NW Oregon Labor Council, AFL-CIO

04/20/2020

Matthew McConaughey teamed up with Roy Spence, co-founder and chairman of GSD&M, again on a new COVID-19 PSA, this one titled “War With A Virus.&nb

01/22/2020

Let’s send Congressman Schrader a message: We expect better from you.

01/15/2020

As soon as Jan. 15, former Mayor Sam Adams could signal which of four Portland City Council seats on the May ballot interests him most, according to a half-dozen sources familiar with his thinking. (Adams declined to comment.)

12/22/2019

Happy Holidays

The BEST card to have for the holidays!

12/11/2019

Stand together with Our Public Postal Service to say that the U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale!

Our public Postal Service is at risk. We need to make sure that the new Postmaster General is not going to sell off our national treasure - the public Postal Service.

12/06/2019

Then there was one.

For now, Governor Kate Brown has ended the tradition of having two labor reps on the board.

12/06/2019

Legacy Health asked the NLRB to annul a nurse union vote at Unity Behavioral Health, but all three Trump appointees rejected its legal appeal.

10/31/2019

"The current union agreement expires Nov. 30, 2019. If the two sides fail to reach agreement, an arbitrator would pick one side’s final offers, under an Oregon law that bars public transit workers from striking."

TriMet wants to get rid of its bus and light rail maintenance mechanic training programs. And maybe contract out maintenance of the electric and hybrid buses it wants to buy.

10/31/2019

Congratulations!

About 830 doctors are about to become members of Oregon AFSCME.

09/23/2019

Friends of retail workers,
Following fifteen+ months of tense labor negotiations in which Fred Meyer (through parent company Kroger) continually refused to respond to worker’s reasonable proposals to fix gross inequity in pay and committed unfair labor practices, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 is calling on consumers to boycott, effective immediately, Fred Meyer departments in Oregon and SW Washington where employees are now working without a labor contract. Please see ufcw555.org/boycott
As Jeff Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 555 states, “If Fred Meyer won’t listen to workers’ voices, perhaps they will listen to the sound of departments devoid of shoppers.”
This call for a consumer boycott is our first economic action in response to unfair labor practices at Fred Meyer stores, as well as an effort to highlight Fred Meyer’s refusal to address livable wages for its workers, and its disinterest in closing the gender equity gap by more than a dime a year.
Until Fred Meyer’s parent company Kroger ceases its unfair practices against its unionized employees and reaches reasonable contract settlements with their Union, UFCW, Local 555 asks shoppers to actively demonstrate their support for fair negotiations, for livable wages, and gender equity in their communities by boycotting the Fred Meyer store departments at ufcw555.org/boycott.
To quote President Dan Clay, “We call on our communities to make sure Kroger and Fred Meyer understand our Northwest values of decency, dignity, and respect by shopping elsewhere until our members are treated in accordance with those values.”
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Next steps and further updates on the boycott to follow on September 28th, after completion of the next round of bargaining scheduled for September 26th and 27th.

The time is NOW!

09/11/2019

Today, Americans reflect on the horrific terrorist attacks we witnessed 18 years ago. As we remember all those who were killed, we also honor the heroic first responders who gave their lives to save the innocent—and the many more who continue to suffer health effects nearly two decades later. (courtesy of the AFL-CIO)

09/05/2019

The Oregon AFL-CIO is supporting the Workers of Fred Meyer by waging their own independent gender pay equity campaign telling shoppers to “Shop somewhere else! Fred Meyer pays women less than men.”

Members of UFCW in Oregon, Washington, and California have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes if contract bargaining with big grocery chains fails to produce acceptable union contracts.

09/05/2019

If it happens, it would be the biggest strike in the United States in 22 years.

08/19/2019

Plaintiffs say SB 1049 is a breach of contract, an illegal taking, and violates the Constitution.

08/19/2019

For members and retirees of Portland-based BCTGM Local 364, their union's fight to save pensions at Mondelēz Nabisco is  personal.

08/19/2019

Congratulations USW Local 8378.

Wages will rise 3.25% a year for the 280 steel workers at the McMinnville mill.

08/19/2019

Mickey Ray Williams keeps a Goodyear tire in his Gadsden, Ala., conference room. Made in Mexico and imported to Gadsden, that tire induces fear. It’s an Assurance All-Season tire.

08/02/2019

Local 328 will hold an informational picket Thursday, Aug. 8, from 4 to 6 p.m. at OHSU’s MacKenzie Hall. Family, friends, and the entire labor community are invited.

A strike authorization vote will be held Aug. 19-29 if a settlement hasn’t been reached.