Buy a Book, Help a Laid-Off Union Member

This from Alfonso Nevarez in the AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department. Powell’s Books in Portland, Ore., is in the process of laying off 7 percent of its workers due to declining sales. International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 5 units at Powell’s Burnside and Beaverton stores, as well as the Hoyt Street and Northwest industrial warehouses, will be affected by the layoffs....