Oregon AFL-CIO ramps up for aggressive Labor 2008
More than 250 delegates attending the 50th convention of the state labor federation approved a plan to generate over $300,000 for the 2008 political campaign. The national AFL-CIO has picked Oregon as a target state in the 2008 election.
[Left, delegates crowd around Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards after his speech at the Oregon AFL-CIO convention.]

Edwards tells labor he’ll be a ‘true friend’ as president
Presidential candidate John Edwards says he wants to be "the president who goes out on the White House lawn and says the word 'union.'" Edwards told convention delegates that he supports universal health care and card-check recognition in union organizing drives.
As president, Kucinich says he’d pull out of NAFTA
Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich — a card-carrying member of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 600 — vowed to bring the principles of the labor movement to the Oval Office if he is elected presiden. Kucinich said that on his very first day in office he would withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and the World Trade Organization.
Immigration reform, drug testing spark the most debate at convention
There was surprisingly little floor debate on most of the resolutions that delegates considered over three days at the 50th convention of the Oregon AFL-CIO. The exceptions were immigration reform and drug testing.
Delegates set policy with resolutions
Delegates passed 36 resolutions at the 2007 Oregon AFL-CIO convention, on subjects ranging from climate change and health care to trade and immigration policy.
Activists and unions get recognition
The Oregon AFL-CIO recognized several union members and union locals for their efforts in organizing and politics.