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IATSE Press Release Regarding Potential Strike

Strike Date Set for 60,000 Film and Television Workers!

Unless an Agreement is reached, IATSE members will begin a nationwide strike on Monday, October 18th at 12:01am (PDT).

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DACA and TPS Recipients at the 2017 AFL-CIO Convention

Rights and Protections for All Working Families

Millions of undocumented immigrants, who are vital to our economic recovery, still live in fear because of our outdated and inhumane immigration system. It’s time to put an end to this injustice. Tell your senators to pass a budget that includes a broad pathway to citizenship.

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IATSE We Stand Together

Film and Television Workers Deserve a Fair Deal

Film and television workers often face excessively unsafe and harmful working hours and unlivable wages. Tell most powerful media corporations on the planet to treat the workers who produce their content with basic human dignity.

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Deian Salazar for David Douglas School Board Position 4

Deian Salazar for David Douglas School Board Position 4

The Labor Council supported Deian Salazar in his unsuccessful run earlier this year for a seat on the David Douglas School Board.  He is now seeking an appointment to Position 4, a vacated seat on the Board.

As an Autistic person, he brings a unique perspective that will serve the Board and students well.  He knows the District and is a true Working Class Champion.

The Labor Council continues our support of Deian for the David Douglas School Board and wish him the best.

 

Pass the PRO Act!

Bob Tackett had a Zoom meeting with Jessica Stevens, State Director for US Senator Jeff Merkley, to discuss the work we've been doing to help pass the PRO Act.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act last year, but anti-worker legislators in the Senate blocked it. Undeterred, working people fought to elect pro-worker lawmakers to the Senate, House and White House. And we won.

Strikes Are Sweeping the Labor Market as Workers Wield New Leverage

Marcial Reyes could have just quit his job. Frustrated with chronic understaffing at the Kaiser Permanente hospital where he works in Southern California, he knows he has options in a region desperate for nurses.

Instead, he voted to go on strike.

Labor Flexes Its Muscle as Leverage Tips from Employers to Workers

And many of them are either hitting the picket lines or quitting their jobs as a result.

The changing dynamics of the US labor market, which has put employees rather than employers in the driver's seat in a way not seen for decades, is allowing unions to flex their muscle.

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Northwest Oregon Labor Council is holding monthly Council Meetings every fourth Monday at 4:00pm via Zoom.

Please email [email protected] if you're a delegate and not receiving the Zoom meeting information prior to these meetings.

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