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<small>''Wharfies'' is a fifty-two minute chronological film history of the Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, affectionately referred to as "wharfies."</small><ref>[http://www.sinistra.net/lib/upt/comlef/cotu/cotugdicoe.html Australia: Wharfies still under attack]</ref> | |||
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<small>'''Scott Walker Motherfucker''' is a "song of solidarity from the band Dirty Wings and their friends in Astoria." With close ties in Oregon,<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/groups/140641745962119/?view=permalink&id=260472860645673 Facebook post from YELL! member.] (Must log into Facebook to view...)</ref> Dirty Wings also "stand(s) with Wisconsin workers!"</small><ref>[http://youtu.be/tvk_rmprSI0 Scott Walker Motherfucker] (song)</ref> | <div class="thumbcaption">'''Union Now'''<br /><small>'''Scott Walker Motherfucker''' is a "song of solidarity from the band Dirty Wings and their friends in Astoria."<br />With close ties in Oregon,<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/groups/140641745962119/?view=permalink&id=260472860645673 Facebook post from YELL! member.] (Must log into Facebook to view...)</ref> Dirty Wings also "stand(s) with Wisconsin workers!"</small><ref>[http://youtu.be/tvk_rmprSI0 Scott Walker Motherfucker] (song)</ref></div></div></div> | ||
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== Union membership in Oregon == | == Union membership in Oregon == | ||
Oregon ranks high among the states in union membership. In 2010, Oregon had a 16.2 percent union membership rate of employed workers. This figure ranked 10th highest among the 50 states and District of Columbia. Private-sector union membership (9.1%) ranked 12th highest nationwide, and Oregon's public-sector membership (51.7%) ranked 10th highest.<ref>[http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00007552 Union Membership in Oregon and the U.S.] | Gail Krumenauer | April 19, 2011</ref> | Oregon ranks high among the states in union membership. In 2010, Oregon had a 16.2 percent union membership rate of employed workers. This figure ranked 10th highest among the 50 states and District of Columbia. Private-sector union membership (9.1%) ranked 12th highest nationwide, and Oregon's public-sector membership (51.7%) ranked 10th highest.<ref>[http://www.qualityinfo.org/olmisj/ArticleReader?itemid=00007552 Union Membership in Oregon and the U.S.] | Gail Krumenauer | April 19, 2011</ref> | ||
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Union History
Wharfies is a fifty-two minute chronological film history of the Waterside Workers'
Federation of Australia, affectionately referred to as "wharfies."[1]
Wharfies is a fifty-two minute chronological film history of the Waterside Workers'
Federation of Australia, affectionately referred to as "wharfies."[1]
Union membership in Oregon
Oregon ranks high among the states in union membership. In 2010, Oregon had a 16.2 percent union membership rate of employed workers. This figure ranked 10th highest among the 50 states and District of Columbia. Private-sector union membership (9.1%) ranked 12th highest nationwide, and Oregon's public-sector membership (51.7%) ranked 10th highest.[4]
List of trade unions in Portland
Labor News, Videos, Audio, Articles, Books, Resources
- The Civil Wars in U.S. Labor - C-SPAN Video Library
- Anna Burger: The Employee Free Choice Act
- Michael Honey - Revisiting King's Vision (Prof. Michael Honey editor of the book "All Labor Has Dignity" on "History and Memory: Revisiting King's Vision of Labor Rights and Economic Justice" recorded January 21, 2011 at Smith Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.)
- Transnational Cooperation Among Labor Unions (Michael E. Gordon, Lowell Turner)
- Neoliberalism and Social Revolution in Argentina - Organized Labor and General Strikes in Argentina: An Analysis
- Organize or Die: Labor should be US's Population Health Doctor
- "Union organizers say one of the greatest challenges they face is that many workers don't want to admit they're workers because someday they may be rich and signing a union card would be an admission that good fortune will never strike, but if you point out the health benefits of organizing and of bringing down the gap between the rich and poor by signing a union card, you will literally be saving millions of lives, the equivalent of winning the war on heart disease. ... ORGANIZE OR DIE. These people all see the need to focus on organizing given the lowest unionization rates in history that we have today. I think for of us in the USA, at least as far as our health is concerned, we must Organize or Die." - Dr. Stephen Bezruchka
Organizing Resources
- "Although every workplace is different and the needs of workers vary, there are some basic steps involved in winning a union voice on the job. Here's how it happens ..."
- "The National Labor Relations Act gives you the right to organize a union in your workplace. Here's what you are allowed to do ... and what your employer is not allowed to do ..."
- "This article explains the basic steps of how to organize a labor union in your workplace."
External Links
News Media
- Northwest Labor Press -- More about unions (Federations of labor | Government agencies | Local chapters of national unions | Organizations closely associated with organized labor).
- The Labor Press Project - Portland Labor Press
- Labor Notes
Videos
- Working in the US for .23 cents hour -- At least 37 states have legalized the contracting of prison labor by private corporations that mount their operations inside state prisons. The list of such companies contains the cream of U.S. corporate society: IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Wireless, Texas Instrument, Dell, Compaq, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel, Lucent Technologies, 3Com, Intel, Northern Telecom, TWA, Nordstrom's, Revlon, Macy's, Pierre Cardin, Target Stores[5]...
- Mike Elk: Labor Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
- On Wisconsin -- Taking the Pulse of the Labor Beat -- National Conference for Media Reform, Boston, April 10, 2011.
Advocacy
Education
Commercial
- Bail Bonds for Union Members -- A comprehensive listing of unions and their websites and/or e-mail addresses in alphebetical order.
Directory
- XPDNC Labour Directory - Oregon Labor Links
- Oregon Labor Organizations -- From StateOfOregon.com. Useful list.
- Labor Unions & Organizations in Oregon
- Unions & labor organizations in Portland OR
- Washington State Labor Education and Research Center
References
- ↑ Australia: Wharfies still under attack
- ↑ Facebook post from YELL! member. (Must log into Facebook to view...)
- ↑ Scott Walker Motherfucker (song)
- ↑ Union Membership in Oregon and the U.S. | Gail Krumenauer | April 19, 2011
- ↑ The prison industry in the United States: big business or a new form of slavery? (Global Research)
See Also
- Trade Unions
- Talk:Trade Unions
- Portland Union Wiki
- Jobs with Justice
- Organized Power
- Make Revolution Not War
- Represent The People
- Portland General Strike