Effective Today: Oregon OSHA Standard to Protect Workers as COVID-19 Cases Continue to Skyrocket
Last week, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) released the weekly numbers of COVID-19 cases. At 3,542 new cases and the second...
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- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Oregon AFL-CIO Responds to 2020 Election Night Results: “Working People Made the Difference”
Working Oregonians have suffered the brunt of 2020 in countless ways. Despite the incredible challenges brought on by a global pandemic,...
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- Sep 21, 2020
- 1 min
Oregon AFL-CIO Convention Endorses Senator Jeff Merkley for Reelection
Seaside, Oregon – Following a riveting speech to over 350 delegates from unions across Oregon, the Oregon AFL-CIO has announced their...
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- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
Oregon’s Unions Urge Governor Brown to Strengthen COVID-19 Protection Rules
The Oregon AFL-CIO and Oregon’s Unions have escalated their call for greater COVID-19 protections for workers, urging Governor Kate Brown...
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- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
SCOTUS Rules Against Women's Healthcare
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a Trump administration regulation that allows employers who have a religious or...
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- Jun 15, 2020
- 1 min
SCOTUS: Major Victory for LGBTQ Workers
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the Labor Movement’s long-held conviction that no worker should be fired...
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- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
National AFL-CIO Takes Action on Police Reform
The following is a series of statements from the National AFL-CIO regarding recent action taken on police reform and other civil rights...
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- May 30, 2020
- 3 min
Justice for George Floyd
The following is a statement from the Oregon AFL-CIO, Oregon’s statewide federation of labor unions, in response to the death of George...
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- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Oregon’s Unions Respond to 2020 Oregon Primary Election Results
The Oregon AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations), the statewide federation of unions representing...
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- May 17, 2020
- 2 min
National AFL-CIO Sues OSHA
This morning, the National AFL-CIO filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the U.S. Court of Appeals to compel the Occupational...
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- Mar 17, 2020
- 2 min
Union Leaders, Advocates Call for Greater Coronavirus Protections for Oregon Workers
Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor, SEIU Local 503 Executive Melissa Unger, and Alison McIntosh of the Oregon Housing Alliance...
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- Mar 8, 2020
- 2 min
Oregon AFL-CIO Announces 2020 Election Endorsements
The Oregon AFL-CIO, the statewide federation of unions representing over 300,000 workers, has announced their first round of endorsements...
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- Mar 8, 2020
- 2 min
Oregon’s Unions Call for Greater Worker Protections In Response to COVID-19
The Oregon AFL-CIO, the statewide federation of unions representing over 300,000 working Oregonians, adopted a resolution on March 6...
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- Mar 5, 2020
- 1 min
Oregon AFL-CIO Endorses State Senator Shemia Fagan for Secretary of State
PORTLAND, ORE. - The Oregon AFL-CIO, the statewide federation of unions representing over 300,000 working Oregonians, voted to endorse...
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- Feb 2, 2020
- 1 min
Community Members Picket Congressman Kurt Schrader’s District Office Over Workers’ Rights
SALEM, ORE. - Dozens of union members held an informational picket this morning at Congressman Kurt Schrader’s district office in...
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- Jan 21, 2020
- 2 min
Oregon’s Unions Grew in 2019, But Barriers Continue to Prevent Workers from Organizing
PORTLAND, ORE. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their annual report on union membership today, and the number of Oregon...
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- Jan 7, 2020
- 1 min
Oregon’s Unions Respond to Secretary of State Lawsuit Over Clean Energy Initiatives
Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor responds to a lawsuit filed against Oregon’s Secretary of State on her rejection of Initiative...
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- Dec 17, 2019
- 1 min
Workers Win: ‘Cadillac Tax’ Repealed
Working people won a major bipartisan victory this week with the permanent repeal of the “Cadillac tax.” This ill-advised and...
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- Dec 12, 2019
- 1 min
Oregon AFL-CIO Statement on State Senate Negotiations Regarding Cap and Invest Policy
SALEM, ORE. - Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor issued the following statement today regarding the Oregon State Senate’s...
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- Dec 12, 2019
- 2 min
Renegotiating NAFTA
On Tuesday, December 10, the National AFL-CIO announced the endorsement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) after...
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