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About Northwest labor press. (Portland , Ore.) 1987-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 2020)
PAGE 20 | August 21, 2020 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS state Highway Act funds construction of non- stop freeways I-5 and I-84. 1957: A 19-month strike at Fir-Tex in St. Helens is settled with the new owner, Kaiser Gypsum Co. Twenty- two labor unions pledge $21,229 to help con- struct OMSI. The Washington State Labor Council is created with the merger of the AFL State Federation of Labor and the CIO State Industrial Union Council. The Teamsters Union is suspended by the AFL-CIO following election of James Hoffa, who is under inves- tigation for corruption. 1958: The Multnomah County Labor Council is created by the merger of the Industrial Union Council and the Central Labor Council. The Oregon State Labor Council changes its name to Oregon AFL-CIO. 1959: State of Oregon celebrates its centennial, labor raises over $24,000 for exhibit that shows role it played in Oregon’s history. Oregon Legislature passes a bill giv- ing public employees the right to organize and bargain, but it is vetoed by Republican Gov. Mark Hatfield; one of nine labor bills he vetoes. An address by Sen. John F. Kennedy highlights opening of Oregon AFL-CIO con- vention in Seaside. Stereotypers Union strikes the Oregonian and Oregon Journal. As people suspend their subscriptions, Labor Press circulation jumps to 49,000. Labor Press prints 300,000 copies and circulates throughout the city to present labor’s side of the dispute. Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin) passed. 1960: One third of all workers in the United States belong to a union. Gov. Hatfield calls for mediation in newspaper strike; Portland Reporter established as alternative newspa- per first as weekly then bi-weekly and tri- weekly. Strikers raise money through stock sales for daily operation; International Typo- graphical Union sends printing plant from Mi- ami. International Bakery and Confectioners Union ousted from AFL-CIO. Portland Local 364 affiliates with new rival American Bakers LAbor moves into housing On May 3, 1965, a hole marks stage 1 of the $3.5 million Westmoreland Union Manor retirement apartment project. the union-busting oregoniAn A strike involving about 850 members of a dozen unions against The Oregonian and Oregon Journal lasted from Nov. 10, 1959, to April 4, 1965, and ended with the destruction of the unions. and Confectioners, while Portland Local 114 remains with IBCU. Longshoremen reach five-year agreement with Pacific Maritime As- sociation after 18 months of bargaining. 1961: Portland Reporter becomes daily, with 65,000 circulation. S.I. Newhouse, owner of Oregonian, buys Journal, kills Sunday paper and eliminates 250 employees. Meier and Frank says it won’t cover union employees in pension and profit-sharing retirement trust plans. Anti-strikebreaker and “right-to-work“ proposals introduced in Legislature. Collec- tive bargaining measure for state employees passes. Labor fights use of prisoners to con- struct state buildings. Eugene opens $300,000 Labor Temple. Harvey Aluminum of The Dalles found guilty by National Labor Re- lations Board of representation election tam- pering, spying, bribery and perjury. 1962: Union Label Show at Memorial Coliseum at- tracts more than 200,000 visitors. President John Kennedy's order gives federal workers the right to bargain. 1963: March on Wash- ington for jobs and Justice. Equal Pay Act bans wage discrimination based on gender. Five members of Cement Masons Local 555 die in collapse of water tank under construc- tion in Hillsboro. U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers signs labor agreement with Columbia Power Trades Council. Union Labor Retire- ment Association formed. Culinary workers win representation election at Portland Hilton. President John F. Kennedy assassinated, Oregon unions hold memorial. 1964: Port- land Reporter ceases publication Sept 30. AWPPW emerges as independent union, wins NLRB election involving 49 mills owned by 18 companies from Port Angeles to Los Angeles. Civil Rights Act bans institutional forms of racial discrimination. 1965: Portland newspaper strike ends. International Typo- graphical Union, which had provided principal jACk kennedy Comes to town Campaigning for president of the United States in 1960, U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy visited the Hotel Multnomah in Portland. Seated are Gordon Swope (center) and John Wilson of Retail Clerks Local 1092. Swope was Kennedy’s Oregon campaign chair. Wilson later headed Labor’s Community Service Agency.
