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February 19, 2010 Volume 111 Number 4
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Oregon construction workers
demand jobs legislation
A boisterous crowd of nearly 400 workers — many of them long-term
unemployed in the construction industry — rallied for jobs
legislation Feb. 10 on the front steps of the State Capitol in Salem.
[Left,
Adam Stoecklin, Dave Osborn, and John Ray, members of Iron Workers
Local 29, brought their voices to Salem to call on lawmakers to
pass bills that will help create jobs.]
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Senate
abuse of filibuster hobbles union-backed legislation
History
is littered with the memory of bills that passed the U.S. House
but died in the Senate — because of the filibuster rule. That
could end up being the fate of the Employee Free Choice Act, a labor
law reform that backers hope will reverse organized labor’s
downward slide. It passed the House 241-185 in 2007 but failed to
overcome a filibuster threat in the Senate.
Unions
tracking jobs bills in Washington Legislature
Washington
State Labor Council, the AFL-CIO umbrella organization, is ramping
up its legislative efforts as the 2010 session of the Washington
Legislature winds down.
Attorney
General seeks labor’s help cracking down on underground economy
Oregon
Attorney General John Kroger is cracking down on the underground
economy in Oregon, and he wants union reps who work in the field
to help be his eyes and ears.
Exterior/Interior
Specialists ratify new contract
Voting
by mail, members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters overwhelmingly
approved a new Exterior/Interior Specialist Agreement with Associated
Wall and Ceiling Contractors of Oregon and Southwest Washington,
after voting down an earlier version in mid-November.
Vote makes it final: Laurelhurst Village will be a union nursing
home
Workers
at Southeast Portland's Laurelhurst Village nursing home reaffirmed
their decision to unionize in a Feb. 17 election conducted by the
National Labor Relations Board.
Portland
school teachers reach tentative contract
Portland
Public Schools and its teachers union announced tentative agreement
on a new contract Feb. 13, nine days after the district declared
that bargaining had reached an impasse.
Bargaining
opens between DCTU, City of Portland
Bargaining
for a new contract began Jan. 25 between the City of Portland and
the District Council of Trade Unions. DCTU represents approximately
1,600 employees from seven unions.
CWA
Local 7901’s Linda Rasmussen hangs it up
Communications
Workers of America international staff representative Linda Rasmussen
has retired after 46 years in the union.
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