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Workers Rally for Senator Patty Murray!
Tuesday September 7 – 9:30am Machinists 751 Hall 9125 15th Place South
She has always been there for us, let’s be there for her! Wear your Carpenter Colors!
View Flyer and Map: Workers Rally for Patty Murray
Let us pause and remember…
Ah, Labor Day! The lovely, bittersweet holiday that closes out summer’s outings and school vacations. Ever wonder what the celebration is all about?
On September 5, 1882, ten thousand union workers marched through the streets of New York. This first Labor Day 
celebration culminated in a family picnic and concert featuring speeches by union leaders, including Carpenter’s Union firebrand Peter McGuire — the champion of the eight hour workday. Twelve years later, Congress recognized the importance of the Labor Movement and adopted Labor Day as a national holiday.
Since that time, globalization has reduced the size and influence of America’s industrial unions. That decline has been abetted by our political leaders’ failure to develop policies to promote industrial work within our nation’s borders. Read the rest of this entry »
Canby Walgreens tangled in regional labor dispute
Canby Walgreens tangled in regional labor dispute
By: Peggy Savage
Published: 7/22/2010 4:39:58 PM
Last Updated: 7/22/2010 4:55:48 PM
Two picketers — a woman working a crossword puzzle under the shade of a golf umbrella, and a man standing barefoot in the grass — held up a large banner that read, “Shame on Walgreens,” Wednesday, outside the Canby Walgreens on Highway 99E. Read the rest of this entry »
The “Last Best and Final” from the NW Wall and Ceiling Contractors Association
We had agreed at the bargaining table to translate the entire document into Spanish along with a letter from our Contract Administration Department and mail to our members. Now it appears that some contractors have begun to distribute it, so we have to post the English version now while we are still working on the translation and mailing. NW Wall and Ceiling Last Best Final Here it is NWCCA Final Spanish En Espanol
Vanessa Downing Operating Engineers 302 Apprentice Killed
Vanessa Page Downing, 26, dies; she’d built a new life for herself
Vanessa Downing was weeks away from finishing her welding apprenticeship — and completing her transformation from homeless “Ave Rat” to inspiring role model — when she was killed in a workplace accident June 24. She was 26.
In one of her final Facebook messages, Vanessa Page Downing channeled ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes to sum up her new attitude toward life: “With a big enuf bar and the right fulcrum I can lift this whole … WORLDDDDDDDD.” Read the rest of this entry »
