Labor unions join Occupy Movement today [caption id="attachment_6196" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Protesters block Steel Bridge, photo by Israel Bayer"] [/caption] Labor unions led the way in the latest O ...
17 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Biggest labor struggle in years dismissed by major media By Michael Munk, Contributing Writer Background: Four months ago, contract talks between the ILWU and EGT broke down, making the Longview site the only grain terminal on the West Coast not operated ...
25 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
WTO 10-anniversary march in Portland A few hundred folks gathered today in protest of the World Trade Organization and policies impacting workers around the world. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Teamsters, and Jobs With Justice along wi ...
5 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
Murnane Wharf gets remembered after all In today's Oregonian, Anne Saker writes about the effort to restore the memory of the Francis J. Murnane Wharf, threatened by the reconstruction of Waterfront Park at the end of Ankeny Street. Union leaders ar ...
22 Apr 2009 - Street Roots