Plus Fred Meyer seeking scabs, City Council aims to repeal House Bill 2001 McKenzie-Willamette workers ratify new contract Last Friday McKenzie Willamette workers represented by SEIU 49 voted to ratify a new contract after the bargaining team reached a a tentative deal on Wednesday. This averted the strike that was […]
Continue readingMcKenzie-Willamette workers plan strike Sep. 10
Three day Strike at McKenzie Willamette Hospital McKenzie-Willamette caregivers announced plans last Friday to go on strike September 10-12. A majority of its 400 workers, represented by SEIU 49, voted to authorize a strike back in mid-August. Workers will be picketing 7:30 AM to 7:30 PM on September 10, 11, […]
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SEIU 49, UFCW 555 workers authorize strike Kaiser Permanente workers from across the country have been taking strike authorization votes over the last month. A couple weeks ago workers at in California voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. Last week Kaiser workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington also approved of […]
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Classified university workers declare impasse On Monday, higher education workers represented by SEIU 503 declared impasse in their bargaining with administrators. Both sides have 7 days from Monday to release their final offers, you can read the current economic proposals here (spoiler: management’s proposals are very poor). Following that is […]
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Counterprotestors outnumber fascists Eugene had a good showing against the fascists when they came downtown for the God, Guns and Trump/ Liberty rally. Eugene Weekly reported there were 50 to 60 right-wingers and 250 to 300 counterprotestors. There was only one arrest, and that was of right-wing Brandon Alan Howard […]
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In case you missed it, I launched a new website where you can find a longer view calendar and more resources for those in anticapitalist and labor movements. These newsletter issues will still be hosted at solidarity.substack.com. Fascists organizing on Pride day in Eugene This Saturday, August 10, the Eugene-Springfield […]
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And updates on local union bargaining, city council anti-white nationalist resolution SEIU 503 wins new contracts, still bargaining others SEIU 503, which represents workers all across Oregon, has been in negotiations for several big contracts this summer. SEIU 503 childcare workers settled a contract that gives them a 5% raise. […]
Continue readingFix the pay gap
Workers petition gender pay gap at Fred Meyer Workers and allies are calling on Fred Meyer to fix the gender pay gap. Union data shows that female workers are getting paid $3.70 per hour less than men on average. Upon hire, women are being placed into a lower paid jobs.The […]
Continue readingSummer is just heating up
69 days left in summer and we must keep up the heat when they don’t think we will I am back with another newsletter after being off for a bit because of family matters. A lot has happened in the last month, I’m going to try to hit what I […]
Continue readingSpotlight on racism in Oregn
New right wing politics in old structure Last week I attended Lane Equity Coalitions’s Zip Code Matters presentation and Professors’ Joe Lowndes and Daniel HoSang book launch talk for Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity. Both talks had a big emphasis on race in Oregon, […]
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