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911 call describes woman screaming to ICE agents that she’s a US citizen 2026-02-14 [Live]

Portland Sees Thousands Rally Downtown for ‘Labor Against ICE’ Protest 2026-02-01 [Filmogaz]

Unions band together for Portland ‘Labor Against ICE’ protest 2026-02-01 [The Tribune]

Thousands of labor union members march to South Portland ICE facility 2026-02-01 [KATU]

Unions band together for Portland ‘Labor Against ICE’ protest 2026-01-31 [NPR]

Portland Grocery Workers Score Big First Contract Win 2026-01-23 [Labor Notes]

Legacy workers ratify contract after 29-day strike 2026-01-15 [NW Labor Press]

Portland’s pro-labor City Council 2026-01-15 [NW Labor Press]

ICE officers are posing as utility workers in Gresham, lawmaker warns 2026-01-11 [KGW]

ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns 2026-01-09 [OPB]

OHSU reaches tentative deal with AFSCME 2026-01-01 [NW Labor Press]

Legacy Health, union workers reach tentative agreement as strike continues 2025-12-26 [KOIN]

Legacy strike is set to grow with as other units prepare to walk out 2025-12-19 [NW Labor Press]

New Seasons workers ratify their first union contract 2025-12-19 [NW Labor Press]

Portland construction workforce equity agreement at risk 2025-12-19 [NW Labor Press]

Legacy APP healthcare workers to meet for mediation, but strike to continue 2025-12-07 [KOIN]

Portland grain millers get raises of 17% in new BCGTM contract 2025-12-05 [NW Labor Press]

Nurse practitioners and associate physicians strike at Legacy 2025-12-05 [NW Labor Press]

Portland police oversight staff strike for their jobs 2025-11-21 [NW Labor Press]

8,000 OHSU workers poised to strike 2025-11-21 [NW Labor Press]

Starbucks fires three pro-union baristas 2025-10-16 [NW Labor Press]

Classified employees at Evergreen schools prepping for union’s first-ever strike 2025-08-20 [KOIN]

In Small-Town Oregon, Teacher Strike Threat and Community Support Stop Bad Proposal 2025-07-31 [Labour Notes]

Small-Town Oregon, Teacher Strike Threat and Community Support Stop Bad Proposal 2025-07-31 [Labor Notes]

National educator’s union leader says Portland teacher strike offers lessons for nation 2025-07-05 [The Oregonian]

Owners close cannabis store after workers form a union 2025-07-04 [NorthWest Labor Press]

Inside One of the Largest Student Worker Strikes Ever 2025-07-01 [The Nation]

Oregon governor signs bill providing unemployment benefits to striking workers 2025-06-25 [AP]

OR Senate passes workplace violence prevention bill for healthcare workers 2025-06-24 [FOX]

Landmark law extends jobless benefits to strikers 2025-06-20 [NWLP]

2025 Oregon Tradeswomen Career Fair 2025-06-06 [NW Labor Press]

NOLC dinner recognizes local labor movement heroes 2025-06-06 [NW Labor Press]

Garment workers confront Nike over wages 2025-06-06 [NW Labor Press]

Garment workers confront Nike over wages 2025-06-06 [NW Labor Press]

Portland city workers vote to authorize strike amid contract dispute 2025-05-25 [FOX]

Univ OR reaches tentative agreement with student workers union 2025-05-10 [KVAL]

Student workers ready to strike at University of Oregon 2025-04-04 [NW Labor Press]

Portland City Councilors urge Providence to resolve nurses' strike 2025-02-17 [OPB]

Bill seeks to expose hospitals' pay for replacement workers during strikes 2025-02-11 [KGW]

Nurses at 7 Providence hospitals reject latest offer 2025-02-08 [OPB]

Providence and nurses at 8 Oregan hospitals reach tentative agreemnt after 2 days of strike 2025-02-07 [Associated Press]

Providence and hospital doctors reach tentative agreement in Oregan's 27 day health care strike 2025-02-07 [Associated Press]

Two Portland public labour unions inch closer to a strike 2025-01-30 [OPB]

After Oregan governor steps in, Provodendence and nurses' union resume talks amid strike 2025-01-29 [Oregan Capital Chronicle]

Providence strike day 18: Woker healthcare at risk amid ongoing negotiations 2025-01-29 [Fox 12 Oregan]

Nurses and Doctors Are on Strike at Eight Oregon Hospitals 2025-01-15 [Labour Notes]

Providence striking doctors: Patient safety top priority 2025-01-14 [KOIN]

Largest health care strike in Oregon history begins as thousands picket Providence hospitals 2025-01-12 [The Times]

Healthcare workers strike enters second day as Providence faces pressure to negotiate 2025-01-12 [KATU]

OREGON TEAMSTERS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH STRIKING DOCTORS AND NURSES AT PROVIDENCE 2025-01-11 [KRON4]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

6-03-1913 Joe Hill's song "There is Power in a Union" first appeared in the @_IWW union's Little Red Song Book. [more]

7-03-1932 Unemployed workers stage a hunger march to the Ford complex at Dearborn, demanding workers be rehired. Police shoot at the demonstration, killing 4 and injuring 60 [more]

7-03-1860 Some 6,000 shoemakers, later joined by 20,000 other workers, are on strike in Lynn, Massachussets. They get wage increases but not recognition for their union. [more]

7-03-1920 “Hunger march” by the unemployed to the Ford factories in Dearborn, asking for help and hiring. Police shoot at crowd, killing 4 and injuring 60 people. [more]

8-03-1942 Lucy Parsons, founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and powerful orator for women, working people, and political prisoners died. [more]

8-03-1926 Fur & Leather Workers Union (mostly women) went on strike in NYC, enduring beatings by police. They won a 10% raise and a five-day week. [more]

9-03-1910 Westmoreland County Coal strikes begins, ending in 1911. It is known as the 'Slovak strike', as 70% of the miners are Slovakian. 16 people are killed. [more]

11-03-1950 TWU members at American Airlines win 11-day national strike, gaining what the union says was the first severance pay clause in industry. [more]

12-03-1929 Lupe Anguiano, women's rights activist and labour organizer, is born. [more]

12-03-1912 The Bread and Roses strikers won all their demands. The strike was organized by mostly women workers and the Industrial Workers of the World and included 20,000 workers. [more]

13-03-1830 The term “rat,” referring to a worker who betrays fellow workers, first appears in print in the New York Daily Sentinel [more]

15-03-1917 The Supreme Court approves the 8-hour day law as rail workers threaten national strike. [more]

15-03-1948 National strike by bituminous coal miners demanding pensions. [more]

16-03-1960 The United Teachers' Federation is formed in New York to represent public school teachers and later all education workers in the metropolis. [more]

18-03-1937 New York City police arrested striking Woolworth's store clerks - mostly women - who had occupied stores demanding a 40-hour workweek. [more]

31-03-1927 Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American labour leader, is born. [more]