Mid-Willamette Valley Labor Solidarity Alerts

This is a blog about building labor and community solidarity in Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley and beyond. The opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors only unless otherwise noted.

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Some labor headlines & links on union news

Photo from the Northwest Labor Press


* Grad worker strike averted at University of Oregon

* Another 600 employees unionize at OHSU

* The Country’s Largest Public University System Is Headed for a Faculty Strike

* Truck drivers, nail salon workers among those protected by new federal rule



* At MLK conference, unionists strategize on organizing the South

* IATSE: Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

* Catholic Prison Ministries is forming a peer support group for prison correction staff

By Bob Rossi at January 18, 2024
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