• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Flickr
nwLaborPress
  • Home
    • About
    • Contact us
    • Comments policy
    • Subscribe to our print edition
  • Workers Rights
    • Safety
    • Health Care
    • Retirement
  • Labor Movement
    • Organizing
    • Bargaining
    • Building Community
    • Union Democracy
  • Politics
    • International
      • Trade
    • National
    • Oregon
      • Portland
      • Clackamas County
      • Washington County
    • Washington
      • Clark County
  • Jobs
    • Green Jobs
  • Culture
    • People
      • In Memoriam
    • Labor History
    • Buying Union
  • Analysis
    • Comment

Month: January 2022

Collective Bargaining

City unions in Portland near the brink of a strike

Jan 19, 2022

Following drawn out and contentious union negotiations, City of Portland managers are now accused of interfering in strike votes.

Oregon

Union ally announces run for Oregon Labor Commissioner

Jan 19, 2022

Civil rights attorney Christina Stephenson is running for Oregon Labor Commissioner. That likely comes as a relief to Oregon labor leaders.  

Collective Bargaining

Metal Trades unions ask shipyard owner: ‘Where’s the love?’

Jan 19, 2022

Unions and Vigor Marine remain far apart in bargaining for a contract representing several hundred workers at Portland and Seattle shipyards.

Job Training

Apprenticeship is catching on

Jan 19, 2022

A new union program is skilling up behavioral health workers, and even lawyers are looking at apprenticeship as an alternative to the bar.

Union Organizing

Suicide hotline workers to vote on joining Oregon AFSCME

Jan 19, 2022

At Lines For Life, a Portland nonprofit led by former U.S. attorney Dwight Holton, a strong majority of the 160 employees want a union.

Union Organizing

More Shakespeare Festival workers unionize

Jan 19, 2022

A group of 16 scenic and prop shop workers has joined their fellow production workers as members of IATSE Local 154.

Union Organizing

Workers United: Starbucks union wave spreads to Eugene

Jan 19, 2022

Since Dec. 8-9, when Starbucks workers in Buffalo voted to unionize, workers at nearly a dozen other stores have filed for union elections.

Washington

An early look at Washington labor’s 2022 legislative agenda

Jan 19, 2022

The Washington State Labor Council will push a “Workers’ Recovery Agenda” that prioritizes workers’ health and safety, and job creation.

Oregon

An early look at Oregon labor’s 2022 legislative agenda

Jan 19, 2022

The Oregon Legislature’s “short session” begins Feb. 1 and ends by March 10. As ever, Oregon labor will promote a set of pro-worker bills.

Workers Rights

Construction workers on public assistance?

Jan 19, 2022

Low-wage non-union construction jobs aren’t just hard on the workers. They’re also a strain on public tax dollars, according to new research. 

Posts navigation

1 2 … 4 »

Search

Subscribe to our email edition

Tweets by ‎@nwlaborpress

My Tweets
More about us
About
Contact
Comments policy
Archives
HTML archives (1997-2011)
Print/microfilm archives (1900-)
Pdf archives (2006-)
Gene Klare memorial archive
Oregon Labor Press in 1916
Our print edition
Subscribe
Advertise
Address changes
Stay connected
  • View nwlaborpress’s profile on Facebook
  • View nwlaborpress’s profile on Twitter

Copyright © 1997-2022, Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc.