Monthly Archives: September, 2013

Collective bargaining

Oregon university strike averted

Tentative deal includes modest raises for 4,300 support workers.

Collective bargaining

KOIN-TV accused of “union-busting”

Off-camera workers are having a hard time getting a contract from the new owner

Building our communities

Two Oregon schools receive $5,000 AFL-CIO ‘Adopt-A-School’ grants

Grant money will support curriculum on workers’ rights and civil rights.

Collective bargaining

Oregon University System workers file strike notice

Some 4,200 classified workers at seven state universities could strike Sept. 30

Comment

A game-changing AFL-CIO convention

We want to transform our union movement into a workers’ movement.

Politics

County workers union weighs in on Cogen resignation

AFSCME Local 88 won't consider endorsing a replacement until early 2014.

Union democracy

ILWU leaves AFL-CIO

The longshore union cited jurisdictional disputes as part of the reason.

Politics

Union members disrupt right-to-work strategy session

A planning meeting by two anti-union think tanks had some uninvited guests.

Building our communities

Construction workers help nab bank robber

Scott Adams, a member of Roofers Local 49, was the first on the scene.

Politics

Gresham-Barlow campaign to pass construction bond levy says no to PLA

No levy will be endorsed without a project labor agreement, NOLC says

Building our communities

Roofers Local 49 gets flag from injured veteran

Injured Iraqi war veteran Sgt. Rob Boyce honored Roofers Local 49 with a special presentation at their union picnic Aug. 25 — an American...

Building our communities

Machinists’ motorcycle Guide Dog Dash brings in $4,000

Fifty-four motorcycle riders participated in the 7th annual Guide Dogs Dash Aug. 25, sponsored by Machinists Lodge 63 and IAM District W24. This year’s event...

Union democracy

Oregon building trades back Merkley for re-election

Delegates also commit to back construction projects and oppose two ballot measures

Workers Rights

Unions, allies, march for jobs on 50th anniversary of March on Washington

Rallies were held simultaneously around the country

Collective bargaining

City of Portland pushes to end protections against outsourcing

Talks with a 1,600-employee union coalition are stalled over job security — and good government

Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.

Our staff are represented by:

VIEW RECENT ISSUES

© Northwest Labor Press