From the Oregon AFL-CIO:
Video: SHHCS Nurses on StrikeMarch 21, 2024 | Oregon Nurses Association
“February 10-24 Sacred Heart Home Care Services nurses took to the curb to show their employer that they mean business. Today workers are back at the mediation table once again to fight for the contract they deserve! They need a deal that is fair to their patients, coworkers and community!”
March 18, 2024 | Oregon AFL-CIO
“The Oregon Legislature gaveled out of the 2024 Legislative Session on Thursday, March 7 after five weeks of fast-paced action where many of Oregon Labor’s priority bills advanced and are on their way to become law. These victories are a result of the incredible advocacy done by Oregon’s unions and their members to ensure our shared priorities were successful.“
March 18, 2024 | North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU)
“NABTU applauds the Biden Administration’s issuance of the monumentally important rule banning the use of chrysotile asbestos. Construction unions have historically been the hardest hit by diseases caused by asbestos, and it is estimated hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost their lives due to this toxin.”
March 18, 2024 | AFL-CIO
“This rule is a landmark protection for workers, banning and phasing out all current uses and imports of chrysotile asbestos, and eliminating these exposures in workplaces and throughout the supply chain. While a critical step forward, this does not eliminate all types of asbestos fibers and is only the first half of the EPA’s plans to address worker asbestos exposures, including the tens of thousands of workers—many firefighters, construction and manufacturing workers—exposed to “legacy” asbestos throughout our old buildings and infrastructure. We urge the EPA to move swiftly to address those risks as well.”
“The United Auto Workers are unionizing at Harvard, or, to be precise, among the prestigious and influential university’s non-tenure-track research and teaching employees.”
March 21, 2024 | Common Dreams
A new analysis shows that unionized workers across the United States secured historic wage increases under contracts negotiated last year, further demonstrating the power of collective bargaining. According to Bloomberg Law, 2023 union contracts "gave workers an average first-year wage increase of 6.6%"—the highest raise since at least 1988.
(Adger, AL)
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) announced today that it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with Crimson Oak Grove Resources, LLC for its mine in Adger, Alabama.
UMWA members will hear a contract explanation at a meeting early next week, and then will hold a ratification vote two days later. Details of the tentative agreement will not be released until after the ratification vote.
The UMWA represents 418 workers at the mine and related facilities, which mines metallurgical grade coal used in steel making.
From Portland Democratic Socialists of America:
Celebrate International Workers Day
Wed. May 1, 5-9pm
Double Mountain Brewery, Overlook Taproom
1700 N Killingsworth St.
View a livestream of UAW's Shawn Fain calling for a General Strike, May Day 2028 for the 32 hour week (and the 8 hour day!). Get a reportback from Portland's delegation to the Labor Notes conference. Speakers from recent local labor struggles. Live music.
No-host food & drinks. All ages. A fundraiser for DSA's Labor Solidarity Fund.
RSVP https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-day-mania-on-to-the-general-strike-2028/
From IATSE:
In an effort to ensure each of these 13 local unions has sufficient time to negotiate with the AMPTP ahead of the resumption of the Hollywood Basic Agreement General Negotiations and the start of the IATSE-AMPTP Area Standards Agreement Negotiations, two locals will negotiate simultaneously at any given time.
On Monday March 18th, the International Cinematographer’s Guild (IATSE Local 600) and the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) each began their individual negotiations with the studios. The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700) and IATSE Local 729 are expected to begin their negotiations with the AMPTP later in the week. Full release ➔
On Monday March 18th, the International Cinematographer’s Guild (IATSE Local 600) and the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) each began their individual negotiations with the studios. The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700) and IATSE Local 729 are expected to begin their negotiations with the AMPTP later in the week. Full release ➔
* After seven months of negotiations, ushers at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre have reached a tentative agreement on a first three-year labor contract with their employer.
The Nederlander Organization-owned theater and union IATSE Local B-192 agreed to the provisional pact affecting over 70 ushers on Monday, March 11. The new agreement improves wages — ushers will see a 25 percent increase in their rates over the course of the contract, to a minimum of $21.50 an hour by the end of the deal. It institutes bereavement pay and time and a half pay for ushers working holidays and provides ushers with additional income if they work seven consecutive days in a row or three shifts in a day. Full story ➔
* Workers at Pacific Backlot Services have ratified their first collective agreement after forming the union in the Fall of 2023. This becomes the first collective agreement at a rental shop to be ratified for IATSE in Canada.
Operating out of Vancouver, Pacific Backlot Services is a division of MBS, the largest equipment services company in the world, with facilities in BC, Alberta, and Ontario. Pacific Backlot provides production services to film productions throughout British Columbia. This new two-year collective agreement will provide twelve months of recall rights for workers laid off due to lack of work, as well as wage increases of 9% over the term of the agreement, retroactive to January 1, 2024. Full story ➔
From AFSCME:
HB 285 was an updated version of anti-union legislation AFSCME members defeated in Utah in 2023 and it featured even more severe restrictions on public service unions.
HB 285 would’ve limited the amount of time union members could spend on union matters, forced members to sign cards for dues collection every year, and required public service unions to hold regular recertification elections and win 51% of the vote from the entire bargaining unit — not just those voting — or shut down.
AFSCME and a coalition of unions came together to fight the bill, including those representing teachers, firefighters and police officers. The Utah Education Association, Teamsters, the American Federation of Teachers, and others were part of the coalition. READ MORE HERE
They won their union election last week with a supermajority of 67% voting to join forces with AFSCME Council 18, making the Denver Art Museum the first unionized art museum in Colorado.
Workers announced their union campaign in January and since then have endured upper management’s intense anti-union campaign. Through Council 18, the workers filed more than a dozen unfair labor practice charges. Now, the more than 200 workers from every department at the museum will have a voice to advocate for a culture that prioritizes employee and visitor experience over revenue.
"We worked so hard to win our union,” said Trudy Lovato, a gallery host. “One of the best things about this process has been hearing from people in various departments, and learning about their expertise, skills and concerns. I look forward to working together to build a workplace that creates an environment of mutual respect, and every member feeling as valued as they deserve." READ MORE HERE.
From Portland Jobs with Justice:
From the United Steel Workers:
Today our union proudly endorsed President Joe Biden for the 2024 presidential election.
We’ve seen the many wins President Biden has already achieved for working people and look forward to his administration’s continued progress on our core issues.
From the United Farm Workers:
From In These Times:
The Kroger-Albertsons merger is a threat to grocery workers everywhere. Let’s join the fight to stop it. READ MORE HERE.
From the Northwest Labor Press:
March 14, 2024 | Northwest Labor Press
From Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor: “On Feb. 27, the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee voted to approve the nomination of acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. This is now the second time the same committee has voted to advance her nomination as U.S. secretary of labor following last year’s resignation of Marty Walsh. In fact, the same committee voted in early 2021 to advance her nomination as deputy secretary of labor, which the full U.S. Senate then acted on and confirmed.”
March 14, 2024 | Northwest Labor Press
“Scabby the Rat, the fearsome 10-foot-tall union inflatable, has lately been keeping vigil outside a surprising target — one of Oregon’s largest union employer associations. “Shame on Associated General Contractors,” says the banner next to the rat. Set up by Operating Engineers Local 701 outside the Wilsonville headquarters of the Oregon-Columbia chapter of Associated General Contractors (AGC), the banner responds to an effort by AGC to squash a new commitment by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to use union labor.”
March 14, 2024 | Northwest Labor Press
“Organized labor notched several legislative wins in the five-week “short session” of the Oregon Legislature that ended March 7.”
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