Calendar
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Union
History
March 01
After five years of labor by 21,000 workers, 112 of whom
were killed on the job, the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) is
completed and turned over to the government. Citizens
were so mad at Pres. Herbert Hoover, for whom the dam
had been named, that it was later changed to Boulder
Dam, being located near Boulder City, Nev - 1936
March 02
The Davis-Bacon Act took effect today. It orders
contractors on federally financed or assisted
construction projects to pay wage rates equal to those
prevailing in local construction trades - 1931
March 04
Pres. William Howard Taft signs legislation creating the
Department of Labor. Former United Mine Workers
Secretary Treasurer William B. Wilson is named to lead
the new department - 1913
March 05
British soldiers, quartered in the homes of colonists,
took the jobs of working people when jobs were scarce.
On this date, grievances of ropemakers against the
soldiers led to a fight. Soldiers shot down Crispus
Attucks, a black colonist, then others, in what became
known as the Boston Massacre. Attucks is considered the
first casualty in the American Revolution - 1770
March 06
With the Great Depression underway, hundreds of
thousands of unemployed workers demonstrated in some 30
cities and towns; close to 100,000 filled Union Square
in New York City and were attacked by mounted police -
1930
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Mar 12-13 |
Leadership Schools - Metro II
See
brochure /
Register online
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Portland |
Mar 13
7 pm-midnight |
PDX Cross Trade Solidarity Presents A Labor
Soiree
Sweets and treats with local brew from Captured By
Porches. Music by the Underscore Orkestra and Bootz
Orchestra. Silent auction, door prizes, raffles.
Fundraiser to support the work of Portland Cross
Trade Solidarity!
Portland Cross-Trade Solidarity is a group of rank and
file, building trade union members who work together on
a diverse range of progressive issues that affect
members of the construction industry and the working
class at-large. Much of our work focuses on education
and on creating a social network able to respond to and
assist in the struggles facing members of other Portland
construction locals. We meet in the morning on the 3rd
Sunday of each month. Membership is open to construction
trades union members, working and retired, who agree
with our unity points. To get involved, contact us at
CrossTradeSolidarityPDX@gmail.com
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Musician’s Union 325 NE 20th Avenue (between Burnside
and Sandy), Portland |
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April 8 |
Public Employment Relations
Conference
[flyer]Co-sponsored by the Oregon
Public Employers Labor Relations Association and the
Oregon Labor Employment Relations Association.
Since 1979, LERC has hosted the
Public Employment Relations Conference (PERC),
a gathering of public sector labor relations
professionals from across Oregon, including attorneys,
neutrals, and representatives from both unions and
management. LERC coordinates the conference in even
years, and the Oregon chapter of the Labor and
Employment Relations Association assumes coordinating
duties during odd years.
Attendees
discuss recent developments in public sector labor law
(PECBA) and labor relations in both plenary sessions and
workshops. The highlight of the conference is a review
of leading labor law cases by members of the Oregon
Employment Relations Board (ERB). This unique and
popular segment of PERC features discussion of decisions
rendered by the ERB during the past year and allows
board members, management, and union representatives to
offer their perspectives on major developments in
Oregon’s public sector labor law.
In conjunction
with the PERC the Labor Education and Research Center
publishes a LERC Monograph Series, a collection of
volumes providing in depth analysis of specific topics
affecting Oregon’s public sector workers and managers,
with special emphasis on the PECBA. Written by leading
labor law professionals in Oregon’s public sector, the
series has become a standard reference source for labor,
management and neutral practitioners. To date there have
been eighteen volumes of the
Monograph. The latest edition of the
Monograph [June
2007] is:
Public Employees and Oregon’s Scope of Bargaining, by
Akin Blitz and Liz Joffe
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Salem Conference Center
Salem, OR |
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April 24 |
Leadership Schools
Bargaining to Win (class offered by
video conference)
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Eugene/Springfield and Bend |
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June 11-13 |
Call for Papers, Workshops, and Presentations
Pacific Northwest Labor History Association Annual
Conference
“The Union Makes Us Strong”: Inspiration, Guidance, and
Hope During Hard Times
The Pacific Northwest has been seriously affected by the
current economic crisis, the worst since the Great
Depression. This crisis has inflicted extreme hardship
on workers, families, and communities throughout the
region. Although the Pacific Northwest has had many
historical encounters with economic downturns and hard
times, the region also has a rich tradition of unionism,
community organizing, and independent political action.
It is this context that shapes the theme of the 2010
PNLHA conference. In hard times we can draw on this
history for inspiration, guidance, and hope in
developing strategies that promote working-class needs
and interests.
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Portland |
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June 12 |
Unions for Kids Events
[more
about Unions for Kids;
events]
Join us for a day of fun helping the kids at
Doernbecher Children's Hospital. |
IBEW Local Union 48,
15937 NE Airport Way,
Portland |
July 6-10
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2010 West Coast Summer Institute for Union
[See
flyer]
Women meet other
women activists and gain new and renewed energy as we
learn about and discuss the important issues facing
women workers today. |
Reed College
Portland |
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Aug 6-8 |
AFL-CIO Summer
School |
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon |
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For more
information on LERC events go to the University of
Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center’s
website at
http://www.uoregon.edu/~lerc/ or call
541-346-5054.
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