
group tells feds destroying dams not the answer * Economist says Social
Security system not on verge of collapse * Engineers, technicians strike
Boeing Co. * Sizemore files signatures to put 'paycheck deception' back
on ballot
February 4, 2000
"Unity
rally" bolsters strikers at CleanPak * Oregon AFL-CIO files "Patients'
Bill of Rights" initiative * Skit protests oppression of banana
workers in Guatemala * UFCW Local 555 wraps up grocery contracts early
January
21, 2000
Portland
labor-management program saving tax dollars * Corvallis bus drivers
get contract * Universal health care initiative filed * State wants
to use inmate labor to build new women's prison in Wilsonville
January
7, 2000
Oregon
AFL-CIO unfolds ambitious 2000 political plan * Governor appoints panel
to look at workers' comp * Weston elected to head SEIU #49 * Boss wins
'decert' at Coos Bay newspaper
December
17, 1999
Labor
rally opens America's eyes to WTO * DeFazio, U.S. elected officials
respond to WTO * AT&T to close Portland office; CWA strike eyed
* Internet Web designers have contract with UFCW
December
3, 1999
Chief
executive officers' pay exploded in 1990s * Machinists help member win
back job, overtime pay * Locked-out Kaiser Aluminum workers rally outside
BPA office in Portland
November
19, 1999
How
trade came to be more important than anything else * Doctors reject
contract proposal from Providence Medical Group * Union workers display
their skills in making casks for Trojan 'hot' rods
November 5, 1999
Sheet
Metal Local 16 strike at CleanPak is the longest in Oregon * Anti-WTO
rally in Seattle is 'building like a tidal wave' * State corrections
workers make their point in week-long strike * OE #701 gets first contract
at SW Washington Medical Center
October 15, 1999
World
Trade Organization: Labor coalition begins mobilization for Seattle
'Street Heat' * New leader at HERE Local 9 ambitious to organize Portland
* Committees, political action outlined by Oregon AFL-CIO * Labor works
together to pass Corvallis bus operators initiative
October 1, 1999
Organizing
a top priority for Nesbitt, Witt * Per-cap increase will fund campaigns
to fight Sizemore's anti-union initiatives * Resolutions map out AFL-CIO
agenda * Leonard says time might be ripe for Democratic Labor Party
September 17, 1999
Nesbitt,
Witt win AFL-CIO election on white ballot * O'Connor, Petroff seek re-election
at Northwest Oregon Labor Council * Operating Engineers brace for strike
at Kaiser Permanente * Engineers decertify at Frito Lay
September
3, 1999
Fletcher
to retire from top post of Oregon AFL-CIO *Machinists at Boeing vote
on new contract * Devlaeminck drops out of race for president of AFL-CIO
* City of Portland employees reject contract extension
August
20, 1999
Union
workers move Trojan nuclear reactor to Hanford graveyard * Labor happy
to see legislative session come to an end * Proposed US West/Qwest merger
raises concerns of CWA officials * Atlas Copco workers vote 141 to 1
to strike
August 6, 1999
New
Keizer skate park is union made * Mobilization against globalization
in Seattle the week of Nov. 30 * Labor history mural to be unveiled
at Portland Community College
July
16, 1999
The
broken promise of U.S. labor law: How ATU took on a multi-billion-dollar
company * IBEW Local 48's Grant Zadow appointed to Port Commission *Wells
Fargo steps down as lead financier for Oregon Steel Mills * CWA's Rosenbaum
will run for Oregon AFL-CIO first VP
July
2, 1999
Portland
unionists take 'Freedom Tour' at PDX * The broken promise of U.S labor
law: After 50 years of labor attempts at reform, where do unions go
from here? * Oregon AFL-CIO will seek special assessment to fight 'right-to-work'
* Oregon AFL-CIO keeps Pac/West on Unfair/Do Not Patronize List
June
18, 1999
Labor
coalition will advocate a balanced approach to save fish * The broken
promise of U.S. labor law: Rights guaranteed but unprotected * Oregon's
'highest-in-nation' minimum wage shows benefits
June
4, 1999
SEIU
49 ratifies pact at Kaiser Permanente * Painters embark on five-state
organizing campaign * Portland group seeks Katz' support in steel dispute
May
21, 1999
Machinists
vote to end strike at Cummins NW * Bi-Mart workers censored * A member
of Roofers Local 49 earns Lifesaving Award
May
7, 1999
Local
701's Cook takes full-time job at Port of Portland * OPEU trying to
organize 'temps' * Striking Cummins Machinist takes own life April 28
April
16, 1999
Labor
to remember workers killed on the job * Sawyer to run for secretary-treasurer
of AFL-CIO * Klamath Falls millionaire pushes 'JOBS Plus' agenda * Bus
drivers walk out in protests
April 2, 1999
Corvallis
bus drivers stage one-day walkout * Union-owned Global Mariner documents
exploitation * Sheet Metal Union feels heat of prison labor competition
* House votes to roll back minimum wage
March
19, 1999
Nesbitt,
Witt announce slate for top posts in AFL-CIO * Restaurant association
continues assault on minimum wage * UFCW wants Rite Aid on boycott list
* Derfler drops "right-to-work" bill in Senate
March
5, 1999
Labor
talks Social Security with area politicians * Intel's request for tax
break wins support * ATU files initiative petition to set prevailing
wage for bus operators * Damages due for delay in reopening Hawthorne
Bridge
February
19, 1999
Senate
passes charter school bill; tip-credit lobby challenged * Trades gather
to protest unfair hiring practices * Union membership climbs nationally;
drops in Oregon
February
5, 1999
Machinists
strike parts department at Cummins * Minimum wage, farmworkers under
attack in Salem * Laidlaw Inc. driving Portland school, Corvallis bus
operators closer to strike * Steelworkers to ratchet up pressure on
Wells Fargo
January 15, 1999
Oregon
jobs don't pay living wages * AFSCME's Devlaeminck to run for president
of Oregon AFL-CIO * US West bosses get fat pay raises
January 1, 1999
Corvallis
bus drivers closer to walking out * Oregon AFL-CIO eyes assessment to
fight 'right-to-work' anti-union law * 'Union' grocers are opening new
stores non-union * Oregon AFL-CIO won't talk to reporters from ABC
December
18, 1998
Sizemore
sues Oregon AFL-CIO over Measure 59 * Powell's Books trying to stifle
organizing drive by ILWU * Slain Seattle bus driver, ATU member, remembered
with procession service
December
4, 1998
Sizemore
files more 'paycheck deception' initiatives for 2000 * Labor fights
job safety rule changes * Students and faculty at Lewis & Clark
College ask justice for janitors
November
20, 1998
Voters
squash anti-unon Measure 59 * Transportation Department looking at Abhe
& Svoboda * CWA, US West join forces to help dislocated workers
November
6, 1998
Corvallis
bus drivers veer toward strike * Non-food employees at Eugene Freddy's
go union * Multnomah County okays living wage * Painters win grievance
against Portland School District
October
16, 1998