January 2023 - nwLaborPress

Union membership continues fall as percentage of U.S. workforce

Jan 19, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 10.1% of U.S. workers were union members in 2022, the lowest level on record.

Proposed $10 billion hydrogen project commits to use union labor

Jan 18, 2023

Oregon and Washington building trades councils are backing plans by Obsidian Renewables to produce, store and transport hydrogen in the Pacific Northwest.

Office workers at City of Portland launch new union

Jan 18, 2023

The City of Portland Professional Workers Union would represent about 870 workers, the last big group of City employees who are not yet unionized.

Back in charge, House Republicans cut ‘labor’ from committee name

Jan 18, 2023

In her opening salvo on the House floor, the committee chair made her hostility to the word labor and to unions crystal clear.

GOP House strips union rights from staff

Jan 18, 2023

The anti-union language was included in the first bill to pass the newly Republican-led chamber during the 118th Congress.

Massive strike planned for Feb. 1 across the United Kingdom

Jan 18, 2023

While inflation runs rampant, employers are offering “raises” that amount to pay cuts. Sound familiar?

Iron workers lock in union at Raimore Construction

Jan 18, 2023

In construction, when contractors sign on to the union, that means they can ‘unsign’ later. But not if workers have a say.

Sixth New Seasons store goes union

Jan 18, 2023

Workers at the Arbor Lodge grocery store in North Portland voted 71-23 to join the independent union, and another election is later this month.

Workers voted in a union at Afuri Ramen. Potbelly could be next.

Jan 18, 2023

The unanimous vote marks the first win for Restaurant Workers of Portland, which launched along with the Afuri campaign.

Cinema workers: strike first, union later

Jan 18, 2023

After a six-day strike, workers filed a National Labor Relations Board petition, seeking to affiliate with the newly formed United Cinema Workers.