UFW now official in Oregon
United Farmworkers Union signs its first contract in Oregon, representing dairy workers. Read Alex Pulaski’s coverage here . This is a landmark for the union. Are other ag employers next?…
What are you paying for your health insurance?
The average worker contribution for medical insurance: $75.65 per month for single coverage; $312.25 per month for family coverage. That according to stats released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Pacific division consists of Alaska, California, Hawaii,…
Sex harassment suit against Portland adult superstore chain
Employees having sex with customers. The owner telling a manager to get a prostitute and expense it. The owner’s partner making sexual passes at another manager. A general manager resisting orders to fire workers with AIDS to save on health…
Veterans Helping Veterans at Oregon Disaster Recovery Centers
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs has assigned State Veteran Service Officers to all of the Oregon Emergency Management (OEM) /Federal Emergency Management Agency (fema) disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs). These representatives are available to veterans who suffered damage, injury or loss of work due to […]
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED) Significant National Weather South: A cold front is forecast to stall from the coastal Carolinas to […]
Was union justified in dropping Portland ambulance workers?
Here’s a twist: Sick of infighting between union members, the National Emergency Medical Services Association disclaimed its Portland bargaining unit representing 500 local ambulance workers, according to The Oregonian’s Joe Rojas-Burke. What do you think of this? Was the union…
Furniture to Go: Restoration 1
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Bangladesh: Assessing relief efforts
an ordinary citizen assesses the relief and rescue situation after the cyclone. Storage replication between datacenters We use a completely different replication scheme for out Tier 1 applications. Any VM at our HQ is recreated at the DR site OS only. […]
Relief efforts continue in Pensacola
American Red Cross disaster relief workers continue to provide assistance to the residents of Pensacola, Fla., following the Thursday, Oct. 18 tornado. disaster assessment continues throughout the affected neighborhoods, and as of noon Friday, was approximately 50 percent complete. Outreach efforts continue with workers and Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV’s) from Pensacola, Mobile, Ala., and Hattiesburg, […]
Bangladesh: Miracle Boy
Voice Of South on a “miracle-boy” - a seven year old child saved from the cyclone. Ukraine: Coal Miners’ Video Ukrainiana posts and translates “a video of real people who tell us how the smell of profits sucks the safety out of the Ukrainian mining industry.” […]
Faux Fun: Painted Furniture Fun
We have two of these - $25 each or $40 for […]
Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding
Major disaster Declaration number 1729 declared on Sep 25, 2007 California Ranch FireFire Management Assistance Declaration number 2736 declared on Oct 22, 2007 PSA: What to Do If Your Appliances Are Wet After a disaster Throw away all electrical or gas appliances that have been wet because they can shock you […]
Furniture Refinishing
Furniture Customer Review: Don’t buy on amazon - support your local store or Dischord. I didn’t want to own everything fugazi had produced, but now I do. Sadly there is very little music of this quality being produced these days. I’m just glad I saw them live too. Furniture Refinishing FURNITURE REFINISHING: Preparation: Disassembling […]
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