January 30th, 2013 | Union membership numbers released last week show a decline in workers having a strong voice on the job. This impacts ALL of us: wealth concentration is held at the top 2% of our economy and unions provide a means for more workers to join the middle class – ensuring that America’s workers are seeing a fair slice of the economic pie. Read More...

JULY 20th, 2012 | Compassion and conviction about what goes on our plates must include care for people who bring that meal to us – every step of the way. Read More...

JUNE 25th, 2012 | Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley cosponsored legislation that workers and communities are given advanced notice of mass layoffs or plant closings. Read More...

APRIL 10th, 2012 | Workers want a strong voice, an advocate and the ability to bargain for good wages, benefits and a decent retirement. Even in uncertain times of recession, Oregonians are willing to step up and come together with their coworkers to create real change. Read More...

AUGUST 31st, 2011 | Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain recently announced that he would not be running for office as Portland’s mayor. While President Chamberlain has stepped out of the race, his editorial in the Oregonian sets the stage for the candidates to tell us how they’re going to help bring much needed jobs to Portland. Read More...

MAY 19th, 2011 | Right-wing politicians and pundits are in an uproar over the National Labor Relations Board’s April 20 complaint defending workers' right to strike at Boeing. Read More...

MAY 17th, 2011 | Governor John Kitzhaber along with Oregon AFL-CIO President Tom Chamberlain announced today that our state’s unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since December 2008, at 9.6%. Read More...

APRIL 13th, 2011 | If you care about the middle class, you need to care about unions. Read More...

JANUARY 18th, 2011 | Listen to how we discuss clean energy in this country, and you'll note that the conversation is exactly upside down. To hear the mainstream discourse tell it, clean energy may be a nice idea but it's prohibitively expensive. Read More...

JANUARY 6th, 2011 | Conservatives are starting to implement their onslaught to repeal the Affordable Care Act this week as Republicans take control of the House of Representatives. Read More...