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June 18, 2010 Volume 111 Number 12
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Transit Union Local 757 sounds
alarm to ‘Save Our Ride’
Ridership is steady at mass transit systems around the United
States, yet transit districts are cutting service and raising fares.
[Left,
ATU members and supporters rally in downtown Portland June 11 to
call on Congress to let transit districts use federal money for
operations and maintenance.]
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Building
trades unions squawk at Ducks’ no-bid contracting
Oregon’s State Board of Higher Education voted June 4 to allow
a private group to build a new soccer and lacrosse complex on land
belonging to University of Oregon, and then give them to the university. Representatives of Oregon building trades unions have been concerned that
the project is set up that way to skirt competitive bidding and public
disclosure requirements and possibly avoid the obligation to pay
construction workers the prevailing wage.
WSLC-backed
Pridemore quits congressional race
Less
than a month after Washington State Labor Council endorsed Craig Pridemore
for U.S. Congress, Pridemore announced he was ending his campaign
and supporting fellow Democrat Denny Heck.
Postal
unions oppose move to eliminate Saturday mail service
September
25 is set to be the last Saturday with regular mail pickup and delivery
— or so the U.S. Postmaster General is proposing. Postal Service
unions, allied with business customers like Netflix and eBay, are
asking Congress to say “no” to the move to five-day-a-week
mail service, and instead take other measures to repair U.S. Postal
Service finances.
SEIU
Local 503 director Frane takes DC job for SEIU international
Leslie
Frane, executive director of Service Employees International Union
Local 503 in Oregon, has been appointed director of SEIU’s Public
Services Division by the union’s new president, Mary Kay Henry.
Motorcycle
poker run raises $50,000
A record
460 motorcycle riders registered to participate in the eighth annual
Unions For Kids Poker Run and Chili Cook-off June 12.
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