Oregon
Oregon hospital workers lose their union over one smudged ballot
August 3, 2020PORTLAND, Ore.--Back in February 2019, we reported on a razor-thin union election in which over 800 hospital support workers at Providence Portland Medical Center won a union by just one vote. Now we have to update...
Read moreOregon teachers, parents, students walk out to demand more school dollars
May 9, 2019"Oregon schools have been starved and they are in a funding crisis."
Read moreCity workers in Salem, Oregon negotiate first post-Janus contract
July 20, 2018The city has been caught skirting the law on several occasions and the number of grievances being filed over simple issues has soared.
Read moreOregon activists challenge immigrant detentions and local prison-based economy
June 26, 2018The small town of Sheridan was the scene of a hard-fought lumber workers strike in 1910, won largely by the IWW. Today, it's immigrant solidarity action that has people on the move.
Read more“When Democrats forget working-class people, we lose!”
June 15, 2018That phrase was repeated several times at the opening of IBEW member Mike Ellison's campaign for Oregon's District 19 House seat.
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