September 2018 - nwLaborPress

Private monopolies failed to deliver fiber. Now it’s time for municipal broadband.

Sep 18, 2018

Coming soon to Portland City Council is a union-backed plan for public-owned Internet access that would be cheaper than Comcast and 40 times as fast.

The new face of Oregon’s building trades

Sep 18, 2018

Robert Camarillo, the new leader of Oregon’s construction unions, is a 41-year-old first generation American with the heart of an organizer.

Washington teacher strikes end with double digit raises

Sep 18, 2018

At the height of the Washington teacher strike wave, as many as 8,000 teachers were walking picket lines — including 5,000 in seven Southwest Washington districts.

Industrial Athlete campaign to launch at Intel jobsite

Sep 18, 2018

The campaign will focus on improving health in the construction industry, which is disproportionately affected by heart disease and stroke.

Election crunch time

Sep 18, 2018

Knute Buehler and a dark money campaign have spent millions to bring down Oregon Governor Kate Brown.

GUEST OPINION: Freedom Foundation’s SPAM assault

Sep 18, 2018

What to do when anti-union email arrives in your inbox.

Operating Engineers Local 701 celebrates its centennial

Sep 18, 2018

Oregon was a very different place when the International Union of Steam Operating Engineers chartered a new local Sept. 18, 1918.

Laborers representative Kyle Estes killed in head-on collision

Sep 14, 2018

Estes was on his way to Portland for a union training when an oncoming driver swerved into his lane.

New Teamsters contract at AMR raises wages 21 percent over four years

Sep 5, 2018

The 600-member unit provides ambulance service to Multnomah and Clackamas counties in Oregon, and Clark and Cowlitz counties in Washington.

Introducing the Moxy: Union pension funds will finance a new downtown Portland hotel

Sep 5, 2018

Construction begins in October at 10th and Alder on a 12-story, $50 million “boutique lifestyle” hotel under the Marriott International’s Moxy brand.